Sandra ‘Sandy’ Feinzig is a lawyer with over thirty years of domestic legal experience and more than eighteen years of experience in international law and development. Her international work spans Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, China (PRC), and Sudan.

Sandy has worked with national legal aid organizations and UNICEF in Cambodia, and with UNDP on rule of law initiatives in transitional regions of Sudan. She has completed over ten assignments in Afghanistan, including serving as a legal advisor on criminal justice reform projects (JSSP), as a consultant with UNIFEM (2009), and as a gender justice advisor—later becoming Chief of Party—on Dutch and French-funded projects with the International Development Law Organization (IDLO). Prior to rejoining The Asia Foundation in May 2019 as a Senior Advisor, Sandy served for approximately one year as the Foundation’s Deputy Country Representative.

Sandy earned her Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law in 1983, followed by a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law from Cambridge University in 1986. She also holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Florida State University.