Abu Dhabi Staff
Jennifer Gerrard
Senior Director
Email: jennifer.gerrard@nyu.edu
Phone: +971 2-628-5415
• General program management questions
• Selection decisions
Aisha Hamisi
Manager of Operations and Student Advising
Email: aisha.hamisi@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2-628-4023
• Summer Academy applications
• Summer Academy Open House events
• Summer Academy New York trip
Povashni Naidu
Assistant Manager for Programming and Strategy
Email: povashni.naidu@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2-628-4885
• Summer Academy Italy trip
• Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Scholars Program (SMSP) applications
• SMSP information sessions
Yusuf Samara
Assistant Manager, Administration, and Alumni Affairs
Email: yusuf.samara@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2-628-5033
• Summer Academy and SMSP alumni network and events
• SMSP alumni board
Dharini Parthasarathy
Academic and Student Affairs Specialist
Email: dharini.parthasarathy@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2 628 4731
•SMSP graduate school applications
• Summer Academy undergraduate school applications
• Assistant Instructor of Leadership and Public Speaking and Public Presentations classes
Sara Almheiri
Program Coordinator
Email: sma10@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2 628 6670
• Summer Academy alumni events
• STARS program
• SMSP alumni events
Razan Elzubair
Program Coordinator
Email: razan.elzubair@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2 628 4425
• SMSP transportation requests
• SMSP and Summer Academy publications
Karim Hassan
Academic Affairs Specialist
Email: kah16@nyu.edu
Office: +971 2 628 7621
• Academic affairs
• New program development