Center for Middle East Public Policy

The Center for Middle East Public Policy (CMEPP) is a private, non-profit organization which is part of RAND, "one of the world's most respected and influential think tanks."

The CMEPP claims expertise in three areas:


 * Strategic and defense analyses
 * Science and technology
 * Human capital issues

Advisory Board

 * Frank Charles Carlucci III, Co-Chair
 * Joel Hyatt, Co-Chair; Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
 * Roy Doumani, Chair, CMEPP Business Council
 * Kenneth J. Abdalla, Managing Member, Waterton Management, LLC
 * Odeh F. Aburdene, Managing Partner, Capital Trust S.A.
 * Hushang Ansary, Chairman, Parman Capital Group
 * Rebecka Belldegrun, President, Intertech Corporation
 * Alexander L. Cappello, Chairman and CEO, Cappello Capital Corp.
 * George N. Chammas, Director, Middle East Online
 * Lloyd E. Cotsen, President, Cotsen Management Corporation
 * Ahmet M. Ertegun, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Atlantic Recording Corporation
 * Tone N. Grant, Principal, Refco Group Ltd., LLC
 * Maxwell E. Greenberg, Consultant to the Board, Med-Net Elcam
 * Rita E. Hauser, President, The Hauser Foundation, Inc.
 * Ray R. Irani, Chairman and CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
 * Joseph J. Jacobs, Chairman, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
 * Peter A. Joseph, Palladium Equity Partners
 * Ann Kerr, Director, Fulbright Program, University of California, Los Angeles
 * Ray Mabus, President, Frontline Global Resources
 * Younes Nazarian, The Nazarian Companies
 * Norman J. Pattiz, Chairman, Westwood One
 * Marcie Polier, Chairman Emeritus, ACNielson EDI
 * Donald Ellis Simon, President, The Donald E. Simon Foundation
 * Enzo Viscusi, Group Sr. V.P., ENI SpA; Chairman, AGIP Petroleum Co., Inc.
 * Donald R. Voelte, President and CEO, Chroma Energy, Inc.
 * Stanley A. Weiss, Chairman, Business Executives for National Security
 * Poju C. Zabludowicz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Zabludowicz Trust

Ex Officio


 * Jerrold D. Green, Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy, RAND
 * Jeffrey A. Isaacson, Vice President, National Security Research Division, RAND
 * James A. Thomson, President and CEO, RAND

Contact
URL: http://www.rand.org/nsrd/cmepp/