Professional Affiliation

Founder, Zovighian Public Office

Expert Bio

Lynn Zovighian is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and humanitarian diplomat. She is the Co-founder of the Zovighian Partnership (ZP), a family business that she established with her father in 2013 to drive public and private philanthropy and impact through community-led research, strategy, policy, and governance. Their projects especially focus on socio-economic and socio-cultural development, making important investments to close the regional gap on homegrown data in and from the Middle East.

In 2015, she founded the Zovighian Public Office (ZPO) to serve communities facing crises and crimes of genocide by amplifying their voices in research, international diplomacy, and some of the highest courts of law. Lynn works closely with communities and survivors, including the Artsakhi Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, Yazidis of Sinjar, and disempowered groups in Lebanon. 

Lynn is the 2022 recipient of the International Religious Freedom Award for Business Leader in Civil Society. Most recently, she returned to the stage as a performing soprano opera singer after a 16-year hiatus. Lynn is based between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Beirut, Lebanon.