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

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 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
Neomi Neumann, Visiting Fellow
Assaf Orion, Liz and Mony Rueven International Fellow
James E. Shepard, Military Fellow

Adjunct Fellows

Fabrice Balanche
Katherine Bauer
J. Scott Carpenter
Mohammed Dajani
Nickolay Mladenov
Richard Nephew, Bernstein Adjunct Fellow
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)
Nikhil Samuel (Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics)
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 Communications
Jeff Rubin

Director of Publications
Maria Radacsi

Senior Editor
George Lopez

Managing Editor
Jason Warshof

Arabic Content Editor
Arieg 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, Western States
Miri Belsky

Development Assistants, National Office
Liron Fisch 
Nathan Jauregui 
Ann Juneau
Erik Yavorsky

Assistant Regional Director, NY and Northeast
Katherine Doering

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