Valentina Kassisieh

CEO of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation(AHSF)

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CEO of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation(AHSF)

Valentina Kassisieh, a Jordanian social activist with a focus on community empowerment and cultural inclusion. She is currently the CEO of Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation (AHSF), a non-profit organization dedicated to investing in cultural, scientific and social innovation. She is also a board of the Innovative Startups Fund Project (a World Bank project), a member of the Higher National Committee for Music, the national committee for media education, the higher advisory committee for the “Development of a National Strategy for improving reading skills in the Arabic language” program, a member of the board of trustees of the Baptism Site Development Zone, and a member of the Higher National Committee for the celebration of Irbid, the Arab capital of culture for 2022. She is also a member of the Scientific Research Committee at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Valentina has sat on several boards such as the National Scientific Research Fund, AlBalqa' Applied University, the state TV “Al Mamlaka”, and she is a member of the College Council at the faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan.