Zeina El helou

Zeina was elected to serve as the Secretary General of the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections for a two-year term (March 2016 – March 2018).

Worked at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies between 2006 and 2010, and currently associated with LCPS as a Senior Researcher. She sat as Lebanese representative on the Radicalization Advisory Group of the Third Way Institute, Jordan in 2010; produced two research papers on radicalization in Lebanon.

Established a private research company, Ra’i for Research and Development, in 2015. Established and ran the first public policy focus group center in Lebanon in 2006, at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies.

Holder of a Masters degree in Journalism from Université Assas – Paris II in conjunction with the Lebanese University. In addition to holding a Masters degree in Political Science from Saint-Joseph University.