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Morocco
Abdelkhalk Aandam
Country Representative, Morocco
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Syracuse, NY
Amy Kruse
Director of Communications
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Armenia
Arpine Baghdoyan
Country Director, Armenia
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Belgium
Carmen Garriga
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Action Research Director
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Belgium
Caroline Verney
Director, European Union
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Syracuse, NY
Daniel Noon
Senior Manager, Grants and Contracts
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Washington, D.C.
Ethem Coban
Vice President of Compliance and Legal Affairs
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South Sudan
Gatkuoth Riek Lam
Program Director, South Sudan
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Syracuse, NY
Garrett Quade
Program Officer
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Syracuse, NY
Iba Camara
Controller
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Syracuse, NY
Imran Bashir
Vice President of Business Development
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Syracuse, NY
James Murray
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager
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Washington, D.C.
Jami Fancher
Director of Philanthropy
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Syracuse, NY
Jay Dietz
Major Gifts Manager
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Syracuse, NY
John Ashby
Chief Executive Officer
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London, UK
Jonathan Peters
Program Director
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Syracuse, NY
Jum Lux
Senior Accountant
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Syracuse, NY
Justin Pritchard
Vice President of Finance
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Syracuse, NY
Kacy Gardiner
Philanthropy Officer
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Lebanon
Lama El Batal
Program and Operations Director, Lebanon
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Syracuse, NY
Laurie Cooper
Executive Assistant
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Syracuse, NY
Lezlie Blaski
Vice President of People
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London, UK
Louise Martin
Program Officer
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London, UK
Rabih Yazbeck
Senior Vice President of Programs and Impact
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Syracuse, NY
Rachel Bass
Program Manager
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London, UK
Susmita Hamal
Digital Data Officer
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London, UK
Tsionawit Gebre-Yohannes
Program Manager
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Mali
Yacouba Dème
Country Director and Regional Program Coordinator, Mali
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Iraq
Yahya Ahmed
Program Director, Iraq
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Lebanon
Ziad Kmeid
Regional Director
Our Structure
Near East Foundation (NEF) functions as a family of entities, which includes NEF UK (London), NEF Belgium (Brussels), and the US-based NEF (Syracuse, NY and Washington, D.C.). While legally and financially independent, the three entities function as a single organization, sharing staff and resources that advance NEF’s shared mission and strategy while mobilizing a global community of supporters.
NEF employs team members worldwide and has country offices in Armenia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, South Sudan and Sudan.
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