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
Eliza Campbell
Director, Cyber Program
John Calabrese
Director, Middle East-Asia Project (MAP)
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
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
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
Gabrielle Perenchio
Development and Public Relations Assistant
Madhusudan (Matt) Ramachandran
Finance Manager
Bilal Y. Saab
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Defense and Security Program
Elliott M. Sanders
Administrative & Social Media Coordinator
Barghav Sivaguru
Program Associate
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
Alex Vatanka
Director of Iran Program and Senior Fellow, Frontier Europe Initiative
Marvin G. Weinbaum
Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies
Karen E. Young
Senior Fellow and Director of Program on Economics and Energy
Ryan Zohar
Librarian