Ahmed Mustafa Kamal El Din is a founding partner of GROWAT in Saudi Arabia, Assistant
President of the Professional Development Network – San Jose – California, USA, and
Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa region.
Key achievements:
▪ Member and Leader of the National Board for Professional Development in the USA –
International Relations Committee 2020-2023 and Ambassador for the Middle East and
North Africa Region for the Board 2022 .
• Representative of CRG Canada for assessment and measurement tools.
• Consultant for the United Nations Organization – UNICEF .
• Winner of the Merit Award for 2022 and the Best Professional .
Development Expert Award in the World from the National Board for
Professional Development in the USA for 2011, and the Best
International Professional Facilitator Award in the World from the
National Board of Certified Consultants in the USA for 2015.
Professional experience:
• Born and raised in Egypt in Giza Governorate, he took the professional path before
graduating from university, which refined his skills and developed his potential, in
addition to his journey of self-discovery, which has not yet ended.
• He has been involved in the field of information technology for more than two
decades, during which he held several positions, including Information Systems
Consultant in the Office of Experts of the Minister of Finance, then his career path
shifted to the field of professional development to manage the operations of the first
professional development project in the Arab world, which is the establishment of a
vocational guidance and counseling center at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo
University in 2006.
• He also served as a Professional Development Consultant for the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from October 2009 to 2018.
Other notable achievements:
• In June 2010, during the annual conference of the National Board for Professional
Development (NCDA) in the USA “the largest institution in this field in the world”,
where he was celebrated as the first representative of this association in the Arab
world.
• In January 2011, Ahmed Mustafa was selected by the National Board for Professional
Development (NCDA) in the USA to be the first Arab to join the leadership
development program in the field of professional development to enable him to lead
and spread this field in the Arab world. This was followed by Ahmed Mustafa being
accredited in February 2011 as a Senior International Trainer for Professional
Development at the global level, and to be the only one with the right to teach and
develop curricula for this field in the Arabic language.
• In early 2014, Ahmed Mustafa was nominated to join the Advisory Council of the National Board of Certified Consultants in the USA to become the first Arab to obtain this membership.
• In May 2015, he was chosen by the National Council of Certified Consultants) in the field of mental health and psychology (in the USA) to be an ambassador for the first international conference in the field of mental health facilitation in North Carolina,
USA. During this conference, he was granted a certificate of registration as a mental health facilitator to be the first Arab to have the right to implement the mental health facilitator program and train trainers on it in the Arab world.
• Ahmed has carried out many development and educational programs for all segments of society and different age groups, which have had a clear impact on
rebuilding a new way of thinking about planning life paths. One of his most famous programs is the Self-Management Art program, in which he teaches a new system of standards and measurements that help to understand personality patterns in addition to multiple lifestyle patterns so that life paths can be planned in accordance with personality patterns. This in addition to programs for preparing certified professional counselors and facilitators from the USA, where more than 1000 guidance and counseling specialists have been trained since October 2009 until January 2020 in many countries.
• In mid-2011, Ahmed Mustafa was chosen to implement the first pilot project to
integrate professional development into the educational system in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia; from September 2016 to January 2020, he managed the professional development programs for Allow Company in the Kingdom, which implements some of the professional development and scientific content projects for professional development for many government agencies and other sectors in the Kingdom.
GROWAT was established to lead human development programs, projects and
services in the next stage for Arab societies, whether in the Arab world or Western countries.
Marty Apodaca, CCC
Manager of Career Counseling
University of New Mexico Office of Career Services
Marty Apodaca, MA, LPCC, CCC, NCC
Marty Apodaca is the Manager of Career Counseling at the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Student Health and Counseling where he assists his clients in exploring the intersections of career and mental health. For over a decade, he previously served as a Career Development Facilitator at UNM Career Services, where he supervised and trained both individual and group counseling interns. Marty presents to counseling graduate students on career related topics and has taught undergraduate career development courses.
