Advisory Board
The CMEPP advisory board provides critical strategic guidance and generous philanthropic support for RAND's Middle East research. The board is composed of public policy, nonprofit, and private sector leaders with active interests, knowledge, and experience in the Middle East.
List updated September 2021
-
Ryan Crocker (Chair)
Former Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon
Nonresident Senior FellowCarnegie Endowment for International Peace
-
Howard L. Berman (Vice Chair)
Former U.S. Congressman
Senior AdvisorCovington & Burling LLP
-
Stephen J. Hadley (Chair Emeritus)
Former U.S. National Security Advisor
PrincipalRice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
-
Robert C. Adler
Health Policy Analyst – Middle East
Middle East Policy Analysis Group
-
Goli Ameri
Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder
StartitUp
-
Nancy A. Aossey
President and Chief Executive Officer
International Medical Corps
-
Alexander L. Cappello
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cappello Group Inc.
-
George N. Chammas
Director
Chammas Group of Companies
-
Diane and Guilford Glazer Philanthropies
-
Cliff P. Goldstein
Founder and Managing Partner
Goldstein Planting Investments
-
Howard Gordon
Executive Producer
Teakwood Lane Productions
-
Ray R. Irani
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ray Investments, LLC
-
Ann Kerr-Adams
Fulbright Coordinator
UCLA International Institute
-
David M. Kirchheimer
Advisory Partner
Oaktree Capital Management
-
Don Loeb
Chief Executive Officer
Headlands West Advisory LLC
-
John C. Novogrod
Partner
McLaughlin & Stern LLP
-
Hussain Qaragholi
Managing Director
Corporate Coverage, Middle East
Deutsche Bank
-
William J. Recker
Chair Emeritus
Energy Innovation Center
-
Peter Richards
Board Member
Broad Reach Foundation
-
Safa Rifka
OB/GYN & Endrocrinology & Infertility Specialist
Columbia Fertility Associates
-
Hasan R. Shirazi
Managing Director
Citi Private Bank