Martha Mekaelian

Martha Kouyoumdjian Mekaelian is a first generation Armenian (her mother is from Old City Jerusalem, the Holy Land; and her father is from Jordan). She holds a Professional Educator License in the state of Illinois in Secondary Education, with endorsements in Learning Behavior Specialist 1, Learning Disabilities, and Social/Emotional Disorders. She is first and foremost a Christian and has served the St. Gregory of Datev Institute for over 25 consecutive years. She has been the humanitarian aid coordinator of the Eastern Prelacy since 1990 and is responsible for billions of dollars worth of humanitarian aid sent to Armenia since the 1988 Armenian earthquake.