CLIME core staff brings together individuals with a wealth of experience in advocating and researching democratization in the Middle East. We are also privileged to count among our advisors and adjunct fellows a number of distinguished activists and intellectuals whose efforts have been instrumental in disseminating democratic values in their societies.

                                                                            

CLIME Staff Eleana Gordon Director Khairi Abaza Deputy Director Zagros Ahmed Project Manager Dalia Awchi Senior Project Manager Suham Dawood Senior Project Manager Samer Libdeh Senior Fellow Stephanie Schwartz Project Manager

Adjunct Fellows Tony Badran Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Omar Fadl Author, Iraq the Model Elie Fawaz Lebanese Political Analyst Mehdi Khalaji Scholar of Iranian Reform Munir Mawari Yemeni-American Journalist Ammar Al Shahbander Program Officer Omar Sheikmous Head of VOA Kurdish Language

CLIME Advisors Ammar Abdulhamid Founder and Executive Director, The Tharwa Foundation Roberta Bonazzi Director, The European Foundation for Democracy Valentina Colombo Senior Research Fellow on Transition Processes towards Democracy in the Middle East, IMT Lucca Institute of Advanced Studies Rola Dashti Chairwoman, Economic Research Society Shafeeq Ghabra CEO, Jusoor Middle East Leadership, Education and Policy Institute Salameh Nematt Journalist, former Washington DC Bureau Chief for Al Hayat Ali Salem Egyptian Playwright Jana Hybášková Czech Member of the European Parliament

Advocacy Institute Advisors Nancy Bocskor Campaign Mentor Annie Mayol Curriculum Director Bill McCarthy CLIME Advisor Karen Petel Campaign Mentor