Marty’s NCDA roles include being the Trustee-at-Large for Leadership Academy and a co-associate editor for the Features section of NCDA’s web magazine, Career Convergence. Previously, he served on the President’s Strategic Planning committee and is an alumnus of Leadership Academy. Marty is an active board member and former president of the NMCDA, where he helps facilitate workshops aimed at educating community providers, career practitioners, and school counselors on serving their populations’ career needs. Marty has also been faculty at two Career Construction Institutes and offers supervision and guidance to UNM staff and graduate students who use the Career Construction Interview with clients.
Marty has publications in the Career Development Quarterly, Career Planning and Adult Development Network, and Career Convergence. Marty has also been published in the Journal of Individual Psychology, Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, and ACA’s VISTAS web magazine. Marty received his BA in English and MA in Counseling from UNM. While working on his MA, he served as a board member and president for Chi Sigma Iota, the counseling honor society. Marty is a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Career Counselor, and National Certified Counselor. At UNM, Marty has received the People Appreciate Wonderful Staff Award and was recognized as an American Indian Student Services Campus Partner.
For more than 40 years, Natalie Kauffman, M.S., NCDA FCD-I, NCC, NCCC, & GCDF-I, has been providing comprehensive individual & group career development solutions that continually infuse the 8 domains of wellness as well as aequanimitas. Across the U.S. & circling the globe, her digitally fluent and face-to-face experiences have traversed business, government, education & NPO settings. Natalie has been recognized by the National Career Development Association for her exceptional performance providing career development services and received the association’s Outstanding Career Practitioner Award. She also is the proud recipient of both the Johns Hopkins University Heritage Award and the Alumni Council Extraordinary Service Award.
She has written online for the Washington Post’s message boards as their resident Worklife Careers Expert and has taught Career Decision Making courses at the college level & in both the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) and Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) curricula. Throughout the years, Natalie has joined leaders from local, state, national and international government organizations, educational institutions, businesses and nonprofits to design plans, procedures and processes to make career development a systemic priority. She continues to weave the impact of economic, social and demographic issues with current and past career development research and practice to address the many challenges facing job seekers during our ongoing globally-sluggish economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic shifts to an endemic. Her Job and Career Development/Transition Coaching certification is through The Career Development Network and her M.S. in Applied Behavioral Counseling with a Career Counseling concentration is from The Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
Arijana is a Strategist at SkillLab. She holds two master’s degrees in Political Science, and Crisis and Security Management. Researching on migration and refugee integration, her interests lie with how technology can be leveraged to best support people that need to rebuild their lives in a different country. Her main responsibilities at SkillLab are researching the market, including the existing and planned policies, theories, and technology developments.
An FCDI,(Facilitating Career Development Instructor) certified by the National Career Development Association in the USA.
A learning and development specialist with over 18 years of experience leading development programs in multinational organizations in the Middle East and GCC countries.
PhD Student in Management from UNIKL, Malaysia Holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Nottingham, UK
CDCS (Certified Digital Career Strategist)
JCTC (Job Career Transition Coach)
CEIP (Certified Employment Interview Professional)
GCDF (Global Career Development Facilitator)
CCSP( Certified Career Service Provider)
Certified Aptitude Tester – MindMill– USA, 2015
A bilingual in Arabic and English
Passionate about fostering youth development, providing invaluable support and resources to empower young individuals to unlock their full potential.
Mohamed Hani is a dedicated career consultant and coach with a focus on helping individuals achieve their career and personal development goals. Since 2014, Mohamed has provided career coaching services to over 6,000 trainees through +2,000 training hours and +100 one-on-one coaching sessions, assisting them in navigating career transitions, and job searches, and enhancing their professional skills. He has extensive experience in crafting effective resumes, and cover letters, and offering interview preparation coaching.
His educational background includes a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from Assiut University, with a specialization in economic development and entrepreneurship. Mohamed holds certifications as a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), Professional Career Coach (CPCC), and Career Services Provider (CCSP) from the National Career Development Association in the USA. He is also certified as a Job and Career Transition Coach (JCTC) and a Job and Career Development Coach (JCDC) from the National Career Development Network, USA.
