The Internet Marketing Association (IMA) is pleased to welcome another wonderful addition to our array of women leaders, Essraa Nawar. Essraa is the Development Coordinator for the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University and is also the Chair of the Arts, Exhibits and Events Committee there as well.

She received her bachelor’s degree in commerce with an emphasis in accounting from Alexandria University, Egypt. She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the American Management & Business Administration Institute, Cambridge, MA and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) at Brandman University. She is currently pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) at San Jose State University.

Her professional interests include developing and implementing marketing, branding and communications practices to support the Leatherby Libraries strategic plan in attracting faculty, staff, students and other entities on and off campus, as well as maintaining an integrated external relations model targeting prospective donors, current donors, board members and external partners.

Essraa is also an accomplished writer; some publications include her contributions to The Huffington Post. In addition, she is scheduled for future Tedx Talks and a future speaking engagement at the US Embassy in Cairo this August.