Experience

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  Auc Faculty

  • Senior Director, Academic Affairs Projects
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  The American University in Cairo

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Senior Director, Academic Affairs Projects

    • Jul 2019 - Present
    • Cairo, Egypt

    Strategizing, planning, aligning and executing large-scale and complex programs, projects and services in the office of the University Provost.

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  Independent Consultant

  • Middle East & North Africa

  • Educational and Non-profit Management Consultant

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • Middle East & North Africa

    Providing consulting and advisory services in education, youth employment and non-profit management. Clients include educational institutions, NGOs, private and public sector.

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  Write This Way

  • Global

  • Founder

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • Global

    Write this way works with individual, corporate and non-profit clients, developing and editing professional content. From creating or enhancing your resume and LinkedIn profile to drafting website content, writing speeches and presentations or editing manuscripts, we are here to support your prof...

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  Silatech

  • Qatar
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Associate Director of Employability

    • Dec 2012 - Nov 2016

    Silatech is a social enterprise based in Qatar, creating opportunities for increased youth employment and entrepreneurship in the Arab region. Silatech’s approach is to address the challenges of youth unemployment on multiple levels, including working directly with policymakers, fostering a new mindset regarding youth employment, and creating opportunities for young people in the Arab world to have greater access to skills and employment and entrepreneurship opportunitiesResponsible for the overall strategic and day to day operations of the Employability unit, including youth access to career guidance and employability support resources, capacity building for regional career guidance centers, a regional youth employment web portal which provides access to advice, e-learning, entrepreneurship support and job listings, and skills development for employment. Oversee critical stakeholder relationships, manage a budget of $4M, lead a team of 8 staff and 28 consultants.

  • Senior Program Manager

    • Mar 2011 - Dec 2012

    Responsible for developing and managing programs to increase youth access to quality employment, and specifically for leading the development, rollout and implementation of Silatech’s Tamheed™ Initiative for enhanced career guidance opportunities based regionally normed online psychometric assessments. Developed a full areer advisor training program including curriculum and certification processes, resulting in over 600 certified career advisors in 300+ career centers across 8 MENA countries.

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  Supreme Education Council of Qatar

  • Doha, Qatar

  • Senior Manager

    • Dec 2007 - Mar 2011
    • Doha, Qatar

    Led the team responsible for selecting outstanding international schools to open branch campuses in Qatar under an agreement with the Supreme Education Council. Key responsibilities included: -Leading the strategic planning process to determine the program objectives in terms of the number of in...

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  Academy for Educational Development

  • Country Manager

    • Mar 2005 - Dec 2007

    AED was contracted by the Supreme Education Council of Qatar to provide a team of consultants to support Qatar’s K-12 Educational Reform. During my tenure as the Qatar Country Manager, AED increased its level of support to Qatar’s Educational Reform by over 200%. Oversee all work related to AED’s...

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  British School of Al Rehab, Cairo

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Director of Language Support Programs

    • 2004 - 2005
    • Cairo, Egypt

    Established school wide programs in English as a Second Language and Language Support. Responsibilities include curriculum design and implementation; selection of teaching resources; supervision of ESL teachers and teaching support staff; Implementing a Staff Professional Development program for...

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  Thebes American College of Cairo

  • Cairo, Egypt

  • Headmistress, Dept. Head, Teacher

    • 2000 - 2004
    • Cairo, Egypt

    • Headmistress Responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day administration of K-12 American international school of approximately 350 students/45 teachers, including hiring, training and evaluation of all teachers and staff. Guided the school successfully from Candidacy through Full Accreditatio...

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  Hilton

  • Assistant to the Manager

    • 1999 - 2001
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  Golden Gate University

  • Student Development Counselor, Academic Advisor

    • 1991 - 1997
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  Legacy International

  • Project Coordinator, Youth Activiites

    • 1989 - 1992
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  Cambridge Oral History Center

  • Program Manager, Public Education

    • 1987 - 1989