Throughout his career, Mohamed has demonstrated a deep commitment to excellence, establishing himself as a trusted advisor and coach for many aspiring professionals.
Rich Feller, PhD, LPC, JCTC, professor emeritus of counseling and career development and one of 12 university distinguished teaching scholars at Colorado State University, served as the National Career Development Association President. Consultant to NASA, UN, NFL, AARP, Modern Elder Academy, and organizations within all 50 states and on six continents, his publications include three books, six film series, and over 125 articles and book chapters. He is the cofounder of the Who You Are Matters! board game, and virtual experience, and the OnlineStoryteller (www.onelifetools.com) (used in 19 countries). He serves as Chief Advisor to YouScience (https://youscience.com) (with over 2M users) and is executive director of the Career Development Network and lead trainer for the Job and Career Development Coach program. He coauthored Pearson’s Career Decision Making System (used by 20M) and serves as career consultant to Semester at Sea.
Brian Hutchison, Ph.D., LPC is Core Faculty of Clinical Mental Health in the School of Counseling at Walden University, USA. Dr. Hutchison received his doctorate degree in Counselor Education & Supervision from Pennsylvania State University and has worked as a career, school, and mental health counselor and clinical supervisor. Known as Global Career Guy he works as an academic, author, counselor, trainer, clinical supervisor, and speaker who focuses on how work and career development impact mental health, well-being, school engagement and social justice.
Brian is a recognized scholar of counseling, mental health, and career development. He has published in 17 different peer reviewed academic journals representing the fields of psychology, counseling, career development, college access, and education. His work is represented in 18 different textbooks by publishers such as Oxford Press, Routledge, Wiley, Jossey-Bass, and Information Age Publishing. His first book was titled International Practices of Career Services, Credentials, and Training and he is currently under contract and finishing a high school textbook called School to Career.
Brian’s consultation and education work is designed to impact mental health and career development around the globe. He has spoken, trained, and consulted with people in more than 50 countries. He has led projects in the Philippines, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, India, and the United States. Most recently he has developed a school career development program in India, provided consultation/developed trainings on depression and suicide prevention in the Philippines, spoken to and interviewed students in Azerbaijan, and been interviewed for a web channel in Pakistan.
To learn more about Brian’s scholarship and global engagement, follow him at https://www.globalcareerguy.com/.
Dr Hoda Kilani is a Certified Professional Career Coach and Founder of Right Career Fit, a coaching practice committed to providing top-notch career learning and career coaching services to students, parents, teachers and community partners. Hoda’s expertise and deep understanding of Career Literacy allows her to be a vocal spokesperson for the importance of Career Literacy. As a career and academic coach, she works tirelessly to create global awareness of its value through individual coaching, community partnerships, conference presentations, academic articles and blogs as well as career conversations on YouTube, podcasts, and radio shows in English and Arabic.
Certified Career Services Provider & Global Career Development Facilitator Programs & Networking director for ‘Ahmed Moustafa Foundation for Career Development- AMF’ – Egypt Global Connections Committee member – NCDA Graduate of Business School class 1999, with 23 years of working experience in various industries such as manufacturing, hospitality and banking. Nine out of which in Career Development in Egypt. Former AVP in banking sector in Egypt Empowered by availing fair chances to all human beings & continuous self -development is strategically forming better productive communities and sustainable growth.
A career coach certified from NCDA and holder of a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Poitiers University.
Currently preparing my PhD in leadership from Poitiers University in France
Choosing to integrate a career in the field of human development where I can contribute to the development of youth and put my skills and experience to good use.
This takes place through my experience with youth as a guidance and professional integration counsellor and my work as freelance trainer and instructional design since 2015.
