Rula Shunnar
Board Member
With over 20 years of experience in Operations and Project Management, Private Sector Development, Entrepreneurship, and Aid management. Currently, she is serving as an Advisor to the Minister of Education on Education in Emergencies and International Cooperation. She is also the Founder of FORWARD, a social enterprise specialized in providing solutions to organizations in immediate and long-term challenges applying the Best International Practices. Previously, Rula was the Programs Director at the Welfare Association (Taawon) in Palestine, where she managed an annual budget of $50 Million Dollars in Human Development, Economy, and Culture Preservation. On the International and regional level, Rula was the Director of Country Operations at Silatech, an International NGO focused on Youth Development, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa region in which she has managed multi-million-dollar budget, oversaw the operations in twenty-two Arab countries, developed countries’ strategies in Youth, Entrepreneurship, and Employment.
An Entrepreneur herself, Ms. Shunnar co-founded a start-up in Palestine specialized in renewable energy solutions. Sunergy is now considered the second largest renewable energy company in Palestine.
In 2010, she served as the Senior Advisor to the Palestinian Minister of National Economy on Private Sector Development and International Aide, where she institutionalized the International Cooperation process by establishing a unit for Aid Management at the Ministry and created the Standards of Procedures and built the capacity of the Ministry’s staff.
Abroad, Ms. Shunnar worked as a project leader at the Dow Chemical Company in Houston-TX, where she was responsible for various sites in California, Canada, and Michigan. She led the strategic marketing unit at Dynamic Fluid Measurement company, a Houston based oil and Gaz company, upon her graduation from university.
Rula holds an MBA in International Business from the University of St. Thomas and a B.Sc. in Computer Information System from the University of Houston, TX. Her extensive work with US and international organizations has enabled her to acquire knowledge in multicultural business and work environments and enriched her diverse experience.
As an expert in Private Sector Development, Ms. Shunnar has chaired and participated in sessions on Youth, Technology, Innovation in Education, and Entrepreneurship, and family business in various conferences in the US, Europe, and Palestine.
Currently, Ms. Shunnar serves as a board member at Najah University, Palestine Deposit Insurance Corporation, a member of the General Assembly of the Pioneers Baccalaureate Academy in Nablus.
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