Edele Hovnanian, president of the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, was awarded the second-class Medal of Services to the Motherland by the President of the Republic of Armenia on the occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day.

Our Office sincerely congratulates Ms. Hovnanian and thanks her for her work with the Office, including her willingness to make a substantial contribution to the recently created Repatriate Integration Center.

The non-profit ventures and investments are run through the H. Hovnanian Family Foundation and include a number of NGOs fully funded by the foundation, including Birthright Armenia, RepatArmenia, Armenian Volunteer Corps, HIKEArmenia, and HIVE Fund, all programs initiated and overseen by Edele herself.

The foundation donated $3 million to Armenia and Artsakh after the Second Artsakh War.