As part of my social responsibility, I decided to create Careerbitesarabia, the first official platform that address career development in the Arabic language. Find the link below for more details :
https://linktr.ee/careerbitesarabia?fbclid=PAAaYvzNH-7f8a6J1-e1bQoh1nygkVT1xKI5ESiyenCypBemw5MO9-dlqESHo
Experienced and enthusiastic career development facilitator with a passion for helping and inspiring others
• MBA holder from Eslsca University
• Career Development facilitator since 2011
• GCDF Career Development facilitator, CCSP certified Career Service Provider
• A skilled and enthusiastic career development facilitator with a desire to assist and inspire others.
• He is the co-founder of the Creative Kids Trainer (CKT) program and has trained more than 50 professional trainers around the Arab world.
• Many years of experience as a camp counselor and small-group instructor.
• As a motivational speaker for children and teenagers, he trained more than 175 trainees
• Committed to learning about varying educational philosophies, and motivated by my appreciation of the human spirit and our innate desire to learn.
• capable of sticking to lesson plans and fostering a learning environment in the classroom.
• Bringing forth dedication, a love of education, and the desire to positively impact the lives of leadership, English, and well -Being • Has experience with all modules of the training, both virtual and physical.
•Working as a digital training manager at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, November 2020 – Present
• Leadership, English & Well-Being Programs Coordinator, Digital Haya Karima, March 2021 – Present
• leadership and language coordinator at the Digital Egypt Builder initiative. December 2019 – November 2020
•MCIT Formal Instructor, April 2020 – March 2021
Help you build a distinctive and promising career path that suits your abilities and professional inclinations and have fun on this journey .
Certified Career Development Facilitator from NCDA
Working as freelancer Career Coach enabled him to help more people to find out their own ways
Beside career coaching, he worked as an IT specialist in different Saudi Arabian institutes
Muath Bin Hussain General Manager of GOODAT Consulting Company. Business Consultant and Career Facilitator.
A part-time Lecturer in The Business School at King Fahad University. Certified Career Services Provider and Global Career Development Facilitator Holds two master’s degrees in Business Administration.
Conducted more than 50 courses and bootcamps in Career Development, entrepreneurship, and straregy.
Worked with several organizations in Saudi Arabia managing natioal wide projects such as:- Human Resources Development Fund, Aramco Entrepreneurship Center, and SME Authority .
Marilyn Maze. a highly experienced presenter and developer of training materials.
she design effective training materials for specific populations. she has designed and developed materials used by millions annually to develop career goals and enhance interpersonal skills.
deliver training appropriate to the setting. training experiences have included high school, college, and graduate levels as well as domestic and international conferences and webinars. Evaluations are always excellent and participants express enthusiastic appreciation for the experience. organize and run annual conferences for the Asia Pacific Career Development Association that are exciting, insightful, and create strong bonds among attendees. As a result, attendance has increased each year. mentor colleagues while serving on profession boards. As a board member for 4 different professional associations, I worked with potential board members to improve their leadership, planning, financial, and time management skills. As a result, these associations nurtured new leaders, grew their financial resources, and provided valuable services to members. Specialties:
• Recognizing the developmental needs of individuals and groups, and implementing learning experiences that lead others to gain new insights and awareness
• Setting clear learning goals, providing easy to understand, accurate, up-to-date information, and engaging the participants to assure that they assimilate the information provided.
• Working with wide variety of learners, from middle school through retirement age groups, from technical presentations to professionals to the engaging presentations for the general public.
Azza is a social entrepreneur and international development professional with a passion for
using her skills and expertise to create positive social impact. She is a partner and
co-founder of SkillLab, a social enterprise that connects people with jobs and education to
provide equal opportunities for all.
Azza’s focus is on empowering women, youth, and marginalized job seekers to turn their
skills into meaningful careers. She is committed to driving inclusive growth in the MENA and
GCC regions, where she leads partnerships for SkillLab.
Azza’s career has been defined by her dedication to using her skills and experience to make
a difference in people’s lives. Her work with SkillLab has been instrumental in helping
individuals from diverse backgrounds achieve their full potential.
