Nina Ahmad, a Bangladeshi native, will be appointed in the United States' administration of Barack Obama, what a press release of the White House has said.
US President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint her as member to the president's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the presser said on Saturday.
Thirteen others are also set to join as a member of the Obama administration.
“I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this administration,” US President Barack Obama said.
“I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.”
N Nina Ahmad is the co-owner and Executive Vice President of Government Affairs for JAN Capital Inc., a real estate finance and development company based in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia foundation recognises Ahmad's Bangladeshi origin and says she is active in the Asian American community of Philadelphia and of the Tri-state area.
Nina Ahmad also serves as the administrator of Global City Regional Centre, LLC, a position she held since May 2013.
She served as Bower Research Fellow from 1992-2005 and then held a joint assistant professorship at Wills Eye Hospital and the Opthalmology Department of Jefferson Medical College.
Nina has also been the director of molecular biology for the research Department of Willis Eye Hospital.
She was appointed as the chair of Philadelphia's Commission on Asian American Affairs in 2009 and later became a manager of Philadelphia foundation board in 2011.
She received a BS in chemistry from the Lawrence Institute of Technology and a PhD in biological chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.