HE Dr Hessa bint Sultan al-Jaber will chair the Board of Trustees of the Community College of Qatar (CCQ) as per the Council of Ministers Office Decision No 14 of 2020 on restructuring the board to include three new members. Dr al-Jaber is a pioneer in the development process in the country and she had held several important positions. She is a member of the Shura Council and the third Qatari woman to assume a ministerial position in the state. 
In 2013, she was listed among the 500 most powerful Arabs in the world on ‘Arabian Business’ magazine. She was ranked 20th on the 2013 Arabian Business’ list of 100 most powerful Arab women in April.  She holds a PhD in Computer Science from George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Dr Nasser Mohamed Marafih and Dr Khalid Abdulla al-Ali were awarded the honour of membership in the board. Dr Marafih is the chief executive officer of the Ooredoo Group from 2006. He also served as Ooredoo Qatar CEO from 2002 until 2011. Dr Marafih holds a PhD in Communication Engineering from George Washington University, USA. 
Dr al-Ali is the director of Higher Education Institutional Affairs and the acting undersecretary for Higher Education in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Qatar. He has served previously in several educational posts such as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Director of Foundation Programme at Qatar University and the Chair of the World Commission on the Ethics of Science Knowledge and Technology in Unesco. 
Also remaining in the board are the vice chair, Dr Ibrahim Mohamed al-Kaabi, as well as Dr Rashid Sultan al-Kuwari, Soud Abdulaziz al-Tamimi, and Dr Abdulla Ibrahim al-Emadi as members. CCQ president Dr Mohamed al-Naemi said: “As part of our commitment to contribute to Qatar National Vision 2030, we look forward to working together to enhance the College’s performance and offer the best possible educational services to our students. We also extend our thanks to the previous chairman, Hamad Rashid al-Mohannadi, and the previous members Dr Khalid Mohamed al-Horr and Hassan Abdulrahman al-Ibrahim for all their efforts and achievements that strengthened the position of the College and supported its educational process.”