Professional Affiliation

Founder & CEO, Leaders of Tomorrow

Expert Bio

Medical doctor and serial social entrepreneur. He is the founding director of the well-known educational platform for9a.com. Dr. Hourani is the founder and the executive director of the regional organization Leaders of Tomorrow and the innovative social accountability initiative, Diwanieh and the new and creative qualitative research methodology FADFED. He is a fellow at Ashoka, largest hub for social innovators world wide. He received King Abdullah II Demoqrati award in 2014 and EUROMED youth award in 2013. He was also elected as the Jordanian Role Model of 2011 and received the Jordanian title “Knight of Change” in 2008. He has a master degree in social innovation and technology from Lund University in Sweden. He is certified in community organizing from Harvard University and in Persuasive Communication from Delaware University in the United States. He has an M.D degree from University of Jordan. Sami currently serves on the board of directors of the Jordanian National Commission for Women, on the advisory board for the Arab Regional Initiative, the advisory committee of King Hussein Foundation and the steering committee of Amman 100 resilient cities initiative and the national coordinator for Jordan Youth Strategy 2017-2025. Dr. Hourani works as a consultant in Middle Eastern politics and electoral laws, creative street activism and innovative development solutions for different national, international organizations and academic institutions.