Ruba Al Zubi

Ruba Al Zubi is a green economy strategist and advisor. She was the first Policy Director at the Ministry of Environment, established and led several departments at the Development and Free Zones Commission, and served as the Chief Executive Officer of EDAMA Association. Al Zubi also led the Clean Technology Sector at USAID Jordan Competitiveness Program that aimed at enhancing private sector’s competitiveness, creating jobs, and increasing exports in green tech. Ruba served as the Advisor for Science Policy and Program Development to the President of the Royal Scientific Society, and as the Director of Scientific Research at Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation.

She is co-founder of Together for Energy and Climate Society and of Jordan Green Building Council. She is a Plus Social Good Advisor – under the UN Foundation, one of the United Nations Foundation’s Protectors of Progress on SDGs, and she was Jordan’s Eisenhower Fellow for 2012.

Al Zubi is an international consultant, trainer, mentor, and communicator with a strong passion for enabling green and social innovation in the MENA region.