Dr. Suha Al Hassan serves as an Early Childhood Development Advisor at the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) and brings over two decades of experience spanning academia, research, and policy. Prior to joining ECA, she held senior leadership roles as Academic Dean and Professor at the Emirates College for Advanced Education and as Dean of the Queen Rania Faculty for Childhood at the Hashemite University in Jordan. Dr. Al Hassan has consulted extensively for international organizations, including UNICEF, contributing to major national and international initiatives on school readiness, parenting programs, and early childhood reform. She is an internationally active researcher and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Al Hassan received her Ph.D. in Early Childhood Special Education-ABA in 2003 from the Ohio State University, USA.
