Leadership
Susan E. Saxton
Interim President and CEO
Paul Salem
Vice President for International Engagement
Kate Seelye
Vice President for Arts & Culture
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 OfficerStaff
Zeina Al-Shaib
Director of Digital Communications
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 US Diplomacy
Thomas Halvorsen
Associate Director, Corporate Relations
Ross Harrison
Senior Fellow and Book Series Editor
Iulia-Sabina Joja
Director, Black Sea Program
Lora Karch
Senior Executive Assistant to the President & Board Secretary
Ellie Knapman
Associate Editor of The Middle East Journal
Charles Lister
Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs
Mirette F. Mabrouk
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Egypt and the Horn of Africa Program
Athena Masthoff
Policy and Program Associate
Jacob Passel
Editor of the Middle East Journal
Maheen Safian
Events Coordinator
Evelyn Salehi
Senior Coordinator for Development Operations
Lyne Sneige
Director, Arts & Culture Center
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
Marvin G. Weinbaum
Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies
Rebekah Wharton
Editor of Digital Publications