Chapter History

The PMI Lebanon Chapter is a non-profit organization founded during early 2005. It was given a registration number of 345/AD on December 14, 2005 by the Ministry of Interior. PMI Lebanon Chapter is the local representative of the Project Management Institute (PMI).

The following are the chapter current and past board of directors:

Executive Board: January 2021 - March 2023

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Hisham Zeinoun
President (1 February 2021 – 31 January 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hisham-zeinoun-pmp-b78923a6/ 
Khaled Karam Past President (1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022) https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaledkaram/
Nelly Khnaizer VP of Administration (1 January 2021 – 31 January 2022) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-khnaizer-sakr-pmp-89b16448/
Nathalie Bekai
VP of Administration (1 February 2022 – 31 March 2024)
https://lb.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-bekai-18a12790
Hady Haddad VP Finance (1 January 2021 – 31 July 2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadyhhaddad/
Paul Farhat
VP Finance (1 August 2021 – 31 January 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-farhat-72825515/ 
Loubna Adouni
VP Membership (1 January 2021 – 31 January 2023)  https://www.linkedin.com/in/loubna-adlouni-730351/ 
Paul Farhat  VP Governance (1 February 2021 - 31 July 2021)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-farhat-72825515/  
Ziad Ibrahim  VP Governance (1 August 2021 – 28 February 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziad-ibrahim-0a9b5352/
Paul Farhat 
VP Volunteer (1 March 2020 – 31 January 2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-farhat-72825515/ 
Riam Chazbeck  VP Volunteer (1 March 2021 – 28 February 2023)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/riam-chazbeck-pmp-47a8bb46/
Hisham Malaeb  VP Education (1 March 2021 – 28 February 2023) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hishamhmalaeb/
Milia Abou Zahr VP Marketing (1 January 2021 – 31 January 2022) https://www.linkedin.com/in/milia-abou-zahr-pmp-psp-b3a46baa/
Saad Massad VP Marketing (1 February 2022 – 31 March 2024) https://lb.linkedin.com/in/saadmassad

Executive Board: January 2019 – December 2020

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Khaled Karam President (1 January 2019 – 31 January 2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaledkaram/
Nelly Khnaizer VP Administration (1 January 2019 – December 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-khnaizer-sakr-pmp-89b16448/
Hady Haddad VP Finance (1 February 2019 – 31 December 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadyhhaddad/
Hisham Zeinoun VP Governance (1 April 2019 – 31 January 2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/hisham-zeinoun-pmp-b78923a6/
Sarkis Kerkezian VP Professional Development (1 March 2019 – 28 February 2021) https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarkis-kerkezian-9818553/
Paul Farhat VP Volunteer (1 March 2018 – 29 Feb 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-farhat-72825515/
Loubna Adouni VP Membership (1 February 2019 – December 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/loubna-adlouni-730351/
Eli Hanna VP Marketing (1 February 2019 - 31 July 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/elie-hanna-pmp-bb2b0755/
Milia Abou Zahr
VP Marketing (1 August 2020 – December 2020) https://www.linkedin.com/in/milia-abou-zahr-pmp-psp-b3a46baa/

Executive Board: October 2017-December 2018

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Gretta Kelzi President https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretta-kelzi-pmp-4aa5a33b/
Nelly Khnaizer VP Administration https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelly-khnaizer-sakr-pmp-89b16448/
Khaled Karam VP Finance https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaledkaram/
Nassim Abi Fadel VP Governance and Policy https://www.linkedin.com/in/nassim-abi-fadel-68979525/
Sarkis Kerkezian VP Professional Development https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarkis-kerkezian-9818553/
Ayad Rizk VP Volunteers
(September 2017 – February 2018)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayad-rizk-265bb576/
Paul Farhat VP Volunteers
(as of March 2018)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-farhat-72825515/
Tania Awada VP Membership https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniaawada/
Mona Zghaib VP Marketing https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mona-zoughaib-phd-pmp-78449a28/

Executive Board: October 2014 – September 2017

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Claude Khalil President https://www.linkedin.com/in/claude-khalil-316b2512/
Gretta Kelzi Vice President https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretta-kelzi-pmp-4aa5a33b/
Hasan Jaffal General Secretary https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaffal/
Walid Fenianos Treasurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/walid-fenianos-316898b5/
Mona Zgheib Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mona-zoughaib-phd-pmp-78449a28/
Walid Natour Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/walid-natour-1923461/
Ibrahim Kebbe Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahimkebbe/
Marcel Abi Nassif Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelabinassif/
Pierre Hervouet Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierrehervouet/

Executive Board: October 2011 – September 2014

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Roger Khater President https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerkhater/
Afif Tabsh Vice President https://www.linkedin.com/in/afiftabsh/
Wassim Chacra General Secretary https://www.linkedin.com/in/wassim-abou-chakra-68111a5b/
Ziad Shaaban Treasurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziad-chaaban-47794852/
Tamy Baddour Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamy-baddour-52bb6a3/
Mohamad Boukhari Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamad-boukhari-phd-pmp-pmi-rmp-047a303/
Mohammad Iskandarani Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammadiskandarani/
Guy Boustany Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-boustany-822b89/

Executive Board: July 2009 – July 2011

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Fadi Abi-Aad President https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiaad/
Akram Rayess Vice President https://www.linkedin.com/in/akramrayess/
Akram Najjar Vice President https://www.linkedin.com/in/akram-najjar-194800bb/
Andre Gholam Treasurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-gholam/
Wissam Buchnak Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/wissam-sam-buchnak-4aaa7514/
Houssan Ramadan Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/houssam-ramadan-b9805216/
Saadi Adra Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/saadi/
Grace Najjar Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracenajjar/
Youssef Doughan Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef-a-r-doughan-phd-pmp-eng-a9aa6228/
Mohamad Boukhari Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamad-boukhari-phd-pmp-pmi-rmp-047a303/
Rami Sukkar Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramisukkar/
Georges Hosry Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/georges-hosry-ba378982/
Mouna Sarieddine Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/mouna-sarieddine-7ba229b/
Khaled Kolailat Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaled-kolailat-msce-pmp-ccp-mciarb-0270b270/

Executive Board: July 2006 – July 2009

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Richard Abou-Saada President https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardabousaada/
Akram Najjar General Secretary
(Then took over as
President in 2007)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/akram-najjar-194800bb/
Anwar Ali Treasurer N/A
Akram Rayess Member
(Then took over as
General Secretary in 2007)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/akramrayess/
Johny Kesserwany Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnykesserwany/
Patrick Lebreton Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/plebreton/
Karim Harb Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-harb-5b8a80/
Hani Jabre Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/hani-jabre-76565418/
Grace Najjar Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracenajjar/
Lara El Hamouche Member N/A
Saadi Adra Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/saadi/
Samer Abd El Massih Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/samerabdelmassih/
Fadi Abi-Aad Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiaad/
Abdo Elhageassaf Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdo-elhageassaf-pmp-20b3307/

Founding Members: December 2005 – July 2006

Name Title Get in touch LinkedIn
Jimmy Char President https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-char-pmp-csm-sdi-9a04186/
Akram Najjar General Secretary https://www.linkedin.com/in/akram-najjar-194800bb/
Patrick Lebreton Treasurer https://www.linkedin.com/in/plebreton/
Grace Najjar Founding Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracenajjar/
Richard Abou-Saada Founding Member https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardabousaada/