Author Biography
Grace Khoury is an Associate Professor and the Director of MBA Program at Birzeit University in Palestine. She has over twenty years of experience as a university professor, administrator, students' career advisor, researcher, management trainer and consultant at private and public organisations. She holds an MBA from Suffolk University, USA, and PhD in human resource management from Bradford University, UK. Dr Khoury is founder of Grace Consulting Services (GCS) and marketing director at Taybeh Brewing Company, a family-owned business. She serves as an academic council member and on a number of university and community committees. She's obtained certificates in project management and customer relationship management. She has published a number of management case studies and research articles in several academic journals. She is co-editor of a case book titled Rising to the Digital Challenge: Lessons from Mediterranean Enterprises (2005). She is co-author of The Palestinian Executive: Leadership under Challenging Conditions (2012).Maria C. Khoury is the author of Orthodox Christian children's books. She is a graduate of Hellenic College (1982), Harvard University (1985) and Boston University (1992) with a doctor of education degree. On Dec 31, 2009 she was included on the top 4 Human Rights Champions list by DC Human Rights Examiner for her volunteer work in Palestine. Her articles have been published world-wide in numerous newspapers and have been translated to various languages bringing awareness of the Christian presence in the Holy Land. She spent three years training teachers in the Latin Patriarchate Schools throughout Palestine; served as the only female principal at the Friends Boys School of Ramallah (1996); headed the project to establish the International Academy of Art-Palestine (2007); and organised Taybeh Oktoberfest, a village festival for eight years while her husband served as Mayor of Taybeh.
