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

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 Manager

Carol Silber

Research Assistants

Sude Akgündoğdu (Turkish Research Program)
Faris Almaari (Program on Arab Politics)
Sarah Cahn (Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
Gabriel Epstein (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Eric Feely (Military and Security Studies Program)
May Kadow (Program on Arab Politics)
Jonah Shrock (Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations)
Carol Silber (Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition in the Middle East)
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 Associate, National Office
Sydney Hatton

Assistant Regional Director, 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