As Chief of Staff, Nour Abdelmonem supports the strategic functioning and operations of the NewSchools executive leadership team and board, and leads on strategic priorities.
Before her tenure at NewSchools, Nour was a consultant with EY-Parthenon Education Practice, collaborating with a diverse array of clients — from higher education state systems and education technology companies to publishing companies. She led teams focused on strategy development, commercial due diligence, and financial modeling/forecasting.
Nour earned her BA degree in Political Science and a Certificate in Business from the Dougan Scholars Program at the University of Chicago. Raised in Chicago and the daughter of Egyptian immigrants, Nour is proud of her Midwest and Middle Eastern heritage and calls Chicago home. Outside of work, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, traveling, experimenting with new recipes, following Formula 1, and boxing.