H.E.Kassa  Teklebrhan  Gebrehiwot,Former  Speaker of House of Federation of Ethiopia,

Former Chairman of  ASSECAA(2014)

• Education:M.A. in Organizational Leadership Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA (May 2006)
• B.Sc in Economics

Ethiopia Civil ServiceUniversity (August 2002)

• Leadership Experiences:
• Speaker, the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Bureaus Head, Amhara Regional State of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia:

• Trade and Industry (September 2007 – September 2010),
• Administration and Security (September 2006 – September 2007 and September 2002 – April 2005),
• Agriculture and Rural Development (April 2005 – September 2005),
• Public Relations and Mass Mobilization (April 1993 – October 1998),
• Deputy Chief Command, National Defense, Ethiopia Transitional Government (May 1991 - April 1993)

On job Leadership Experiences:

• Chairperson, Addis Ababa University Management Board (Since 2012)
• Chairperson,Amhara Development Organization (Since 2009)
• Chairperson, Subsidy and Shared Revenues Sharing Standing Committee, the House of Federation of the FDRE (Five years)
• Member, Ethio-Sudan Joint Boundary Commission (three years)
• Board Member, Gondar University

Central Committee and Polite Bureau member, Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (the Ruling Ethiopian Political Party) for more than Fifteen years

• Committee Member, National Security Council (three years)
• Member,Local Development Organization (more than Fourteen years)
• Initiator and Implementer, Inter Regional Committee on Development, Good Governance and Conflict Management between neighboring States
• Designer and Implementer, Justice System Reform program (three years)

•Award Winner, International Student of the year, Azusa Pacific University