Leadership Paul Salem President and CEO Kate Seelye Senior Vice President Brian Katulis Vice President of Policy Tamara Kalandiya Chief Financial and Operating Officer, MEI; Founder, Frontier Europe Initiative Firas Maksad Director of Strategic Outreach, Senior Fellow Courtney Lobel Chief Development Officer Staff John Calabrese Director, Middle East-Asia Project (MAP) Houda Chlih Office Manager Matthew Czekaj Managing Editor Rachel Dooley Media Relations Manager 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 Director of Research Shabnam Jafari Director of Education Programs Iulia-Sabina Joja Director, Frontier Europe Initiative; Project Director, Afghanistan Watch Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs Courtney Lobel Chief Development Officer 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 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 Alistair Taylor Editorial Director Gönül Tol Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative Alex Vatanka Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative Marvin G. Weinbaum Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies Scott Zuke Communications Director