Azza is a firm believer in the power of education and training to transform lives, and she is passionate about creating opportunities for people to build fulfilling careers.
Before founding SkillLab, Azza worked as Information Management Specialist at UNFAO.
There, she played a considerable role in leveraging and optimizing information management to effectively respond to humanitarian crises and produce modules for user-centered easy visualization of progress toward the three dimensions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 2030) — economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion, and comparison of performance across countries or regions.
Praveen Parameswar, CEO – Lifology, Lifologist, Author, TEDx Speaker, Career Educator, is Educated from Cardiff University (UK) and London School of Economics.
He possess 21 years of experience in Education, Skill Development and Career Management. Have been designing and delivering education programs for more than two decades.
The organziation Praveen has founded, Lifology, is a Guinness World Recording winner, supporting governments, higher education institutions and elite schools around the world to set up own career design plarforms. Lifology is the winner of Times Business Awards 2024, featured in Forbes India and Fortune India, organising CBSE National Guidance Festival around India and hosting nobel prize winners and experts from nasa, united nations etc to provide impeccable guidance for students and youngsters.
Communications Manager with a civil engineering major & MBA Holder in International Business, powered by my passion for sustainability and expertise in Sales, Communications, Marketing, and Corporate Branding. Certified trainer for sustainable development by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, certified Internal Sales Trainer in the Holcim Sales Academy. Delivers successful projects with innovation, attention to detail, and minimal environmental impact. Conducted many sessions & trainings about personal branding importance and Social Media Management.
Mona is a Career Development Facilitator, Capability Building and Talent Development Consultant at several organizations in Egypt. She facilitates training and coaching
programs that facilitate self-discovery and identify essential components of career success.
Mona is also an Encouragement Consultant and a certified Relationship Coach from Mars Venus Coaching. She also has a special experience in developing and delivering character building programs and retreats for young ages and teens.
As an Instructional Designer, Mona support organizations in designing engaging learning journeys and talent management events.
Mona has more than 12 years of professional experience in the consultation field conducted various organization and culture transformation projects for more than 20 local and multinational organizations in different industries.
Majda O. Al-Kenani
Founder & CEO | Writer | Board Member | Consultant
Professional Background:
Majda O. Al-Kenani is the founder and CEO of Pulse Planning Office, a consulting company established in 2029. In addition to her role at Pulse Planning Office, she is a prolific writer, contributing to several specialized magazines, and has authored four books that are currently available on the market.
Ms. Al-Kenani is an active member of various professional organizations. She serves as a board member of the Saudi Businesswomen Association (SBWA), a member of (COC) at the Chamber of Commerce- Riyadh and is involved in different committees. Furthermore, she holds the position of Secretary-General and RNC member at (HMPSRS Company).
Certifications & Expertise:
She is certified in Birkman, JCDC, and JCTC assessments, demonstrating her proficiency in various professional areas. Ms. Al-Kenani is also deeply involved in the technology sector, having contributed to the establishment and founding of several innovative companies. These include:
• Ptway: A platform dedicated to part-time recruiting
• TAWOONI: A platform designed for COOP students
• PTA: A platform focused on measuring professional skills and preparing individuals for career advancement
Recent Initiatives:
In January 2024, Ms. Al-Kenani launched the Pulse Management Newsletter, which aims to enrich the administrative sector in general and the consulting sector in particular. The newsletter shares expertise, industry insights, and experiences to benefit readers and support professional growth.
Enal Rashid, NCDA Certified Career Services Provider
I am dedicated career counselor and podcast host with a passion for empowering individuals to achieve their full potential. Through my work as a certified career services provider, I have helped countless clients navigate career transitions, identify strengths, and set achievable goals. I leverage evidence-based practices to provide personalized guidance and support, specializing in helping individuals assess their skills, interests, and values.
My engaging podcast further extends her reach, sharing insights and practical advice on career development. By combining my expertise in career counseling with storytelling skills, I create informative and inspiring content that empowers listeners to take control of their career journeys.
