Gissou Kian

With 25 years of experience at America’s largest financial institutions, Gissou is a seasoned banker and risk manager. She oversees a team of senior analysts monitoring and managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio. As the first President of the Nowruz Commission, she was instrumental in coordinating the participation of eight governments as well as the Iranian American Community in the United States. She lead the efforts on the inauguration of the commission in March 2010 at the Library of Congress, together with the Ambassadors of participating countries and members of the United States Congress. Throughout her life, Gissou has been dedicated to philanthropic causes and organizations.