Leadership
Paul Salem
President and CEO
Kate Seelye
Senior Vice President
Brian Katulis
Vice President of Policy
Christel Bivens
Acting CFO
Firas Maksad
Director of Strategic Outreach, Senior Fellow
Courtney Lobel
Chief Development OfficerStaff
Patrick Gallagher
Grants Manager
John Calabrese
Senior Fellow and Book Review Editor, MEJ
Houda Chlih
Office Manager
Matthew Czekaj
Managing Editor
Rachel Dooley
Deputy Director of Communications
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
Distinguished Sr. Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy; Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs
Benjamin Freedman
Policy Center Assistant
Thomas Halvorsen
Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Board of Governors
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
Justine Mullen-Khanzadian
Associate Editor & Multimedia Producer
Faria Nasruddin
Program & Events Manager
Jacob Passel
Editor of the Middle East Journal
Gabrielle Perenchio
Events Coordinator
Omid Rafey
Finance Manager
Bilal Y. Saab
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Defense and Security Program
Elliott M. Sanders
Communications & Technology Officer
Lyne Sneige
Director, Arts & Culture Program
Athena Sternklar
Development Administrator
Alistair Taylor
Editorial Director
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