Ali Fakih is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Economics at the Lebanese American University. He is also a Fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF), IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO), and Global Labor Organization (GLO). He received his PhD in Economics in 2011 from HEC Montréal, the business school affiliated with l’Université de Montréal. His research interests include Labor Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics, Finance-Growth Nexus, Political Transformations, MENA Economies. His articles have appeared in international journals such as Journal of Econometrics, Review of Political Economy, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Defence and Peace Economics, Tourism Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Industrial Relations, Social Indicators Research, and International Migration, Social Science Quarterly among others.

Amal Abdelhadi is a human and feminist activist, an international consultant on women's rights, and a freelance researcher and trainer. She graduated from medical school at Ain Shams University in 1972 and obtained a diploma in occupational medicine in 1976. In 1999, she was awarded the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship and completed her Master's degree in gender studies at Rutgers University in 2000. Abdelhadi co-founded the New Woman Foundation (NWF), an Egyptian feminist group established in 1984, with a commitment to women's rights and a democratic and inclusive society in Egypt. Currently, she serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW AP)

Amr Ibrahim is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft Egypt. Over the course of his 10-year tenure at Microsoft, Amr has held various roles, all focused on assisting customers in leveraging Microsoft clouds to drive greater productivity and business transformation. He has collaborated with public sector organizations and large enterprises in Egypt and Africa, spanning multiple solution areas. Amr's areas of passion include data analytics, data storytelling, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Power Platform.

Fady Michel, the assistant provost for Innovative Learning Experiences at The American University in Cairo (AUC), is a leader in fostering innovative and challenge-based experiential learning at the university. His role involves promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between students, faculty, and industry partners to tackle complex real-life challenges.

Additionally, Michel is the founder and managing director of ERGO, a consulting firm that applies human-centered design principles to address business, social, and behavioral challenges. He is a strong advocate for human-centered design, with expertise in business design, systems thinking, and innovation management.

Before his current position, Michel served as the director of scientific thinking at AUC, specializing in critical analysis and decision science. With over 12 years of teaching experience in various disciplines such as physics, aerospace, analytical thinking, design thinking, game thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation, he plays a vital role in design thinking and innovation management training at AUC.

Helen Rizzo is an associate professor of sociology at The American University in Cairo (AUC). She received her PhD in sociology from Ohio State University in 2000. She has published numerous articles on public opinion, citizenship rights and the democratization process in Kuwait. Her book, Islam, Democracy and the Status of Women: The Case of Kuwait, was published in 2005 by Routledge Press. Her more recent projects include working with colleagues from anthropology and media studies on a British academy small grants funded project titled Youth Perspectives on Gender Norms and Public Sexual Violence in Cairo: Cultural and Media Perspectives, and research focusing on social movement campaigns against street sexual harassment in Egypt.

Hesham Sallam is an esteemed Egyptian professor and a leading figure in vertebrate paleontology. He holds positions at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Mansoura University, Egypt. Sallam founded the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center in 2010 and has made significant contributions to the field. He completed his bachelor's degree in Geology at Mansoura University in 1997 and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in 2010. In 2022, he became Egypt's first professor of vertebrate paleontology. Sallam has received numerous accolades, including the Science and Sustainability Award from the British Council and being named Figure of the Year at Mansoura University. 

Dr. Hussein Hassan is an associate professor of Food Science and Technology. He is also the director of Academic Compliance at LAU. He served as the associate chairperson of the Department of Natural Sciences from 2018 till 2020. Dr. Hassan received his BSc and MSc in Food Technology from the American University of Beirut and his PhD in Food Process Engineering from McGill University, Canada. He is the recipient of the George Stewart International Competition Award (2011) by the Institute of Food Technologists (USA), in addition to the Stumbo Paper Competition Award (twice in 2010 and 2011) by the Institute of Food Thermal Processing Specialists, USA.

Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab is the director of the Institute for Migration Studies and an assistant professor of migration studies at the American University in Cairo. She has extensive experience in the field, having worked as a visiting professor at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace and as an adjunct faculty member at the Oxford Global Institute of Law. Dr. Diab's expertise extends to research, consulting, and advocacy in migration and refugee issues. She has served as an international consultant to UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, and governments, conducting research in conflict settings, gender analyses, and program evaluations. Her focus areas include the MENA region, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, and the Palestinian Territories.

Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss is a longtime educator, researcher, and administrator. Her research has been published in Ethnopolitics, Education + Training, and Identities, among others, focusing on gender, higher education, migration, and identity. Her most recent work looks at women and work during the COVID-19 epidemic, focusing on Lebanon. Skulte-Ouaiss is also involved in higher education assessment and strategic planning. She is the founding director of LAU’s Title IX Office and she is the MEPI Gender Expert for mainstreaming gender throughout LAU’s teaching, research, policies, and procedures. She earned her PhD at the University of Maryland.

