WAAAUB Elections and Appointments

Abu Dhabi Chapter President: Wael Abdul Malak (BA ’94, MBA ’99, MMB ’03; Vice President: Ghassan Abdel Rahman (BEN ’88, EMBA ’06); Treasurer: Roger El Feghali (BEN ’94); Secretary: Joseph Atallah (BBA ’87); Members at Large: Elie Zoghbi (BS ’95), Raya Zreik (BS ’05, MD ’09), Hiba Alami (BBA ’07), Farah Sleiman (BFA ’11), Ghada Akkawi (BBA ’95), Rana Abou Mrad (BS ’05, MD ’09), Fadi Trabulsi (BA ’91, MMB ’95), Najib Makarem (BBA ’00), Zoubaida Onsi (BA ’86), Nagham Al Zahlawi (BBA ’09), Badi Al Akhal (BEN ’94), Amro El Mais (BBA ’10)

Club of Jordan Chapter; President: Haya Imam (BBA ’99); Vice President: Mish’al Abu Shkeidem (BBA ’04); Treasurer: Ghassoub Kawar (BS ’72); Secretary: Shadia Alauddin Dajani (BS ’75); Deputy Secretary: Sewar AlKhalid (BBA ’19); Members at Large: Flare Zawati Majali (BA ’75), Mohammad Hmoud (BBA ’08), Yasmine AlMuna Akkawi (BA ’06), Hani Khader (BBA ’99), Lara Mouradian (BBA ’14), Lana Imam (BA ’11), Lara Nassar (BS ’07)

Alumna Lina Jazi appointed WAAAUB general secretary

“AUB laid the foundation for my success. It instilled in me the spirit of achievement—and excellence,” says incoming WAAAUB General Secretary Lina Jazi (BS ’89). “Like many alumni, my husband (Wael Chehab, MBA ’88) and I support AUB not only because it is part of our past and heritage, but more importantly because it represents the future.”

“We are fortunate to have Lina join our team,” said VP for Advancement Imad Baalbaki. “She has been an especially active and generous member of the AUB family for many years and will be playing a leadership role in our critical efforts to further enhance alumni outreach and engagement.”

Jazi has been a member of the Houston Chapter since she moved to the US in 1989 to earn a master’s degree at the University of Texas–Health Science Center. She was chapter president from 2001 until 2007 and also a member of the national board of AUB’s Alumni Association of North America (AANA), serving as board secretary and then vice president. She chaired AANA’s national convention in Houston in November 2005. In addition to being an active alumna, Jazi has also had an extensive professional career, most recently as president and CEO of Terra Nova Consulting, Inc., an environmental consulting firm in Houston.

Since she joined AUB on April 1 as WAAAUB general secretary and AVP for alumni relations–North America, Jazi has been busy meeting with each of the alumni chapters in North America and preparing for the first meeting of the WAAAUB Advisory Board. “I am very fortunate to be working closely with terrific colleagues in North America and Beirut,” she says.

Jazi acknowledges that these are challenging times for AUB—and for Lebanon—but she is not daunted. Quite the opposite. “There is no better way to support Lebanon than to support AUB,” she says. Jazi also has a lot of faith in AUB alumni: “We’ve been tested before, but we have never failed our alma mater. We never will. We will not abandon our responsibilities to AUB and all that it stands for.”