Faiza El-Hibri serves as the Director of Operations Management at East West Resources Corporation (EWR), a private investment and business development firm focused on life sciences and emerging technologies located in Rockville, Maryland. She manages and oversees operating businesses and equity investments, focusing on process optimization, strategic planning, and market positioning. Prior to EWR, Faiza worked at Johnson & Johnson’s medical device company, DePuy Synthes, where she managed sales cycles for an inventory conversion program. She worked with the Board of Trade in collecting competitive intelligence in support of the Greater Washington Region’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. Faiza previously worked on the set of NBC’s television series “Revolution” and on 20th Century Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow.” Soon after, she supported Unity Productions Foundation, a non-profit organization in Silver Spring Maryland, in creating peace through media and increasing religious and cultural pluralism by internally managing the production of an Emmy-nominated historical docu-drama which aired on PBS. She was recently elected as a board member of the El-Hibri Foundation, whose mission “supports building an inclusive America by advancing peace and respect for diversity inspired by the universally shared values of Islam.” Faiza has an MBA from American University and a BA in Film Studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She graduated from McLean School in 2008, having attended since grade 3.