Staff

Daniel Pipes - Director

Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and a columnist at the New York Sun and the Jerusalem Post. A former official in the U.S. Department of State, he has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the U.S. Naval War College. Mr. Pipes is the author of fourteen books on the Middle East, Islam, and other political topics; his most recent book is Miniatures: Views of Islamic and Middle Eastern Politics (Transaction Publishers, 2004). He has published widely in leading magazines and newspapers and his writings have been translated into eighteen languages. Mr. Pipes frequently discusses current issues on television and radio. He was appointed by President Bush to the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, has testified before many congressional committees, and has served on four presidential campaigns.

To see the writings of Dr. Daniel Pipes, please visit http://www.danielpipes.org. For his complete resume, click here. To contact Daniel Pipes, email: pipes@meforum.org.

Teri Blumenfeld - Research Manager, DanielPipes.org

Ms. Blumenfeld moderates the forums for DanielPipes.org and assists with research for Dr. Pipes. Ms. Blumenfeld was a founder of Meditran, an Arab-Israeli center in Jerusalem. She holds a BS from San Francisco State University and conducts research for terrorism trials. To contact Teri Blumenfeld, email: comments@danielpipes.org

Troy Carey – Bookkeeper

Mr. Carey is the Forum’s bookkeeper and is responsible for all financial activity. He previously worked in property management and restaurant bookkeeping. To contact Troy Carey, e-mail: carey@meforum.org

Brooke Goldstein - Director, The Legal Project

Brooke Goldstein, a practicing attorney, is director of the MEF's Legal Project. She received her B.A. from McGill and her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Goldstein is the founder and director of the Children's Rights Institute, an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute, and the 2007 Recipient of the E. Nathaniel Gates Award for Outstanding Public Advocacy. Her recent film, "The Making of a Martyr" won the 2006 Audience Choice Award from the United Nations Film Festival. She has written for the American Spectator, the New York Daily News, Family Security Matters and has appeared on FOX News and CNN. To contact Ms Goldstein, e-mail: goldstein@meforum.org

Judy Goodrobb - Managing Editor, Middle East Quarterly

Ms. Goodrobb is the managing editor of the Middle East Quarterly, the Forum's flagship publication. Ms. Goodrobb previously worked as an editor at Drexel University and Norwich University. To contact Judy Goodrobb, email: meq@meforum.org

Grayson Levy - Webmaster

Mr. Levy is responsible for the Forum's internet presence, developing and maintaining its website and mailing lists. To contact Grayson Levy, email: webmaster@meforum.org

R. John Matthies - Assistant Director, Islamist Watch

Mr. Matthies earned a doctoral degree in French literature and civilization from the University of Washington, where he taught for a decade. His research interests include the immigrant literatures of France, Francophone North Africa, the French war in Algeria, and European Islam(s). He speaks French, and reads Yiddish, Hebrew, and Arabic. To contact R. John Matthies, email: matthies@meforum.org

Winfield Myers - Campus Watch Director

Mr. Myers, a historian, was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane and the University of Michigan. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. Previously managing editor of the The American Enterprise magazine, he co-founded Democracy Project, Inc., of which he was CEO. He has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (Eerdmans: 1998; 2001). To contact Winfield Myers, email: myers@meforum.org.

Sarah Pipes - Research Assistant

Sarah Pipes is a graduate of Brandeis University, with B.A.s in History and European Cultural Studies. She worked as a legal assistant before joining the Forum to work on the Legal Project and fundraising efforts.

Thelma Prosser - Office Manager

Ms Prosser has been the Forum's office manager for over seven years and plays a vital role in the day-to-day operation of our efforts. She previously worked at the Foreign Policy Research Institute for twelve years. To contact Thelma Prosser, email: prosser@meforum.org

Andrea Rosen - Project Coordinator

Ms Rosen is the project coordinator for the Forum. She graduated from Temple University with a degree in Broadcast Telecommunications Mass Media and Political Science. She also has studied abroad at Tel Aviv University (Fall '04) and Temple University Rome (Spring '05). To contact Ms Rosen, e-mail: rosen@meforum.org.

Asaf Romirowsky - Campus Watch Associate Fellow

Mr. Romirowsky, a former Israel Defense Force (IDF) International Relations liaison officer in the West Bank, currently serves as an IDF reserve liaison officer to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Mr. Romirowsky is working on a Ph.D in Mediterranean Studies at Kings College, London. To contact Asaf Romirowsky, email: romirowsky@meforum.org

Michael Rubin - Editor, Middle East Quarterly

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar of the American Enterprise Institute, where he researches domestic politics in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, Kurdish society, and Arab democracy. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School. He formerly served as a political adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Dr. Rubin earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Yale University. He has been a visiting lecturer at Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Universities of Sulaymani, Salahuddin, and Duhok (Iraqi Kurdistan), and Yale University. To contact Michael Rubin, email: meq@meforum.org

David J. Rusin - Research Associate, Islamist Watch

David J. Rusin investigates the interface between Western and Islamic culture for Islamist Watch. He is also the Philadelphia-based editor of Pajamas Media. Dr. Rusin earned a Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania and has published more than thirty articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Prior to joining the Forum, he held research positions at Harvard, Penn, and the University of California. To contact David J. Rusin, email: rusin@meforum.org

Jonathan Schanzer - Campus Watch Adjunct Scholar

A former research fellow at the Middle East Forum, Jonathan Schanzer is now director of policy for the Jewish Policy Center. He has previously served as a counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and a Research Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he authored the book Al-Qaeda's Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror. Mr. Schanzer holds a bachelors degree from Emory University and a masters degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Middle Eastern studies. Mr. Schanzer is currently a PhD candidate at Kings College London. To contact Jonathan Schanzer, email: jschanzer@jewishpolicycenter.org

Amy Shargel - Managing Director

Ms Shargel oversees the administration of the Forum, which she helped to establish in 1994. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, from which she also received a master's degree in International Relations. To contact Amy Shargel, email: shargel@meforum.org

Portia Simmons - Development Associate

Ms Simmons is responsible for updating and maintaining the Forum's database records. She previously worked with youth-serving organizations in Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. To contact Ms Simmons email: simmons@meforum.org.

Cinnamon Stillwell - Campus Watch Northern California Representative

Ms. Stillwell, a San Francisco Bay area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, is a contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle online and a member of the Pajamas Media network of bloggers. She has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and appears often as a guest on talk radio. To contact Cinnamon Stillwell, email: stillwell@meforum.org