AMIDEAST Board of Directors

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• *Dr. Mary W. Gray, Chair
  Professor of Mathematics, American University
  Washington, DC
  
  
• *The Honorable Theodore H. Kattouf, President
  and Chief Executive Officer
  Former U.S. Ambassador
  Washington, DC
  
  
• *The Honorable Nicholas A. Veliotes, Vice Chair
  Former President, Association of American Publishers; former U.S. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State
  Washington, DC
  
  
• *The Hon. Raymond E. Mabus, Treasurer
  Former Governor of Mississippi; former U.S. Ambassador
  Jackson, MS
  

• Mr. Richard Abdoo
  President, R.A. Abdoo & Co., LLC
  Milwaukee, WI
  
  
• *Dr. Odeh Aburdene
  President, OAI Advisors
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Ms. Amal Alayan
  Ibtikar Venture Partners, LLC
  Lexington, MA
  
  
• Mr. Kutayba Yusuf Alghanim
  Consul General of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations
  New York, NY
  
  
• Mrs. Betty W. Atherton (Emerita)
  Former Project Associate, Creative Associates, Inc.
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Mr. Alfred J. Boulos, Esq.
  International Advisor and Counsel, Boulos International; former Senior Director, International Acquisitions and Exploration, Conoco, Inc.
  Houston, TX
  
  
• *Mr. Curtis Brand
  Former President, Mobil Shipping & Transportation Company, former Chairman, Mobil Saudi Arabia
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Dr. Sherrill Cleland
  President Emeritus, Marietta College; Trustee, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
  Waitsfield, Vermont
  
  
• The Honorable Robert S. Dillon (Emeritus)
  Former AMIDEAST President and Chief Executive Officer, former Deputy Commissioner General of UNRWA and U.S. Ambassador
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Mr. Hasan M. El-Khatib
  President, Dena Corporation
  Elk Grove Village, IL
  
  
• Prof. Elizabeth W. Fernea (Emerita)
  Professor Emerita,Center for Middle Eastern Studies; University of Texas
  Austin, TX
  
  
• Mr. Antoine N. Frem
  President, the INDEVCO Group of Companies and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Interstate Resources
  Beirut, Lebanon
  
  
• The Honorable Edward M. Gabriel
  President, The Gabriel Company; former U.S. Ambassador
  Washington, DC
  
  
• Mr. James Q. Griffin
  Vice-President and Secretary, Wilmerding, Miller & Co.
  Princeton, NJ
  
  
• Mrs. Doris C. Halaby
  Chair, Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
  New York, NY
  
  
• Dr. Taher Helmy
  Senior Partner, Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker & McKenzie)
  Cairo, Egypt
  
  
• Dr. Alan W. Horton (Emeritus)
  Former Director, Center for Mediterranean Studies
  Randolph, NH
  
  
• Mrs. Ghada Irani
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  
• Dr. Paul Jabber
  President, Globicom Inc.
  New York, NY
  
  
• Dr. Raymond Jallow
  Chairman, Jallow International Ltd.
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  
• Dr. Rima Khalaf
  Former Deputy Prime Minister, Jordan; former Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP
  Amman, Jordan
  
  
• Dr. Samir Khalaf
  Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for Behavioral Research, American University of Beirut
  Beirut, Lebanon
  
  
• Dr. Mary E. King
  Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies
  University for Peace of the United Nations
  Costa Rica
  
  
• *Mr. D. Patrick Maley III
  Hanover Energy Associates
  London, England
  
  
• *The Honorable Robert H. Pelletreau
  Former U.S. Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State
  Washington, DC
  
  
• *The Honorable William A. Rugh
  Former AMIDEAST President and Chief Executive Officer; former U.S. Ambassador
  Garrett Park, MD
  
  
• Frederick C. Seibold, Jr., Esq
  Consultant; Former Vice-President and Treasurer, Sears World Trade
  Washington, DC
  
  
• H.E. Leila Abdul Hamid Sharaf
  Member of Parliament and former Minister, Jordan
  Amman, Jordan
  
  
• *Mr. J.T. (Jack) Tymann
  President, Smart Partnerships International; former President of CBS/Westinghouse International Services Co.
  Washington, DC

*Executive Committee Members