Ruth Wasserman Lande (Hebrew: רות וסרמן לנדה; born February 28, 1976) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and activist.
[7] There she focused on promoting Israeli-Egyptian political and economic relations, including creating the platform for the QIZ – The qualified industrial zone trade agreement between Israel-Egypt and the USA.
[8] In 2006, her final year at the embassy, Wasserman Lande, was the de facto deputy chief of mission to Ambassador Shalom Cohen.
[7] While at Harvard, she founded The Israel Caucus, an organization dedicated to showcasing the Israeli society's diverse facets, which still successfully functions today.
[citation needed] In 2007, Wasserman Lande was seconded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work for two years as an adviser to former Israeli President Shimon Peres.
[13] She reached out to the international arena to identify foreign investors, empowerment opportunities, partners for cooperation, and people-to-people initiatives for local governments throughout Israel.
All this was done with a group of volunteers, senior personalities from within the public service in Israel, which she recruited and led – during four years - towards the creation of game-changing initiatives and engines of growth within this municipality.
She has addressed the British parliament, senior delegations of US members of congress and other dignitaries visiting Israel, as well as Israeli diplomatic, educational, and economic circles.