Maha Gaber Abouelenein is an Egyptian American communications consultant specializing in strategic communications, public diplomacy and campaign management. She was formerly the head of communications and

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for

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Life

Abouelenein grew up in the

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, in a small town in

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. Her parents immigrated to the United States from Egypt before she was born. Abouelenein is a Muslim. She has a sister, Amany, whom is a executive at General Mills. She holds a master's degree in communications from

Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State) is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university and has over 123,000 living alumni worldwide. Founded in 1868, it is ...

and an

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in international business and marketing with a minor in French. In 1997, she returned to

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, where she began working for Sawiris. Years later, she established Weber Shandwick in the

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region before leaving to start her business, Organizational Consultants. She also was the co-chair of the Women in Business Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in

. Abouelenein joined Google after the Egyptian revolution of 2011. She left in 2014. After leaving Google, she returned to consultancy, advising clients including

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abouelenein, Maha American consultants American people of Egyptian descent American public relations people Businesspeople from Minnesota Google employees Living people Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni Spokespersons Year of birth missing (living people)