Dr. Fadi Helwanji is an adjunct professor in the business department at Clinton Community
College and an adjunct lecturer in the communication studies, supply chain management
and international business, and modern languages and cultures departments at SUNY
Plattsburgh. He holds a Ph.D. in Education with Organizational Leadership Concentration
from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas; he also holds a bachelor’s
degree and a master’s degree in fundamental theology, and a diploma of aptitude for
middle school principals.
Dr. Helwanji brings a well-founded multicultural expertise in three leadership areas:
educational, pastoral, and business leadership. He fluently speaks and writes three
different languages: Arabic, French and English. He has an extended teaching experience
in Lebanon, Canada, China, and the U.S., from being a school principal to lecturing
at universities and serving on doctoral committees.
Dr. Helwanji has played many transformational leadership roles effectively and successfully
both nationally and internationally in both the educational and the pastoral fields.
He is cofounder of profit and non-profit organizations in both the U.S. and Canada,
such as C.O.P.E. Consulting, The Maronite Circle, Academic Immigration Dream and The
Maronite Institute of Theology and Christian Studies.
Conference at SUNY Plattsburgh “Social Injustices in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
(November 6, 2023).
Conference at SUNY Plattsburgh “Diversity Silos on Campus: Is this Segregation in
Disguise?” (November 7, 2022).
Virtual Conference at the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Annual Conference
“Future Supply Chain Professionals: Lessons Learned From Teaching Collaborations With
Chinese University Students” (October 25, 2021).
Conference at SUNY Plattsburgh “A Futuristic Perspective to the Illegal/Undocumented
Immigration Issue in the US” during the “Many Faces of Social Justice Teach-In” Day
(February 27, 2019).
Over twenty Eparchial Conferences in Canada between 2007 and 2018.
UCEA Convention at the Wyndham in San Antonio, Texas. A panel presentation: “Exploring
contested intersections of democracy, social justice and globalization” (November
9, 2006)
Ph.D. Symposium, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) Presentation on “Principals’
Leadership and School Culture in Catholic Schools in Lebanon” (November 4, 2005)
Symposium at UIW: Presentation on “An Introduction to Maronite Worship” (October 28,
2005)
Symposium at UIW: Challenges for the 21st Century (February 12, 2004) A Panel Presentation
on “Arab and Arab-American Voices Needed Today”
Ph.D. Symposium at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) (November 22, 2003)
A Panel Presentation on “Superintendents’ Leadership in Diverse Contexts” ; A Panel
Presentation on “Cross-Cultural Educational Experiences”
Foundation of the Community of the Lebanese Maronite Missionaries (August, 1998)
Revelation and Ecological Crisis (June, 1996)
Women Priests, Why Not? (June, 1996)
Can We Dissolve Marriage? (June, 1995)
The Women in the Church (June, 1994)
Books
Principals’ Leadership and School Culture in Catholic Schools in Lebanon (Ongoing)
