Board of Directors and Advisory Board

Néjib Ayachi (bio)
Founder & President
Academia, International Development

Stephen J. King (bio)
Co-Founder & Vice-President
Academia, Professor of Government, Georgetown University

Valérie K. Orlando (bio)
Member
Academia, University of Maryland, College Park

Katherine Marshall (bio)
Member
Academia, Georgetown University / International Development, World Bank

Charles Benjamin (bio)
Member
President, The Near East Foundation

Mourad Belguedj (bio)
Member
International Development, World Bank

Lakhdar Boukerrou (bio)
Member
Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University

ADVISORY BOARD 

John L. Esposito (bio)
University Professor, Founding Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

I William Zartman (bio)
Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution, Director of the Conflict Management Program, Johns Hopkins University

William B. Quandt (bio)
Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics, University of Virginia

John D. Ruedy (bio)
Professor of History Emeritus, Georgetown University

Clement M. Henry (bio)
Professor of Government and Middle East Studies, University of Texas at Austin

John P. Entelis (bio)
Professor of Political Science, Director of the Middle East Studies Program, Fordham University

Yahia H. Zoubir (bio)
Professor of International Relations and International Management, Euromed Marseille, School of Management

Ali Ahmida (bio)
Professor of Political Science, Chair, Political Science Department, University of New England

Stuart Eizenstat (bio)
Covington & Burling LLP, Former United States Ambassador to the European Union, Former Deputy Treasury Secretary, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade

Richard B. Parker (bio)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, Lebanon, and Morocco

William J. Hudson (bio)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia

Mark Tessler (bio)
Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor, Department of Political Science, Director, International Institute, Vice-Provost for International Affairs, University of Michigan

Nader Fergany (bio)
Director Almishkat Center for Research, Egypt; Lead author, Arab Human Development Report, UNDP and AFESD, 2002-2005

Rust M. Deming (bio)
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia

Hugh Roberts (bio)
Scholar/specialist on North African affairs & politics

Azzedine Layachi (bio)
Associate Professor, Saint John’s University (New York City)

David Mack (bio)
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, and US Ambassador.

Randa Fahmy Hudome (bio)                                                                                President of Fahmy Hudome International (FHI)

Cynthia P. Schneider (bio)                                                                                   Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy,School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Former U.S. Ambassador.

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