Albert Shanker Institute
THE CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE
February 6-7, 2007
Hyatt Regency Washington
PARTICIPANTS
Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Director, Middle East & North Africa,
National Endowment for Democracy
Michael Allen, Special Assistant, National Endowment for
Democracy
Jay Andrews, State Affiliate Political Organizer, AFT
Pennsylvania
Paul Babich, President, United Teachers of Wichita
Burnie Bond, Director of Programs, Albert Shanker Institute
Ken Brynien, President, Public Employees Federation
Eric Chenoweth, Co-Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern
Europe
Brenda Clayburn, President, City Union of Baltimore
Toni Cortese, Executive Vice President, American Federation of
Teachers
David Dorn, Director, American Federation of Teachers,
International Affairs
James Dougherty, President, Illinois Federation of Teachers
Heba El Shazli, Regional Program Director, Middle East & North
Africa, Solidarity Center
Randy Garton, Director Research & Operations, Albert Shanker
Institute
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
David Hecker, President, American Federation of Teachers,
Michigan
Jack Joyce, President Emeritus, Bricklayers International Union
Azza Karam, Senior Research Policy Advisor, United Nations
Development Program,
Regional
Bureau for Arab States
Eugenia Kemble, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
Ted Kirsch, President, American Federation of Teachers,
Pennsylvania
Laith Kubba, Senior Director, Middle East & North Africa,
National Endowment for Democracy
Ellie Larson, Executive Director, Solidarity Center
Michael Maccoby, President, The Maccoby Group
Herb Magidson, Board of Directors, Albert Shanker Instistute
Radwan Masmoudi, President, Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy
Edward McElroy, President, American Federation of Teachers
Bruce Miller, American Federation of Teachers Special Counsel
Jean Morningstar, President, United Health Professionals,
Connecticut
Brent Murphy, Vice President, Illinois Federation of Teachers
Mary Cathryn Ricker, President, St. Paul Federation of Teachers
Dennis Ross, Counselor & Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, Washington
Institute for Near East Policy
Judy Schaubach, President, Education Minnesota
Barbara Shailor, Director, International Affairs Department,
AFL-CIO
Jay Taylor, Program Coordinator, Arab Civitas Project, Center for
Civic Education
George Williams, President, Madison County Education Association,
Florida
Tamara Wittes, Research Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East
Policy, Brookings Institution
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