Lynn Monzer is the Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s WIn Fellowship for women entrepreneurs in the MENA region. Lynn is a women’s economic inclusion expert, consultant, instructor, and social entrepreneur who has worked with think tanks, nonprofits, and start-ups. Lynn focuses on improving the lives of women in MENA by increasing their labor force participation and fostering female-led entrepreneurship. She holds a PhD focused on female entrepreneurship in the MENA. She is also the founder of Hokouki, a non-profit that simplifies access to laws and regulations affecting women and girls in MENA. Lynn was previously a Lead Research Analyst at the Wilson Center's Middle East Program and worked to identify policy gaps that contribute to low female women's economic participation and entrepreneurship in MENA. In 2022, Lynn was named a Global Fellow by The Wilson Center in recognition of her support for Arab women, and in 2023, she was named as a 40 Under 40 by the Middle East Policy Council. Previously, Lynn founded GenDev Consulting to help organizations foster opportunities for women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship in MENA and consulted and led workshops for organizations including Google; Rowad Foundation; the University of Maryland; the CREO Incubator; and Al-Sahm Women.