Noosheen Hashemi

Noosheen Hashemi is a philanthropist with a passion for entrepreneurship and economic development. Since 2003, she has led her family’s charitable giving through The H.A.N.D. Foundation which has committed significant resources to research and capacity building. She is co-founder and the Chairman of PARSA Community Foundation.

Between 1985 and 1995, she worked at Oracle where she took active part in software’s meteoric rise as an industry. She was appointed Director of Finance and Administration in 1988 and named VP in 1990. In 1991, she won Oracle's "Against All Odds Award" for her role in the company's financial turnaround. After becoming a Stanford Sloan Fellow in 1993, she became VP of Marketing and Business Development for Oracle’s Worldwide Education business. In 1996, Ms. Hashemi joined Quote.com, a profitable finance portal, where she was VP of Sales and Marketing.