Professional Activities

  • Editorial Board, The Cairo Review (2010-present)
  • Editorial Board, Israel Studies Review (2010-present)
  • Member of the Board, The Middle East Institute (2012-2016)
  • State of New Jersey-Israel Commission (2007-present)
  • Member of the Board, The American University in Cairo (2009-2016)
  • Member of the Advisory Council – American Bar Association Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Rule of Law Initiative (2007-2013)
  • Member of the Advisory Board, Israel National Library-U.S. (2013-2020)
  • Policy Advisor, PeaceWorks Foundation (2024-2025)
  • Chair, U.S. delegation to Track II process with Russia on Syria, 2013-2017.
  • Member, Secretary of State John Kerry’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board, 2013-17.
  • Member, Senior Working Group on the Middle East, United States Institute of Peace, 2009-2014.
  • Member, Middle East Transition Team, Obama Administration, November 2008-January 2009.
  • Chair, Middle East Peace Process Study Group, United States Institute of Peace, 2006-present.
  • Senior Advisor, Iraq Study Group, Co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, 2006-2007.
  • Commissioner, Israel Professional Baseball League, 2006-2007.