Leadership Paul Salem President and CEO Kate Seelye Senior Vice President Brian Katulis Vice President of Policy Baindu Conté-Harvey Vice President of Finance and Administration Firas Maksad Director of Strategic Outreach, Senior Fellow Courtney Lobel Chief Development Officer Staff Lyndsey Benes Executive Assistant to the President 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 Associate Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations 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 Assistant Manager of Events & Programs Omid Rafey Finance Manager Bilal Y. Saab Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Defense and Security Program Elliott M. Sanders Communications & Technology Officer Kelly Skinner Senior Coordinator for International Outreach Lyne Sneige Director, Arts & Culture Program Athena Sternklar Development Administrator Alistair Taylor Editor-in-Chief 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 Scott Zuke Communications Director