Laila El Baradei is a Professor of Public Administration at the Public Policy and Administration Department, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), the American University in Cairo (A.U.C.), Egypt. She was the Acting Dean for the School of GAPP during the academic year 2013/2014 and served for eight other years as the Associate Dean for the School of GAPP. Currently El Baradei is directing the ‘Public Policy Hub’ at the School of GAPP/AUC which is a project aiming at building the capacity of graduate students and alumni in public policy analysis, research and effective advocacy and communication. El Baradei is also the Faculty Advisor for the Youssef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Fellowship program at AUC and is the MPA program director.