Our Board

Ms. Ibrahim-Leathers, is the President and Founder of the Global Fund for Widows.

Sandy Debbas serves as Underwriting Counsel for TitleVest where she focusses primarily on New York Commercial transactions. She is also responsible for overseeing the 1031 Exchange division at TitleVest.

Pierre E. Debbas is a partner and founding member of the Romer Debbas firm. Pierre has extensive experience in the areas of real estate and general business law.

IMPROVE Olalekan ("Lekan") is an accomplished international businessman, engineer, and philanthropist.

Christine Dawood is an Organizational Psychologist, Executive Coach, and Change Agent with over two decades of experience.

Laura Osman is President of Amunet Advisors, an advisory firm offering strategic consulting services to clients worldwide.

Mr Mehregani is a Founding Partner of Silver Ridge Asset Management, responsible for Risk, Marketing, Silver Mine development, Recruiting and Business Development.

Jennifer joined the Global Fund for Widows in 2012 as a board member and is responsible for the Fund’s social media strategy.

Dr. Heba Elnazer is a highly experienced Internal Medicine doctor with over 17 years in the field, known for her pioneering work in integrative and digital health solutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Elena is the Head of Global Markets at Haitong International Securities’ in New York, overseeing the US institutional equities and equity capital market efforts for the firm.

Ms. Carole Sleeper serves as a Director on the Board of the Global Fund for Widows. She is also a Board Member of the Teacher´s College, at Columbia University.

Ms. Munshi has over 25 years of experience advising executive management teams, public and private corporate boards and institutional investors on strategy, M&A and corporate finance initiatives across a broad range of real estate sectors.

Dominique Ghazar is Global Sustainability and Inclusion Senior Manager at HSBC, driving award-winning initiatives in sustainability, inclusion, and future skills across EMEA, with a background at the UN and advanced certifications from Cambridge, Oxford, and NYU.

Angela was an original employee and Head of Sales at the quant trading platform Archipelago/ Arca, which became the first US electronic stock exchange.