Eric Rosenthal is Founder and Executive Director of Disability Rights International (DRI). Since establishing DRI in 1993, Rosenthal has trained human rights and disability activists and provided assistance to governments and international development organizations worldwide.  Rosenthal has conducted investigations and trained activists in more than 25 countries.  DRI reports have brought worldwide attention to the rights of people with disabilities (see www.disabilityrightsintl.org for reports and press coverage). 

Rosenthal has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the US National Council on Disability (NCD).  On behalf of NCD, he co-authored US Foreign Policy and Disability (September 2003), a report that led to legislation to make US foreign assistance accessible to people with disabilities.