Our Fellows & Staff
The Washington Institute provides the human capital on which innovative analysis and policymaking can rely. It does so through an in-house staff of recognized experts as well as scholars, experts, and associates from the United States and abroad.
RESEARCH STAFF
Executive Director
Robert Satloff, Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy
Director of Research
Patrick Clawson, Morningstar Senior Fellow
Managing Director
Michael Singh, Lane-Swig Senior Fellow
Counselor
Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow
Senior Fellows
Anna Borshchevskaya, Senior Fellow
Soner Cagaptay, Beyer Family Fellow
Michael Eisenstadt, Kahn Fellow
Ben Fishman, Senior Fellow
Hanin Ghaddar, Friedmann Fellow
Simon Henderson, Baker Fellow
Mehdi Khalaji, Libitzky Family Fellow
Michael Knights, Jill and Jay Bernstein Fellow
Matthew Levitt, Fromer-Wexler Fellow
David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow
Ghaith al-Omari, Senior Fellow
David Pollock, Bernstein Fellow
Grant Rumley, Goldberger Fellow
David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow
Andrew J. Tabler, Martin J. Gross Fellow
Bilal Wahab, Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow
Aaron Y. Zelin, Richard Borow Fellow
Fellows
Catherine Cleveland, Wagner Family Fellow and Fikra Editor
Associate Fellows
Roy Gutman, Associate Fellow
Haisam Hassanein, Associate Fellow
Ido Levy, Associate Fellow
Hamdi Malik, Associate Fellow
Farzin Nadimi, Associate Fellow
Zohar Palti, International Fellow
Ehud Yaari, Lafer International Fellow
Visiting Fellows
Louis Dugit-Gros, Visiting Fellow
Martin Kramer, Koret Distinguished Fellow
Nickolay Mladenov, Segal Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Assaf Orion, Military Fellow
Liza M. Theriault, Military Fellow
Adjunct Fellows
Fabrice Balanche
J. Scott Carpenter
Mohammed Dajani
Jay Solomon
Einat Wilf
Research Associates
Mohamed Aziz (Fikra Forum)
Bennett Neuhoff (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Research Assistants
Faris Almaari (Program on Arab Politics)
Sarah Cahn (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Spencer Cook (Turkish Research Program)
Gabriel Epstein (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Eric Freely (Military and Security Studies Program)
May Kadow (Program on Arab Politics)
Hannah Labow (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Jonah Shrock (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Carol Silber (Fikra Forum)
Amal Soukkarieh (Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy)
Lauren von Thaden (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Erik Yavorsky (Program on Arab Politics)
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Adminstration
Operations Manager
Rebecca Erdman
Human Resources Manager
Hopel Jackson
Administrative Assistant
Denise Marshall
Communications and Publications
Director of Communications
Jeff Rubin
Director of Publications
Maria Radacsi
Senior Editor
George Lopez
Managing Editor
Jason Warshof
Managing Editor, Communications
Shaina Katz
Managing Editor, Online Communications
R. Scott Rogers
Managing Editor, Multimedia
Kori Francis
Managing Editor, Social Media
Carolina Krauskopf
Media Relations Associate
Anna Brown
Managing Editor, Arabic Website
Maurice Shohet
Development
National Director of Development
Dan Heckelman
Regional Director of Development, South and Midwest
Jeanne Epstein
Regional Director of Development, Northeast
Jacqui Schein
Regional Director of Development, Western States
Miri Belsky
Development Assistant, National Office
Sydney Hatton
Development Associate, South and Midwest
Elliott Jacobs
Development Assistant, Northeast
Katherine Doering
Development Assistant, Western States
Claire Anderson
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Hannah
Controller
Lynn Merhai
Senior Accountant
Dawn Joseph
Staff Accountant
Glenda Kornegay
Financial Assistant
Francois Nkuru