Hyder Ahmad, W’90, parent, and Faisal S. Al Shoaibi, W’90, established the Arifa Hasan Ahmad and Nada Al Shoaibi Presidential Professorship in 2020, naming it in honor of their mothers. Ahmad is a University Trustee, and a member of the Penn Alumni Board of Advisors, and the Penn Arts & Sciences Board of Advisors. His previous Penn support includes the Ahmad Family Endowment for Penn Global Seminars in Arts and Sciences and the Arts & Sciences Annual Fund. He is the founder and chief investment officer of Broad Peak Investment Advisers Pte Ltd., based in Singapore.

Al Shoaibi is a member of the Penn Europe Middle East and Africa Leadership Committee and previously established the Faisal Al-Shoaibi Scholarship Fund. He is a director at the Shoaibi Group, based in Saudi Arabia.