Zakee Hamawi

Sales Development Representative @ Ramp

Ramp

Dec 2025 - Current (9 months)

Sales Development Representative with Scaled Inbound team at Ramp, engaging with prospective clients to understand pain points, and identify pathways to corporate spending consolidation - ultimately saving clients time and money.

Student Volunteer

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Sep 2025 - Dec 2025 (4 months)

• Supporting regional desk officers by monitoring key financial and macroeconomic indicators across MENA economies, contributing to internal briefings on sovereign debt sustainability, FX reserves, and IMF program negotiations. • Leveraging Bloomberg Terminal and Haver Analytics to assist in tracking bond spreads, energy price fluctuations, and fiscal metrics to inform analysis of U.S. financial diplomacy and multilateral assistance strategies.

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Policy & Insights Intern

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025 (2 months)

• Conducting in-depth research and policy analysis across diverse global topics - focusing on sustainability, development, and economic resilience - to support the production of accurate and concise client reports. • Creating and applying data-driven insights in combination with evidence-based narration to inform analysts and support information gathering initiatives concerning pressing global policy issues. • Collaborating with a dynamic, globally based team to draft and edit briefs, white papers and questionnaires, strengthening my analytical writing, editorial, and communication skills.

Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow

U.S. Department of Education

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024 (4 months)

• Awarded the prestigious U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship to advance Arabic proficiency and deepen regional expertise in MENA region. • Completed 140 hours of intensive language training at a Sidi Bou Said Language Center, significantly improving fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and Tunisian dialect through immersive instruction and cultural engagement. • Developed a nuanced understanding of regional political, economic, and cultural dynamics by staying with a Tunisian host family, and partaking in their family activities and celebrations, for the duration of the fellowship.

Student Ambassador

The George Washington University

Oct 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 3 months)

• Lead campus tours for prospective students and families, explaining BA and MA program requirements and providing an engaging overview of student life at GW. • Collaborate with the International Admissions Team to answer prospective international students’ questions on visas, language requirements and transfer credits, ensuring timely and professional responses. • Facilitating tour operations as first point of contact at the Welcome Center for prospective students and their parents, answering questions about admissions, campus life and financial aid.

Research Intern

Genocide Watch

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 (3 months)

Intern with Genocide Watch’s research team, writing concise, one page genocide alerts and warnings as well as writing country reports to be published on Genocide Watch's Website. Contributed to a paper discussing the feasibility of social media as a Genocide prevention.

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