Areen Shahbari has over 15 years of corporate, business training, and consulting experience, working with local and international companies, governments, and NGOs.
Areen speaks at regional and global conferences and in addition to her work at Diversity North Group, has led training programs in the United States, Chile, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Turkey, Mexico, Bahrain, and Qatar. She is particularly interested in the intersection between psychology and business and how this allows for organizational change around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Shahbari worked for ten years in the media industry as a journalist, programming director, a TV producer, and a TV host before moving the U.S. from the Middle East. She holds a BA in psychology and communication and an MBA from Simmons University School of Business, where she was a Fulbright scholar.
“My heart has always drawn me to work that recognizes others, includes them, values them. Change comes with a cost, but so does inertia.”