Jordan Srour is an associate professor of operations management at the Lebanese American University. She holds a PhD in Logistics Management from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. With a background in both mathematics (BA from Carleton College) and transportation (MSE from UT Austin), her research focuses on data analytics for management problems within the transportation, construction, and human resource sectors. Her research has been published in recognized journals including the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Transportation Science, Journal of Business Research, Transportation Research, Part C and Computers and Operations Research. 

Dr. Lina Haddad Kreidie serves as the academic director of the TLS-gender program at LAU. She is a political psychologist, lecturer, and research consultant specializing in Women’s Empowerment at Intisar Foundation. Dr. Kreidie was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2018 and has been a Jerome and Hazel Tobis fellow at the University of California, Irvine Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. Additionally, she is a member of the Harris Council at the University of Chicago Harris School for Public Policy. 

Dr. Kreidie has authored several publications, including "The Power of Theater Expression and Communication: A Psychological Therapeutically Intervention in a Refugee Camp: An IPA Study Into the Narratives of Women Refugees' Experience With Drama Therapy," "Assad Needs the U.N.'s Help for Refugees to Return Safely," "Jordan's Interest in a Stable Syria," 

Maha Bali is a professor of practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at The American University in Cairo (AUC). She has a PhD in education from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. She co-founded virtually connecting, a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences. Also, Bali is a co-facilitator of Equity Unbound; an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum, which has also branched into academic community activities. Such activities are Continuity with Care, Socially Just Academia, a collaboration with OneHE: Community-building Resources and MYFest, an innovative three-month professional learning journey. 

Maysa Ayoub is Center for Migration and Refugee Studies’ (CMRS) associate director. She oversees the center research and outreach activities. Ayoub is also the prime grant/proposal writer of the center. She identifies and coordinates with donors, writes grant proposals, and manages the process of receiving the grants. She led many of the center's research projects including the research on Syrian refugees in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the research on Sudanese refugees in collaboration with Tufts University, and the research on Iraqis. 

Salem Massalha is a Social Entrepreneur and International Consultant, passionate about the creation of new models to resolve urgent developmental problems.

He has long-standing experience in the field of International Development, where he has collaborated with many stakeholders, including Ministries, International Organizations, Foundations, local NGOs and the private sector. He has both worked as a consultant for International Organizations and designed and implemented developmental solutions at the local level.

He co-founded Bassita, which created and successfully scaled up two innovations: Clickfunding and VeryNile. His achievements led to his receiving numerous awards - the latest being Best Social Entrepreneur of the Year, from Egypt’s Entrepreneur Award (summer 2021). This recognition would not have been possible without his team of technical experts coming from different fields.

Dr. Sami E. Baroudi is a professor of political science and international affairs in the Department of Social and Education Sciences. He obtained his PhD in Political Science from Indiana University in 1992. Dr. Baroudi previously served as the associate chairperson of the Department of Social Sciences and played a significant role in the establishment of the MA in International Affairs Program at LAU. He has also been involved in the periodic revisions of the BA program in Political Science/International Affairs.

From October 2001 to September 2005, Dr. Baroudi held the position of chairperson for the Departments of Education and Social Sciences in Beirut. During the fall of 2003, he served as a visiting associate professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, USA. In October 2005, he was appointed assistant provost for Faculty Affairs, a role he occupied until October 2013.

Walid Fouad is an associate professor of plant biotechnology at the Biology Department and Biotechnology Program at the American University in Cairo (AUC), School of Science and Engineering. Fouad received BSc in horticultural science and an MSc in Vegetable Crops (Genetics) from Cairo University and a PhD degree in Horticultural Sciences/Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Florida, Gainesville.

He became passionate about research during his undergraduate studies at Cairo University, where he had multiple summer internships at several plant tissue culture laboratories. After graduation, he joined the Molecular Manipulation and Gene Transfer Lab at the Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, where he conducted research on plant physiology.

Yasmin Mansour is an experienced professional in sustainable facilities management with over 15 years of expertise in facilities and operations. Currently serving as the sustainability director at The American University in Cairo (AUC), she leads the Office of Sustainability and focuses on addressing environmental challenges like climate change, resource scarcity, pollution, and waste management. Mansour's extensive experience includes developing technical reports such as carbon footprint and sustainability reports, as well as contributing to international reports on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She plays a crucial role in aligning AUC with the United Nations' principles through the Communication on Engagement (COE) framework.