Contractor, Realtor and Special Education Advocate.
Raja Marhaba is the President & CEO of Martec Construction, Inc. Martec specializes in tenant improvement on commercial projects for the Federal Government, Public Works Agencies, and the Private Sector. She has earned an associate degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College in business administration, was scouted by General Electric to work under the supervision of Jack Welch in their financial department.
Ms. Marhaba earned an Accounting Professionals Certification, is a Realtor Lic. No. 01073996. She is a member of (NAWBO-LA), Associated Builders and Contractors and WBENC/WOSB. She won a Scholarship to The Anderson School of Business at UCLA - Business Development Entrepreneur Program, graduated in February 2004. In 2016 she received Enterprising Women of the Year Award, is active member with the Granada Hills Rotary Club, and her Construction Co. made the 2017 Inc. 5000 list. She graduated the Birthing of Giants Fellowship Program, June 2018 hosted by Inc. 500.
She was selected and successfully completed the first cohort of the federally-funded Special Education Advocate Training (SEAT) Program in 2006. After her completion of the SEAT Program, she was selected to be a member of the Education Panel & Committee for the Juvenile Division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, which is comprised of special education attorneys and advocates, who are court-appointed to represent the educational needs of children involved in the foster care and probation systems.
She holds a certificate in Paralegal Studies with a Concentration in Litigation and Corporations from the University of California, Los angles, an American Bar Association Certificate Program (2009), she was recognized in The San Fernando Valley Business Journal in 2002. Ms. Marhaba has established a nonprofit organization in 2001 (The Jonathan Foundation for Children With Learning Disabilities, Inc. – www.thejonathanfoundation.org)