Dana Khalid Safa
Dana Khalid Safa is a high school student based in Qatar whose advocacy journey began through the Student Voice Accelerator at Teach For All, where she deepened her belief that student voices matter. Since then, she has worked to amplify those voices meaningfully. She is the founder of Rukn, a nonprofit organization helping students build […]
Dr. Sara Hillman
Dr. Sara Hillman is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and English in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), where she teaches courses on language, identity, and communication, as well as academic and professional writing,to engineering undergraduates. She earned her PhD in Second Language Studies from Michigan State […]
Benjamin Overton
Benjamin Overton (he/him) is a Senior Project Manager at SEEK Development (Berlin, Germany), a strategy and advocacy consultancy focused on the global development and education sectors. His experience spans more than 10 years in philanthropy, resource mobilization, and impact investing within the non-profit, government, and private sectors. He leads SEEK’s practices in Global Education and […]
Professor Khaled Harras
Dr. Khaled Harras is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q). He is also the Director of the Hamad Bin Jassim Center for CS Education and the founder and director of the Networking Systems Lab (NSL) at CMU-Q. Over the past two decades, he […]
Dr. Georgios Mikros
George Mikros is a Professor and the MA Program Coordinator for Digital Humanities and Societies at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar. He has also been a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 2013. Before his current roles, he […]
Dayoung Lee
Dayoung Lee is a Partner at Dalberg Advisors and co-leads the firm’s global Education to Employment Practice. She works at the intersection of strategy, technology, and systems change, with a particular focus on EdTech, AI in education, and innovative finance. Dayoung has advised governments, multilateral agencies, global foundations, and the private sector in designing and […]
Dr. Maria Spies
Dr. Maria Spies is the Chief Innovation Officer at QS Quacquarelli Symonds and Co-Founder of HolonIQ, the world’s leading research and analytics platform for the global education economy. At QS, she leads the Innovation Practice, supporting universities in digital transformation and AI integration. Through HolonIQ, she heads the Education Intelligence Unit, developing globally recognized tools […]
Dr. Marc Owen Jones
Marc Owen Jones is an Associate Professor of Media Analytics at Northwestern University in Qatar, where he specializes in exposing disinformation campaigns and investigating digital authoritarianism in the Middle East. A leading expert in social media manipulation, disinformation, and political repression, his research has uncovered networks of fake journalists and state-sponsored bot and troll campaigns […]
Stu Garrow
Stu has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Studies from the University of South Australia. He worked in the defense industry after university in the areas of navigation, radar, weapons, and command and control before making the jump to the commercial sector. He has spent more than 25 years running different software businesses across […]
Dr. Faten Hani
Dr. Faten Hani is the Founder and CEO of WISE Advisors, a specialized advisory services boutique firm. She is a seasoned chief executive with extensive experience in planning, executing, and managing strategic multibillion-dollar projects while maintaining efficient operations and streamlined structures. Her expertise spans strategy development, business planning, human capital development, and social impact transformations […]