Leadership Paul Salem President and CEO Susan E. Saxton Chief Operating Officer Kate Seelye Vice President for Arts & Culture and Communications Brian Katulis Senior Fellow for US Foreign Policy Baindu Conté-Harvey Vice President of Finance and Administration Firas Maksad Senior Director for Strategic Outreach and Senior Fellow Courtney Lobel Chief Development Officer Staff Lyndsey Benes Executive Assistant to the President John Calabrese Senior Fellow and Book Review Editor, MEJ Houda Chlih Office Manager Matthew Czekaj Managing Editor Molly Donohoe Senior Program and Events Coordinator Khaled Elgindy Senior Fellow, Director of Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs Intissar Fakir Senior Fellow and Director of Program on North Africa and the Sahel Gerald M. Feierstein Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs Program, and Distinguished Sr. Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy Benjamin Freedman Assistant to the Vice President of Policy, Policy Center Coordinator Thomas Halvorsen Associate Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations Ross Harrison Senior Fellow and Book Series Editor Shabnam Jafari Director of Education Programs Iulia-Sabina Joja Director, Black Sea Program Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs Mirette F. Mabrouk Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Egypt program Mohammed Mahmoud Senior Fellow and Director of the Climate and Water Program Nigar Mammadova HR Specialist and Internship Coordinator Jacob Passel Editor of the Middle East Journal Omid Rafey Finance Director Elliott M. Sanders Communications & Technology Officer Lyne Sneige Director, Arts & Culture Center Athena Sternklar Development Administrator Alistair Taylor Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, the Policy Center Gönül Tol Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program Alex Vatanka Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program Marvin G. Weinbaum Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies Scott Zuke Communications Director
Gerald M. Feierstein Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs Program, and Distinguished Sr. Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy