Deena Shakir

Founding VC Partner at Valence Fund for black entrepreneurs

AMIDEAST (America-Mideast Educational and Training Services) is a U.S. non-profit organization that works to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, and to offer opportunities for learning and training, Established in 1951, based in Washington D. C., headed by CEO Theodore H. Kattouf, in 2016 Amideast provided English language and professional training to 58,000 students, gave lectures on education in USA to 87,000… Show more

AMIDEAST (America-Mideast Educational and Training Services) is a U.S. non-profit organization that works to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa, and to offer opportunities for learning and training, Established in 1951, based in Washington D. C., headed by CEO Theodore H. Kattouf, in 2016 Amideast provided English language and professional training to 58,000 students, gave lectures on education in USA to 87,000 attendants, administered 200,000 tests, and offered scholarships to 1,700 applicants. As of 2018 Amideast provides its services to 500,000 people. Show less

Iridescent is a 501c3 committed to empower the world's underrepresented young people, especially girls, through engineering, technology, and entrepreneurship to become innovators and leaders.

TechWadi is the leading non-profit organization building bridges between Silicon Valley and the Arab world. In Silicon Valley, TechWadi brings together technology movers and shakers through conferences, networking events, workshops, and mentorship programs. In the MENA region, TechWadi works with leading regional and international organizations to empower high impact entrepreneurs and help build a sustainable infrastructure to help entrepreneurship thrive and succeed.

We are a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in the technology and engineering sectors.

With support from public and private partners, Girls Who Code works to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields.

Iliad Partners is a Venture Capital firm based in Dubai that invests in early stage technology companies with a focus on the MENA region.

- Designed, raised $40K for, and led first admissions trip to Arab world, leading to record high admissions from region
- Launched first Harvard scholarship to fund undergraduates to work in public service projects in the Arab world
- Led planning and development efforts for annual conferences in Dubai and Boston and first Harvard MENA Job Fair