Leadership
Paul Salem
President
Gerald M. Feierstein
Senior Vice President
Brian Katulis
Vice President for Policy
Kate Seelye
Vice President for Arts, Culture, and Communications
Kevin Cowl
Vice President for Development
Tamara Kalandiya
Chief Financial and Operating Officer, MEI; Director, Frontier Europe Initiative
Firas Maksad
Director for Strategic OutreachStaff
Jessica Agostinelli
Program Director
John Calabrese
Asst Prof | Director Middle East-Asia Project (MAP)
Rachel Dooley
Media Relations Manager
Ross Harrison
Senior Fellow and Director of Research
Shabnam Jafari
Director of Education Programs
Charles Lister
Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs
Mirette F. Mabrouk
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Egypt program
Nigar Mammadova
HR Specialist and Internship Coordinator
Jacob Passel
Editor of the Middle East Journal
Gabrielle Perenchio
Development and Public Relations Assistant
Madhusudan (Matt) Ramachandran
Finance Manager
Elliott M. Sanders
Administrative & Social Media Coordinator
Barghav Sivaguru
Program Associate
Hayley Smart
Deputy Director, Development
Lyne Sneige
Director, Arts & Culture Program
Coco Tait
Program Officer
Alistair Taylor
Editorial Director
Gönül Tol
Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative
Tessa Vaccaro
Development Assistant
Marvin G. Weinbaum
Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies
Karen E. Young
Senior Fellow and Director of Program on Economics and Energy
Ryan Zohar
Librarian