Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail is the President of Effat University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. She was awarded a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Southern California. Before joining Effat University in 1998, she served as the first Dean of Girls\u2019 Campus in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Haifa is a distinguished leader, respected academic, renowned advocate of youth engagement, and author of several articles; having also delivered many keynote speeches on women\u2019s education in the Middle East, women and change, entrepreneurship and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Haifa is a winner of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. She is also the recipient of many awards such as the Innovation Award, Saudi Sayidaty, Queen Effat\u2019s Distinction Award, Leading Woman CEO, Distinguished Arab Woman Award, World Family Summit Award, and the Distinguished Arabian Woman Award. Dr. Haifa continues to work towards enhancing women\u2019s education throughout Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail is the President of Effat University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia. She was awarded a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Southern California. Before joining Effat University in 1998, she served as the first Dean of Girls\u2019 Campus in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Haifa is a distinguished leader, respected…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11652,"menu_order":0,"template":"","department":[273],"class_list":["post-11651","leadership","type-leadership","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-presidents-council"],"acf":{"position":"President, Effat University","deactivate_bio":false,"university_logo":""},"yoast_head":"\n