Our Team

We are a group of independent people with an entrepreneurial spirit, brought together by an understanding of business, the social and environmental challenges and a desire to serve.

Our advisors, like our team represent a variety of disciplines; marketing, public relations, branding, NGO, IT and Finance backgrounds to name a few. 

Rama Chakaki

Rama Chakaki

BS – EE&CS
MS - Eng Mgt & Multi-Media Development
George Washington University

Group leader, connector, passionate about children's causes, believer in the goodness of humans; a life learner. Her goal is to drive companies to integrate social responsibility into their core business.

Mahmoud Abu-Wardeh
M.Sc. Telematics (Telecoms &
Computer Engineering)
University of Surrey, UK

B.Sc. (Hons.)
Communications Engineering
University of Kent, UK

Self-proclaimed CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer). Strives to create balance on the personal (work/family/social) and corporate (financial/environmental/social) front in everything we do. 
 

Mohamad Chakaki

MEM Environmental Management
Yale Environment School, USA

B.Sc. and B.A.
Biology and Religion
George Washington University, USA

LEED Certified

Key Projects:
Environmental Education
Community Development
Sustainable Design (architecture/landscape)
“Smart Growth” (urban planning)
Project Monitoring & Evaluation

Mutaz Qasem

BS - Software and Information Systems Engineering
University of Damascus

Experience:
Systems Analysis
Software Development
Database Administration and Development
SCADA Management
GIS Development

Mutaz's first trip out of Syria was to China, exploring the possibilities to learn and grow.  A software developer with a passion for life, learning and creativity in problem solving.

Bana AlJalaghi

Associate in Science - Information Technology
American College of Dubai (degree awarded by Southern New Hampshire University- USA)
Exposure:
Web Design (HTML, CSS)
Database Management

Bana leads our effort in identifying and qualifying social and environmental entrepreneurship projects across the region

Affiliates

Afeefa Syeed

Founder - Alfatih Academy

Areas of expertise:

education, peace studies, curriculum, education policy and community development.

Afeefa's workshops draw an audience ranging from  youth, students, educators, policy-makers, community development practitioners or organizational leaders.