President of PCBS, Palestine
Biography
Dr. Ola Awad is an active member of the Palestinian community, regionally and internationally, with over 20 years’ experience working on various topics including modernization of Statistics, Sustainable Development, Gender Equality, Youth, Labor Market, Palestinian Economy, Good Governance, Statistical Literacy, Management and Communication. She has been the President of PCBS since 2009, leading the successful development and implementation of various statistical and non-statistical programs on the local, regional and international levels. Dr. Awad is the first woman elected from developing countries and the Arab region to lead the IAOS. She is currently the Co-Chair for the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLG-PCCB), a council member in the ISI for the years (2017-2021). Dr. Awad also represents the Arab region in the HLG-SDGs. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Harvard Data Science Review HDSR, a member of the American Statistical Association and a mentor at the Swedish Program for Women’s Strategic Advancement (ProWSA), the co-chair in the Augusta Victoria Hospital Advisory Board.
Academic Background
Dr. Awad holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from the University of Liverpool– UK, an MSc in Applied Statistics from Birzeit University, a Master degree in Business Administration and Management from Boston University and a BSc in Economics from Birzeit University.