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Nada Salem also holds a bachelor’s degree in languages, a teaching diploma, and two master's degrees, one in Translation (Attestation de Maîtrise, from Saint Joseph University, USJ- ETIB at Faculté de Langues et de Traduction, where she currently serves on the Advisory Board) and another in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (from the American University of Beirut, AUB).

Nada is the Founder of the American Foundation for Educational Excellence (AFEE) and its subsidiaries, the Center for Excellence in Languages: Teaching, Editing, Translating, and Interpreting, and the International Foundation for Women's Empowerment (IFWE) which she set up in Virginia, USA, in March 2019. IFWE seeks to empower all women and help them thrive on the personal and professional levels, regardless of nationality and religion.

As Nada was selected in September 2019 as a WOMAN LEADER by the University of Maryland‘s Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and Peace, her name was added as a Woman Leader in the sectors of Academia, Education and Social Development in Lebanon, in the online HUB that Gibran Chair’s Women as Partners in Progress Project (WPP) is building to support women leaders as they advance women’s progress. Nada has also been recognized twice by Marquis Who’s Who in America: first as a listee, and second as a Top Executive in Education and Leadership!

From October 2013 till March 2019, Nada was the Director of Project Roots/CLFW whose main objective is to help preserve diversity and democracy in Lebanon by registering there all Americans of Lebanese descent and encouraging them to reconnect with their roots. In 2012, Nada co-founded the Maronite Academy whose main goals are to improve the image of Lebanon in the new generation’s minds in order to incite pride in their Lebanese roots and encourage them to register in Lebanon.

In 2006, Nada became the administrative director of the Master of Science in Finance Program at GW School of Business and received an Appreciation Award in June 2008. She remained their Assessment of Learning Coordinator for AACSB Accreditation until 2014.

Nada taught English, EFL, ESL, ESP, and English Communication for more than 20 years both in school and college settings. She co-created and co-taught at the GWU Graduate School of Education an online Methods Course for Teachers of Arabic as a Foreign Language. Nada is the Co-Editor in Chief of “Teaching World Languages: A Practical Guide- Arabic Edition” (The National Capital Language Resource Center, Washington, DC).

Nada is a pioneer in web page creation and design and has an energetic, dynamic, and proactive approach to working. She has outstanding communication skills that she puts to use on a daily basis. Nada is an expert in assessment and evaluation to reach objectives (needs analyses). She has conducted a lot of research on team work, emotional intelligenceand leadership skills, which she always strives to incorporate in the work environment.

Nada combines several skills that enable her to be highly successful in any endeavor she undertakes: leadership, technology, web page design, social media, photo editing (Photoshop), publishing (yearbooks and yearEbooks), communication, language fluency (in 3 languages), creative thinking, teaching, assertiveness, empathy, win/win thinking, friendliness, competence, production efficiency, hard work, organization, marketing, and public relations skills.

In 1998, Nada created and designed a website titled “Nada’s ESL Island” (http://www.nadasisland.com/) which has more than one million visitors and has won several educational awards (The Busy Educator’s Award, the Web English Teacher Outstanding Resource award, three Golden Web Awards, and an Academic Excellence award).

Nada gave, in schools and universities and at different national and international conferences, several workshops related to integrating technology in the classroom, emotional intelligence, team building, webpage design, peer mentoring, motivation, and learning strategies. She produced an award-winning 250-page centennial yearbook in 2006. 

Anna Uhl Chamot was Professor Emerita of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, where she was Faculty Advisor for English as a Second Language (ESL) and Foreign Language Education. She directed the National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC), which conducted research, teacher education, and materials development for foreign language educators.

Dr. Chamot was principal investigator for a number of studies that investigated language learning processes of both second and foreign language students. Her research interests were in language learning strategies, content-based language instruction, and literacy development in adolescent English learners.

In addition to preparing future language teachers, Dr. Chamot also taught second and foreign languages in Grades 1 to 12 in the United States, Great Britain, Colombia, and Venezuela.

She co-designed the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), an instructional model for English language learners and adapted this model to meet the needs of students learning English and other languages as foreign languages.

Her publications include articles and books on research, methodology, and instructional materials, including: The Learning Strategies Handbook, The CALLA Handbook: Implementing the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (2^nd edition), and Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition.

Dr. Chamot held a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in foreign language education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a B.A. in Spanish literature from the George Washington University. She was bilingual in Spanish and English and fluent in French.

Karen Kortecamp is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy at the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development where she teaches and advises doctoral candidates in Curriculum and Instruction.  For many years, Dr. Kortecamp coordinated and taught in the school’s Secondary Education Program.  Her courses in education policy and program evaluation are taught online. 

Dr. Kortecamp has evaluated numerous education and philanthropic programs that include Digital Learning Applications for emergent readers, professional learning, and the Deutsche Bank’s Americas Foundation.  She has expertise in conducting literature reviews, logic modeling, needs assessment, and evaluability assessment. Her research presentations and publications are in program evaluation, professional learning, and education technology.  Her Ph.D. is in public policy analysis from the University of Illinois, Chicago.

George Jabbour, Ph.D. is Professor of Finance, Associate Dean for Executive Education/Programs, and Director of the Masters in Finance Program at The George Washington University School of Business.

He has been a consultant and conducting professional training for the World Bank Group in Washington DC (USA), Vienna (Austria) and Islamabad (Pakistan), the International Monetary Fund (USA), The International Training Banking Center in Budapest (Hungary), the Center of Excellence in Management in Kuwait, and for Kipco Asset Management Group (KAMCO) in Kuwait.

He was a Visiting Professor at Franklin College in Lugano (Switzerland), Dongseo University (South Korea), Renmin University of Beijing (China), and Sorbonne University in Paris (France).  He has many publications in professional refereed journals. Four of his co-authored papers won the best paper award. He co-authored “The Option Trader Handbook” for trade adjustments.

His research papers were presented in the US and around the world. He is a member of several leading professional finance organizations He has been a member of the Educational Committee of International Association of Financial Engineers and served as Chair of the Research Committee at Professional Risk Managers International Association. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of five journals. He has received many Teaching Excellence Awards.

In addition to his academic career, Dr. Jabbour is very active in equity and derivatives trading. He was Senior Financial Analyst at Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and a consultant to several American corporations and international organizations. He served as Managing Director of Global Asset Management Inc., and President of Global Finance Associates, Inc. in USA. He participated in the Forum for Democracy and Development in Doha (Qatar), in the Education without Borders and the Festival of Thinkers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai (United Arab Emirates), and in the International Exhibition & Conference on Higher Education in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).

He holds a Ph.D. in Finance, an MBA in Finance, a BBA in Marketing, and a BS in Mathematics.

Before moving to Interstate Resources, Dr. Ramez Skaff was Group Controller for the INDEVCO Saudi Joint Venture. He has over 30 years of experience in the paper and packaging industry. Before joining INDEVCO Group, Dr. Skaff held several executive positions at the World Bank. Dr. Skaff serves on the Board of the following non-profit organizations: American Friends of Al Younbouh, SESOBEL, Georges N. Frem Foundation and Christian Lebanese Foundation in the World. Dr. Skaff holds a PhD in Economics, an MS in Mathematics and Economics from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and a BA in Mathematics from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD.