For Our Members

  • President Update

    It is my pleasure to serve as your President for the 2020-2021 Program year.  We started off with our first Board Meeting in March.  Our team is truly dedicated to providing you with a world-class membership experience.  Additionally, I was delighted to host a member dine around at my home.  I look forward to many more wonderful opportunities to collaborate and network.

    As General Counsel of Odyssey Media, I serve on our COVID-19 Task Force. This pandemic has created a new normal that necessitates change of our current plans. Effective immediately, I have cancelled in person gatherings for IWF-DC. This decision will be revisited monthly as we track the progression of the virus.  As for meetings, we shall conduct all of our business by Zoom or teleconference meetings. This ensures the safest method for our members to communicate.  I invite all of you to follow our LinkedIn page for updates and events news and photos.  The picture of the amazing members who attended the “Meet the President” dine around is there for you to see.

    Finally, we have opportunities for you to participate in our Forum. From Programs to Nominations, to Communications to Sponsorship, we would love to have your active engagement in IWF-DC.  Please reach out to me or Krista and we will find just the right task for your enthusiasm.  I have learned to never turn away offers to help.  Similarly, it is time to look for new members and Fellows for the Foundation.  Please look out for the deadlines and submit the names of women who will continue our legacy of excellence.  Also, let’s help our Leadership Foundation Chair Diane Groomes with outreach to corporations or other entities willing to sponsor candidates for our outstanding Fellows program.  Feel free to reach out to her directly.

    The IWF-DC Program year is off to a great start with so much more to come.  Check our website’s News for the “Ways to Stay Connected” section with links to our social media and members sharing their news.  Let’s find ways to support each other during these challenging times. (Check out i Ricchi’s Food Club or Ris-To-Go for great meal options).

    We appreciate your membership.

    Kim

  • H.H. Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui

    New Member

    Her Highness Princess Lalla Joumala was appointed as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States of America by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI in October 2016.

    HH Princess Lalla Joumala was previously appointed as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Kingdom (2009-2016). In this role, Her Highness endeavoured to diversify and strengthen Morocco-UK ties on the political, economic, cultural and security fronts.

    Her Highness’s contribution to the advancement of the Moroccan-British relationship preceded her ambassadorial appointment. In February 2003, she founded the Moroccan-British Society (MBS), which she continues to preside over. The MBS is aimed at creating opportunities for social, cultural, educational, business and charitable activities and strengthening the 800 years old relation between Morocco and the UK. In this capacity, Her Highness organised, in 2007, the “SACRED Exhibition of Manuscripts of the Three Religions of The Book”, under the joint Royal patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with the British Library. She also set up the King Mohammed VI Fellowship on Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies with Oxford University in 2004.

    HH Princess Lalla Joumala headed the Delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco to the Special Session on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations in New York in 2001. Previously, her Highness also held an Executive position at Bank Al Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank.

    Over the course of her career, HH Princess Lalla Joumala has developed an interest in history and international relations with a focus on inter-faith dialogue and relations between Islam and the West. Her Highness also has a personal interest in music, arts and literature.

    HH Princess Lalla Joumala is also highly engaged in charitable activities. Her Highness chairs over the Lalla Hasnaa Orphanage in the city of Casablanca, which shelters an average of 200 abandoned children providing them with education and new foster families when possible.

    HH Princess Lalla Joumala obtained a degree in Politics and History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. She is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

    She is married and has one child.

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Membership is by invitation only, and prospective members are nominated by existing members. Invitation for membership is extended to those women who have achieved success in their chosen field and whose interests are aligned with the objectives of the Forum. A prospective member is recognized as a leader in her field both inside and outside her own organization. The Forum strives for diversity of membership in many areas including field of expertise, ethnicity, age, and public, private and non-profit companies and organizations.