​Sanam Naraghi Anderlini is the founder and Executive Director of ICAN and spearheads the Women's Alliance for Security Leadership (WASL). She was a civil society leader and drafter of UNSCR 1325 and the first Senior Expert on Gender and Inclusion on the UN's Mediation Standby Team. Ms. Anderlini works with women's peace coalitions internationally. She is a member of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth (WMC), a network hosted by Conciliation Resources which connects women with a broad range of mediation knowledge and experience.​