Her Excellency Dr. Maitha Bint Salem Al Shamsi joined the Federal Government in the year 2008 as a Minister of State. She presided over The Marriage Fund until February 2016. Between the years 2013-2014 she was entrusted with the presidency of Zayed University. Her Excellency is consultant to Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak. Previously she held several administrative, academic and research jobs at the United Arab Emirates University.

Her Excellency holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and she authored several books, research articles and studies in several areas such as demography, development and women and Education.

As an expert Her Excellency participated in several international conferences and she represented the UAE in several UN organizations such as ESQUA, UNIFEM and UNESCO.

Her Excellency has a number of contributions through her membership in the international, regional and local committees such as Sorbonne -Abu Dhabi University Board  , Abu Dhabi University Board of Trustees , the Consultative Council for Arab Knowledge Report, The UNESCO  Science Committee for the Arab Countries concerned  with  Education and Scientific Research , the GCC Office of Educational Research , the GCC Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, The UAEU Scientific Council for the follow up of Mutual Research with the Japanese Cooperation Center for Oil.

She received many awards and certificates of appreciation, including: The Order of the Rising Sun- the Gold and Silver Star from the Government of Japan in November 2018, the Academic Palm Medal and a certificate of appreciation from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in France in appreciation of the efforts in establishing the Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi 2008, the award of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum of Arab Administration for "The Distinguished Arab Administrative Women in the Arab World" 2003.