Samia Farouki

Samia Farouki is the Founder and CEO of HiiFinance Corporation, a global investment company. Outside her business world of investments, she has dedicated her time, efforts and energies to the fields of education, arts and women's empowerment. 

Mrs. Farouki has served as a member of the board of directors of the Lab School of Washington, Folger Shakespeare Library, Vital Voices, Corcoran Gallary, D.C. region Teach for America, Kennedy Center International Committee for the Arts, Arab American cultural foundation, King Hussein Cancer Center, The Washington Opera Company, King Hussein Foundation, Tomorrow's Youth, and as co-chair of Aspen Institute Middle East programs.

She holds degrees from the American University of Beirut and George Washington University. She has been living in the Washington, D.C. area with her husband A. Huda Farouki for more than forty years.