[2] She has written columns in Forbes magazine and The Wall Street Journal[3] and is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review blog.

She is on the Board of Directors of Kashf Microfinance Bank in Pakistan and is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

She serves as an Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative and is a judge for the annual Financial Times Sustainable Banking Awards.

She was also recently invited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be a member of the US delegation to the Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) 2011 Women and the Economy Summit.

[5] Iskenderian is a past recipient of NYU Stern's Distinguished Citi Fellowship in Leadership and Ethics,[6] the Isabel Benham Award from the Women's Bond Club, and the companion Women's Finance Award given by the Institute of Financial Services at Lucerne University, Switzerland.