Valentini Pappa worked in the UK, Switzerland, and the USA with over 17 years of experience in university level educational environments. She has substantial experience on designing new curriculum. Pappa was with Texas A&M and TAMUQ as the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies. Now, she is the Program Director of New Initiatives with Georgetown at Qatar and also teaches the course Global Energy Transition. Pappa is also an Ambassador for the Clean Energy, Education and Empowerment Initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy.