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Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Professor of Political Science
UAE University – Dubai
Office: +971 6 577 777
Mobile: +971 50 651 3136
Home: +971 4 287 4876
Email: abdulkhaleq@gmail.com
Dr. Jasim Ahmed Mohamed Al-Ali
Director of Human Resources
Department of Economic Development
Government of Dubai
Offcie: +971 4 202 0678
Fax: +971 4 2020
P. O. Box 13223 Dubai, UAE
Email: jasim.alali@dubaided.gov.ae
Dr. Samira Atallah
Senior Advisor, Regional Collaborative Seminars, NYU Abu Dhabi
Institute Senior Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Social Science Research
New York University
295 Lafayette Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10012
Office: +1 212 992 7984
USA Mobile: +1 347 200 0449
Fax: +1 212 995 4140
UAE Mobile: +971 56 126 6434
Email: saa256@nyu.edu
Dr. Ibrahim Awad
Professor of Practice
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP)
American University in Cairo
Email: iawad@aucegypt.edu
Ms. Deborah Backus
Social Development Specialist
Strategy and Policy Planning Division
Abu Dhabi Government Executive Council, General Secretariat
P.O. Box 19 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Email: deborah.backus@ecouncil.ae
Ms. Nadereh Chamlou
Senior Advisor (Economic & Sector Work and Knowledge)
Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region
The World Bank
1818 H St. NW – Washington, DC 20433
Office: +1 202 458-0473
Fax: +1 202 477 0432
Email: nchamlou@worldbank.org
Dr. May Al-Dabbagh
Director of the Gender and Public Policy Program
Dubai School of Government
Level 13, Convention Tower
P.O. Box 72229 – Dubai, UAE
Office: +971 4 317 5605
Fax: +971 4 329 3291
Mobile: +971 50 394 4039
Email: may.aldabbagh@dsg.ac.ae
Mr. Mohamad Dito
Vice President Policy Directorate
Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA)
P.O. Box: 18333 – Manama, Bahrain
Mobile: 973 3 964 4065
Office: 973 1 756 8885
Fax: 973 1 758 3305
Email: ditomohammednew@gmail.com, mohammed.dito@lmra.gov.bh
Dr. Michael Ewers
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
810 O&M, MS 3147 College Station, Texas 77843
Phone: +1 979 862 8419
Fax: +1 979 314 7191
Email: mewers@geog.tamu.edu
Dr. François M. Farah
UN Designated Official
Representative for Romania
Country Director for FYR Macedonia, Moldova and Serbia
United Nations Population Fund
Bucharest, Romania
Office: +40 21 201 7831
Fax: +40 21 201 7840
Email: farah@unfpa.org
Dr. Ingo Forstenlechner
Senior Adviser
Federal Demographic Council – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Assistant professor
Department of Business Administration
Faculty of Business and Economics
UAE University
Office: +971 3 713 3646
Email: ingo@uaeu.ac.ae
Ms. Afra Al Ghafli
Programme Analyst
Strategy and Policy Planning Division
Abu Dhabi Government Executive Council, General Secretariat
P.O. Box 19 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Email: Afra.alghafli@ecouncil.ae
Ms. Ruba Yousef Al Hassan
Social Development Advisor Strategy and Policy Planning Division
Executive Council, General Secretariat
P.O. Box 19 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971 2 668 8325
Mobile: +971 50 445 3870
Email: ruba.alhassan@ecouncil.ae
Dr. Steffen Hertog
Assistant Professor
Government Department
London School of Economics
Office: +44 20 7955 7196
Email: shertog@gmx.de, s.hertog@lse.ac.uk
Mr. Abdulla Al Humaidan
PMO
Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council – UAE
Email: abdulla.AlHumaidan@tawteencouncil.ae
Ms. Shareefa Al Jaberi
Senior Performance Analyst
Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council – UAE
Email: shareefa.aljaberi@tawteencouncil.ae
Dr. Habibul Haque Khondker
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Micro-finance
2/1, Block D, Lalmatia – Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Zayed University
P.O. Box 4783 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971 2 407 9850
Fax: +971 2 443 4847
Email: habibul.khondker@zu.ac.ae
Mr. Ali Al Marzouqi
Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management
Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council – UAE
Office: +971 2 699 7840
Fax: +971 2 679 7430
Email: ali.almarzouqi@tawteencouncil.ae
Ms. Lindsey McPherson
Section Manager
Technical and Professional Education
Abu Dhabi Education Council
Office: +971 2 615 0000
Direct: +971 2 615 0387
Fax: +971 2 615 0787
Email: lindsey.mcpherson@adec.ac.ae
Ms. Nada Al-Nashif
Assistant Director-General and Regional Director Arab States
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Regional Office for Arab States – Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: +961 1 752 404
Fax: +961 1 752 405
Email: al-nashif@ilo.org
Sonja Panday
Regional Economic and Finance Counselor
Gulf Cooperation Council
P.O. Box 6970 ¿ Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971 2 694 0304
Fax: +971 2 694 0395
Embassy of Canada
Email: sonja.panday@international.gc.ca
Mr. Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
Non-Resident Fellow
Dubai School of Government
Chairman of Young Arab Leaders, UAE chapter
Mobile: +971 50 482 1234
Email: sultan.alqassemi@gmail.com
Dr. Rima Sabban
Associate Professor
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department
Zayed University
Dubai: P.O. Box 67397
Fax: +971 4 287 4334
Mobile: +971 50 650 4177
Email: rsabban@gmail.com
Dr. Ibrahim Saif
Secretary General
Economic and Social Council
Amman, Jordan
Phone: +962 795 294 428
Email: ibrasaif@gmail.com
Dr. Fredrick Van Sant
Director
Center for Faculty Development
Abu Dhabi University
Phone: +971 2 501 5555
Email: rick.vansant@adu.ac.ae
Dr. Nasra Shah
Professor
Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
P. O. Box 24923 – Safat, Kuwait 13110
Tel: +965 531 9485; +965 2 498 6538
Fax: +965 533 8948
Email: nasra@hsc.edu.kw
Dr. Ivan Szelenyi
Dean of Social Sciences
New York University Abu Dhabi
P.O. Box 129 188 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Mobile: +971 50 641 0893
Phone: +971 2 628 4000
Email: ivan.szelenyi@nyu.edu
Dr. Mohammed A. Al-Waqfi
Assistant Professor of Human Resources & Management
College of Business and Economics
UAE University, Al-Ain
P.O. Box: 17555 – UAE
Office: +971 3 713 3208
Mobile: +971 50 447 0218
Fax: +971-3-762-4384
E-mail: mwaqfi@uaeu.ac.ae
Dr. Eckart Woertz
Visiting Fellow
Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University Princeton, NJ, 08544
Mobile: +1 609 258 75 23
Office: +1 609 356 6980
Fax: +1 609 258 1716
Email: ewoertz@princeton.edu
Dr. Lawrence Wu
CASSR Director and Professor
Sociology Department
New York University
Puck BLDG, 295 Lafayette Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10012
Office: +1 212 992 9565
Fax: +1 212 995 4140
Email: lawrence.wu@nyu.edu
Mr. Ahmad Yassin
Data Warehouse Specialist
Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council – UAE
Email: ahmad.yassin@tawteencouncil.ae
Dr. Jamal Zarrouk
Chief of Research and Studies Division
Arab Monetary Fund – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Office: +971 2 617 1562
Mobile: +971 50 442 5585
Email: jzarrouk@eim.ae