Recognised as “One of America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News World Report, Karen Tse is an international human rights lawyer, ordained minister, and former San Francisco public defender who founded International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) in 2000. Under Tse’s leadership, IBJ has become a leading advocate for legal reform and human rights, creating the conditions for a “new normal in justice” in which citizens will have access to justice and the use of torture as an investigative tool will end. A graduate of UCLA Law School and Harvard Divinity School, Tse has received awards from the Skoll Foundation, Ashoka, and Echoing Green as a leading social entrepreneur. Karen also received the 2008 American Bar Association’s International Human Rights Award, the 2008 Harvard Divinity School First Decade Award, and the 2009 Gleitsman International Award at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.