Leadership
Paul Salem
President
Kate Seelye
Executive Vice President
Gerald M. Feierstein
Senior VP; Distinguished Sr. Fellow on U.S. Diplomacy; Director, Arabian Peninsula Affairs
Brian Katulis
Vice President of Policy
Kevin Cowl
Vice President for Development
Tamara Kalandiya
Chief Financial and Operating Officer, MEI; Director, Frontier Europe Initiative
Firas Maksad
Director of Strategic Outreach, Senior FellowStaff
Eliza Campbell
Director, Cyber Security and Emerging Technology Program
Caterina Abruzzo
Associate Editor, Middle East Journal
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
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
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 Mukand
Assistant Editor
Jacob Passel
Editor of the Middle East Journal
Gabrielle Perenchio
Events Coordinator
Madhusudan (Matt) Ramachandran
Finance Manager
Bilal Y. Saab
Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Defense and Security Program
Elliott M. Sanders
Communications & Technology Officer
Barghav Sivaguru
Events Coordinator
Lyne Sneige
Director, Arts & Culture Program
Coco Tait
Office Manager and Fellowship Coordinator
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