Our People

DEAN and CEO

Marwan M. Kraidy

Marwan M. Kraidy is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture, and politics. An award-winning author and Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Kraidy’s research centers around the relationship between culture and geopolitics, theories of identity and modernity, and global media systems and industries. He is also an expert on the Middle East and fluent in Arabic.

The Dean and CEO oversees three leadership councils that have distinctive charges but collaborate with one another to accomplish Northwestern Qatar’s mission.

Joint Advisory Board

Kathleen Hagerty

Provost, Northwestern University
JAB Joint Chair

HIS EXCELLENCY DR. HAMAD BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-KUWARI

Qatar State Minister with rank of Deputy Prime Minister
President of Qatar National Library
JAB Joint Chair

HIS EXCELLENCY HASSAN ABDULLAH AL THAWADI

Managing Director, Supreme Committee for Legacy & Delivery

AHMAD M. HASNAH

President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

RAMI G. KHOURI

Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut; non-resident senior fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

FRANCISCO MARMOLEJO

Higher Education President at Qatar Foundation

STEPHANIE MILLS GRAHAM

Vice President and General Counsel, Northwestern University

MARWAN M. KRAIDY

Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern University in Qatar

Senior Leadership Council

The Senior Leadership Council drives strategic decision making in consonance with the core institutional values that underpin the Dean’s strategic vision.

Marwan M. Kraidy

Dean and Chief Executive Officer

James Shaw

Associate Dean for Administration and Chief Operations Officer

Zachary Wright

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Professor in Residence

S. Venus Jin

Associate Dean for Education

Professor in Residence

Maria D. Lombard

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Alex Schultes

Assistant Dean for the Student Experience

Interim Director of Admissions

Nisar Keshvani

Assistant Dean for Communications and Public Affairs

Siân Houlsby

Senior Manager of Dean’s Operations

Leadership Council

The Leadership Council ensures effective collaboration between academic, administrative, and operational units to meet strategic institutional objectives.