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Renna Al-Yassini

Renna Al-Yassini

Age: 29
Program: Master of Design, Communication Planning & Information Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh ('09)
Current Job: Independent design consultant, Pittsburgh

Partnering with CMU Qatar, the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship at the Tepper School of Business, and other organizations, Al-Yassini hopes by 2013 to launch the Roudha Center, an entrepreneurship and innovation initiative aimed at providing support for Qatar's businesswomen. She is working with Shareefa Fadhel (left) and Aysha Al-Mudehki (right) to establish the center.