Our Board of Directors is a group of accomplished leaders who share Anera's goals and bring a variety of talents, expertise and experiences to the organization.
Officers
Joseph P. Saba
Chair
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Senior Advisor & Consultant for Operations in Conflict & Fragile States
Grace Tompkins
Vice Chair
Educational Specialist
Lawrence A. Hamdan
Treasurer
Executive Chairman, Global Mergers & Acquisitions, Barclays Capital
Sanaa Abouzaid
Secretary of the Corporation
Regional Corporate Governance Lead, MENA – International Finance Corporation
Legal Counsel
George Doumar
Doumar Martin PLLC
Ex Officio Board Members
Sean Carroll
President and CEO
Liz Demarest
Vice President, Communications
Donna Diane
Chief Financial Officer
Maggie Forster Schmitz
Vice President, Philanthropy
Board Members
Jihan Andoni
CEO, Zeva Incorporated
Ahmad Ashkar
Founder and CEO, Hult Prize Foundation; Founder of Falafel Inc.
Dr. Grace Baliunas Austin
Former periodontist; Author
Zeina Azzam
Publications Editor, Arab Center Washington DC
Teresa C. Barger
Founding Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Cartica Capital
Judy M. Barsalou, Ph.D.
Former President, El-Hibri Foundation
Kenneth H. Close
CEO & Founding Partner, The Quincy Group
Faris Eid
Founder & President, Design Innovations Architects, Inc.
Leena El-Ali
Managing Partner, Bona Smarts, L.L.C.
Hani M.S. Farsi
CEO and Founder, Corniche Group, London, UK
Amb. Edward “Skip” Gnehm (Ret.)
Vice Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; Former Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait, Australia; Deputy Head, U.S. Mission to the U.N.
John Gurley
Partner, Arent Fox
Matt Haddad
Senior Associate General Counsel at Anthem, Inc.
Michael C. Hudson, PhD
Seif Ghobash Professor of International Relations and Arab Studies, Emeritus, Georgetown University
Stephen Karam
Independent Consultant, Urban Economist
Piney Kesting
Owner, Piney Kesting, Writing and Consulting
Nabil Elie Khoury, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.C.P.
Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sparrow Hospital Regional Medical Director, Emergency Physicians Medical Group
Rania Kiblawi
Senior Public Affairs Advisor at Aramco Services Company
Samar Hussein Langhorne
Nonprofit Organization Management Professional
Jeffrey Mansour
Program Director, Thompson Charitable Foundation
Robert Anton Mertz, Ph.D.
Former Project Manager, The World Bank
Thairah "Cindy" Mousa
Director Employee Relations, Ochsner Health System
Amel Najjar
Executive Director & Founder, Children of War Foundation
Kathleen Ridolfo
Executive Director, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman
Fred Rogers
Vice President & Treasurer, Carleton College
James K. Sams
Principal, KPMG LLP
Murad M. Siam
Co-Founder, President & CEO, IDS Real Estate Group, Inc
Los Angeles, CA
David Sprague, Ph.D.
Independent Education Consultant; Former Director, Education Policy & Data Center Academy for Educational Development
Robert Trice
Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation, ret.
Elena Turner
Partner, Pelorus Partners
