CDR Rebecca Pavlicek was born in the United States and holds four bachelor’s degrees as well as a Ph.D in Infectious Diseases. She earned a degree in Microbiology from Washington State University, as well as degrees in Homeland Security and Investigative Forensics from the University of Maryland University College, and Intelligence Analysis from the American Military University. She holds a Ph.D. in Infectious Diseases from the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine, with a focus on BSL-3/BSL-4 viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens.  Upon commissioning, she was...

Nada joined the Board of Trustees in August 2025 as an appointed member. She is the mother of Teymour El Hamamsy, class of 2024, Aly, class of 2027, and Selim, class of 2028. They moved to Cairo from Dubai in July 2020. Nada is an Egyptian-American journalist with over 25 years of reporting and editing experience in Los Angeles, New York, Dubai, and Cairo. She has contributed to international publications, such as the Financial Times, NYT and Newsweek. She worked as Cairo correspondent for UAE-based newspaper The National and currently freelances for several outlets, including Condé Nast...

Wail Shaheen serves as the Vice President of bp Egypt, assuming this role in November 2023 after relocating to Cairo from Port of Spain, where he held the position of Vice President of Subsurface in Trinidad & Tobago.  In his current capacity, Wail leads the Egypt Country Leadership Team and sits on the MENA Business Leadership Team, responsible for delivering bp's strategic objectives and business plans in Egypt. He is also dedicated to fostering future growth opportunities, nurturing key stakeholder relationships, and championing the development of our workforce.  Wail is a...

Ruben has served as Minister Counselor for Public Diplomacy at U.S. Embassy Cairo since August 2023.  Prior to that, he was the Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires, a.i. of U.S. Embassy Minsk.  Earlier, he served as the State Department's Director of Press Operations and as a senior advisor at the Foreign Service Institute's Leadership Management School.  Ruben joined the Foreign Service in 2007 and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service.  He has served as Public Affairs Officer in Algiers; Deputy Chief of the Political/Economic Section in Yerevan; Special Assistant...

Joined the Board in July 2020 as an elected representative for two consecutive two-year terms and as an appointed member for the term 2024-25. She is a CAC alumna (Class of 2000) and an active member of the CAC community. Ms. Soliman and her husband, Moustafa, have two children attending CAC: Hoda in grade 11 and Amin in grade 7. Ms. Soliman graduated with a B.A in Economics & a minor in Business Administration from AUC. She has been in the banking sector since graduation. Currently, she is the Head of Business Services - Global Banking & Markets at HSBC Egypt.​

Greg joined the board in July 2024 as the Apache representative.  He serves as acting vice president, Egypt Assets, country manager, and general manager  for Apache’s Khalda Petroleum Company joint venture. Before taking on his roles in Egypt, he served  as vice president of onshore production operations in the U.S. where he oversaw Apache’s production operations in the Permian Basin. Since joining Apache in 2001, he has held operational  and management roles with increasing responsibilities in the Permian Basin, Canada, as well as  Egypt. Mr. McDaniel began his career as an engineer at...

Dustin joined the Board of Trustees in June 2023 as the US Naval Medical Research Unit-3 (NAMRU-3) representative. Dr. Harrison is a US Navy Microbiologist and currently is the Director US NAMRU-3 Cairo, Detachment. Prior to his assignment, Dr. Harrison previously served as a Technical Collections and Requirements Officer, and Head of Laboratory Operations for the Department of Defense. Prior to that he was the Head of Operations, Molecular Diagnostics, and Immunodiagnostics for the Naval Medical Research Center, Biological Defense Research Directorate, and has served as a Department Head...

Esmat joined the Board in July 2024 as an elected member.  She is the mother of Eiman class of 2035 and Taha class of 2037.  Upon graduating from CAC, she completed her undergraduate studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London) majoring in Development Economics. For more than 14 years, she has been working and managing her family business “La Poire” together with her sister, with a special focus on development and innovation.  Esmat is an active volunteer member of the Friends of the Aswan Heart Centre dedicated to fundraising for the Magdi Yacoub...

Kareem  joined the Board in July 2024 as an elected representative.  He is the proud father of three CAC students Mariam, a recent graduate pursuing Architecture at the University of Virginia; Noor, currently in 12th grade; and Yousef in 7th grade.  They relocated as a family to Egypt in 2021 from Vienna, Virginia, where they resided for the past 20 years.  Kareem spent the past 25 years in consulting and investments. He currently leads investments in payment companies globally for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is a member of the World Bank Group. He spent the past 20...

Tarek  joined the Board of Trustees in July 2021 as an elected representative and as an appointed member for the term 2024-25.  He is a proud CAC alumnus, class of '98 and the father of Alia attending elementary school and Omar attending middle school. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pepperdine University and began his career at Wells Fargo in the USA before joining Ahli United Bank and then venturing on his own.  He founded Kuwait Car General Trading in Kuwait where, after acquiring two little-known technology platforms, he was able as a hands-on CEO to develop them...