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
Segal Executive Director
Robert Satloff, Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy
Director of Research
Dana Stroul, Shelly and Michael Kassen Senior Fellow
Managing Director
Michael Singh, Lane-Swig Senior Fellow
Counselor
Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow
Senior Fellows
Scott Abramson, Senior Fellow and Program Director, Washington Institute Education Initiative
Anna Borshchevskaya, Harold Grinspoon Senior Fellow
Soner Cagaptay, Beyer Family Senior Fellow
Patrick Clawson, Morningstar Senior Fellow and Research Counselor
Catherine Cleveland, Croft-Wagner Family Senior Fellow
Holly Dagres, Libitzky Family Senior Fellow
Elizabeth Dent, Senior Fellow
Michael Eisenstadt, Kahn Senior Fellow
Ben Fishman, Steven D. Levy Senior Fellow
Hanin Ghaddar, Friedmann Senior Fellow
Simon Henderson, Baker Senior Fellow
Sabina Henneberg, Senior Fellow
Michael Herzog, Tisch Distinguished Fellow
Michael Knights, Jill and Jay Bernstein Senior Fellow
Martin Kramer, Walter P. Stern Fellow
Matthew Levitt, Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow
David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow
Devorah Margolin, Blumenstein-Rosenbloom Senior Fellow
Farzin Nadimi, Senior Fellow
Ghaith al-Omari, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow
Noam Raydan, Senior Fellow
Grant Rumley, Meisel-Goldberger Senior Fellow
David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow
Andrew J. Tabler, Martin J. Gross Senior Fellow
Aaron Y. Zelin, Gloria and Ken Levy Senior Fellow
Associate Fellows
Roy Gutman, Associate Fellow
Ido Levy, Associate Fellow
Hamdi Malik, Associate Fellow
Zohar Palti, Viterbi International Fellow
Ehud Yaari, Lafer International Fellow
Visiting Fellows
Souhire Medini, Visiting Fellow
Assaf Orion, Liz and Mony Rueven International Fellow
Adjunct Fellows
Fabrice Balanche
Katherine Bauer
J. Scott Carpenter
Mohammed Dajani
Nickolay Mladenov
Richard Nephew, Bernstein Adjunct Fellow
Neomi Neumann
Einat Wilf
Research Associates
Mohamed Aziz (Managing Editor, Fikra Forum)
Cleary Waldo (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Research Manager
Frances McDonough (Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics)
Research Assistants
Manuel de la Puerta Alvarez (Fikra Forum)
Sarah Boches (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Michelle Fan (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Rena Gabber (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Claudia Groeling (Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition in the Middle East)
Audrey Kost (Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics)
Sary Mumayiz (Military and Security Studies Program)
Aybars Önder (Turkish Research Program)
Rebecca Redlich (Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition in the Middle East)
Simone Saidmehr (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Fatma Siddique (Turkish Research Program)
Elizabeth Surman (Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics)
Administration
Operations Manager
Rebecca Erdman
Administrative Assistant
Denise Marshall
Human Resources
Human Resources Manager
Hopel Jackson
Communications and Publications
Director of Publications
Maria Radacsi
Senior Editor
George Lopez
Managing Editor
Jason Warshof
Arabic Content Editor
Areig Elhag
Communications Associate
Sude Akgündoğdu
Managing Editor, Online Communications
R. Scott Rogers
Managing Editor, Multimedia
Kori Francis
Video Production Assistant
Katie Durkin
Managing Editor, Social Media
Carolina Krauskopf
Media Relations Associate
Shelby Weiss
Marketing Associate
Agathe Msosa
Development
National Director of Development
Dan Heckelman
Regional Director of Development, Southeast
Jeanne Epstein
Regional Director of Development, Northeast
Jacqui Schein
Regional Director of Development, Midwest
Rachel Morof
Regional Director of Development, Western States
Miri Belsky
Development Assistants, National Office
Liron Fisch
Nathan Jauregui
Ann Juneau
Erik Yavorsky
Assistant Regional Director, Western States
Claire Avalos
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Hannah
Director of Finance
Jessica Sherry
Controller
Lynn Merhai
Senior Accountant
Graydon Vann
Payroll Manager & Staff Accountant
Glenda Kornegay
Financial Assistant
Francois Nkuru