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MEFF Committee
The Middle East Forum of Falmouth is a nonprofit organization overseen and run by a volunteer Committee.
James S. Altschul
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President, Aviation Advisory Service, Inc. (airplane hangar development)
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Member of the New York bar
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Former financial journalist who has written and lectured extensively on business, finance, and international relations
Andrew W. Davis
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Retired market research and consulting professional
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Founded and directed Wainhouse Research market analyst firm focused on enterprise communications and video conferencing markets
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Work history includes manufacturing engineering, project management, strength-of-materials research
Gary Jacobson, MD
MEFF President Emeritus
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Senior Supervising Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
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Former co-Chair, Muslim-Jewish Dialogue group of the American Jewish Committee (New England)
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Former Chair of the Fellowship Committee, Middle East Institute for Social and Economic Policy, John F. Kennedy School
of Government
Jane McHan, PhD
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Social Political Psychologist
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Lived, worked, taught (AUB, KSU College of Medicine), and travelled extensively in the Middle East for 30+ years
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Conducted research in the Middle East, and author, “Social Psychological Aspects of War and Violent Conflict”
Kathryn Plazak
MEFF Treasurer and Clerk
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President, Plazak Associates
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Former Vice President,
Government & Community Relations,
New England Life
Marc Shulman, PhD
MEFF President
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Professor Emeritus, Immunology Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Member, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA
Fletcher Street
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Experimental Psychologist
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Member, Board of Directors, Chatham Chorale; and Development Committee, Falmouth Chorale
Allen Taylor, PhD
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Director of the Laboratories for Nutrition and Vision Research, Tufts University
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Co-founder and Director, Science Training Encouraging Peace – Graduate Training Program (STEP-GTP), pairing Israeli and Palestinian students conducting graduate-level research at Israeli universities
Michael J. Zigmond, PhD
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Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Originator of a training program on professional skills that has included presentations to a large number of countries in the Middle East.