Board of Directors
Hala Taweel
UME President and Founder, UNESCO
Anne Marie Codur
UME Chair, Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University
Jennifer Coplon
Founder, JKC Consulting
Diego Hidalgo
President, FRIDE Foundation
Penelope Salmons
President, Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce of Florida
Carol Anne Spreen
Professor, New York University
Michael Otterman
Executive Director, Otterman Foundation
Directors Emeritus
Farouk El-Baz – Boston University
Hassan Khan – Roger Williams University
Roy Nirschel – Roger William University
Mark Mendell – Cannon Design International
Bernard Otterman – President, Otterman Foundation
Henry Rosovsky – Harvard University
Ron Rubin – UME Founder
Hassan Sherif – Worldcare lnternational
Henry Steiner – Harvard Law School
Kathleen Sullivan – Hibakusha Stories
Shibley Telhami – University of Maryland
Board of Advisors
Andre Azoulay
Ali Belhaj
Samia Farouki
Devens Hamlen
Rita Hauser
Robert Karam
Hasan Khan
Leah McIntosh
Mark Mendell
Timothy Phillips
William Prinzivalli
Henry Rosovsky
George Salem
Fuad Safwat
Oliver Stalter
Henry Steiner
Ahmed Snoussi
Mustafa Terrab
Desmond Tutu
James Zogby
he University of the Middle East Project (UME) builds bridges through education among societies and cultures in the Middle East, North Africa, North America and Europe.
