Ms. Aman most recently worked for BPA’s marketing partner, the Dubai Consultancy, Research and Media Centre (DCRMC), as Project Manager for the Middle East Publishing Conference. She launched the well-received conference in January 2005 and oversaw its second successful year in March 2006.

Prior to DCRMC, she worked in client management and public relations for Al-Hashedi for Trading and Contracting in Yemen; and as a business development, public relations and communications consultant in Yemen for the private sector, NGO’s and Yemeni government clients. 

She began her career as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State in 1990, serving in consular affairs and later in economic, political and commercial affairs. Her assignments included Damascus , Syria ; Dubai ;  Amman , Jordan ; and Sana’a, Yemen . Prior to her Yemen assignment, she worked for a year as a Watch Officer in Washington D.C. , U.S. She received both a Group Superior Honor Award and a Meritorious Honor Award for her work.

Ms. Aman holds a BA in political science from the University of California , San Diego and a Master of Arts in Arab Studies from Georgetown University , Washington , D.C. In addition, she has completed advanced Arabic language studies at the Foreign Service Institute in Tunis , Tunisia .

“We have been very impressed by Aspen’s work on the Middle East Publishing Conference and as a DCRMC partner to us in Dubai for the past two years, and we are extremely pleased that she is joining BPA’s full-time staff in the region,” said BPA Worldwide President and CEO Glenn Hansen. “She brings with her a deep understanding of the needs and goals of regional publishers, advertisers and agencies, not to mention proven ability as a highly skilled liaison.”