Council of Trustees

Mohammed Saqer spent 35 years of his professional life in the telecommunications sector. He founded Extensia in 2008, currently one of the region’s largest call centers with over 1500 employees. Mohammed was appointed Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone between 2010/2011.

The former minister of industry and trade and former dean of the faculty of law at the University of Jordan. He held the position of chairman and member of several boards of directors for government and private companies.

Mohammad Al-Momani is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yarmouk University. He is a former Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson (2013 / 2018). He was also Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs in 2013, and Chairman of Petra News Agency and Jordan National TV.

A Jordanian businessman, a member of the Housing Investors Association and a real estate developer..

A professor of public health and a physician by training. As a doctoral graduate from the Johns Hopkins University, with over 35 years of experience she served as president and member of the board of a number of national and international bodies (public, private, not- for –profit and NGOs). She assumed top level leadership, management , and professional positions at national and United Nations organization bodies including: advisor to Her Majesty Queen Rania Abdulla of Jordan on public health and children, WHO/ UNFPA regional advisor on reproductive health, vice president of the MENA Health Policy Forum, president of the IDB Group Women Advisory Panel, vice president of the OIC Women Consultative Council, president of the EU Erasmus+ Higher Education Reform Expert Committee, secretary general of Jordan National Council for Family Affairs, secretary general Jordan Higher Population Council, first woman Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Jordan and director of UNICEF Jordan Country Program.
She won a number of regional and international awards for applied scientific research in public health and has many published scientific work.

Ali has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from INSEAD.

Nabil Abdel Fathi is the Director of the State of Religion in Egypt Report since 1991, and the Chief Editor of book publications in the Ahram Center for Strategic and Political Studies in Cairo, Egypt, since 1994.

Ali is the founder and a Director of Endeavour Jordan, a not for profit organization that assists in the development of entrepreneurs, and a Director of the Micro fund for Women, which provides microfinance to low-income female entrepreneurs. Additionally, Ali is also Chairman of Alcazar Energy.

Ali has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from INSEAD.

Sari Hanafi is currently a Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut and editor of Idafat: the Arab Journal of Sociology (Arabic) and Chair of Islamic Studies program. He is the President of the International Sociological Association (2018-2022)

Saed D. Karajah is the Founder and Managing Partner of Saed Karajah & Partners LLP, a law firm specialized in corporate, regional and international work. Saed Karajah is well known for his passion in civil society and human rights, for which he established the first specialized department for Non- for profits laws and associations within his firm

Reem Abu Hassan is lawyer and social activist. She is a Jordanian politician and former Government Minister. She has served as the Jordanian Minister of Social Development from 2013 to 2016, She also served as the Secretary General of the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA).

A specialized journalist in economic affairs at Al-Ghad newspaper, holds a BA in economics and political science, and a master's degree in women's studies.