Board & Staff

SPME’s Board of Directors is comprised of an experienced mix of professors from the most prestigious universities and colleges as well as members of other organizations. Their breadth of expertise and perspectives has proven invaluable as SPME has grown and expanded across the country and overseas.

Board of Directors

Mark T. Clark, PhD	President	California State University, USA	(2021 - Present)
Lauri B. Regan, JD	Vice President/ Treasurer	New York, USA	(2014 - Present)
Elvira Groezinger, DPhil	Secretary	Germany	(2017 - Present)
Robert Lloyd, PhD		Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA	(2023 - Present)
Joseph M. Skelly, PhD		College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York City, USA	(2023 - Present)
Karlgeorg Raimund Krüger, MD		Germany	(2020 - Present)
Donna Robinson Divine, PhD		Smith College, USA	(2016 - Present)
Richard Landes, PhD		Boston University, USA	(2014 - Present)
Charles Jacobs, EdD		Boston, USA	(2013 - Present)
Richard L. Cravatts, PhD		Florida, USA	(2011 - Present)
David Menashri, PhD		Tel Aviv University, Israel	(2009 - Present)
Leila Beckwith, PhD		University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA	(2006 - Present)
John R. Cohn, MD		Thomas Jefferson University, USA	(2005 - Present)

Staff

Asaf Romirowsky, PhD	Executive Director	SPME	(2011 - Present)
Alex Joffe, PhD	BDS Monitor Editor	SPME	(2013 - Present)
Shira Weissbach, MA	Israel Education Consultant	SPME	(2024 - Present)

Past Board Members

Ralf R. Schumann, MD, PhD	Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany	(2011 - 2022)
Jonathan Adelman, PhD*	University of Denver, USA	(2013 - 2020)	More
Miriam F. Elman, PhD	Syracuse University, USA	(2017 - 2020)
Philip Carl Salzman, PhD	SPME Past President \| McGill University, Canada	(2016 - 2023)
Brian O’Connor	Boston, USA	(2013 -2016)
Shlomo Dubnov, PhD	University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA	(2011 - 2014)
Joel Fishman, PhD	Jerusalem Institute for Public Affairs, Israel	(2011 - 2013)
Samuel Edelman, PhD	Past Executive Director	(2009 - 2011)
Kenneth L. Marcus, JD	The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, USA	(2009 - 2013)
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin	University of California at Santa Cruz, USA	(2009 - 2013)
Barry Rubin, PhD*	Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Israel	(2007 - 2013)
Awi Federgruen, DSc	Columbia University, USA	(2007 - 2013)
Brigitte Bailer, PhD	Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, Austria	(2007 - 2009)
Ernest Sternberg, PhD	University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA	(2006 - 2013)
Matthias Küentzel, PhD	Political Scientist and Author, Germany	(2006 - 2011)
Phyllis Chesler, PhD	City University of New York Staten Island, USA	(2005 - 2007)
Steven M. Albert, PhD, MPH	University of Pittsburgh, USA	(2005 - 2013)
Peter J. Haas, PhD	SPME Past President \| Case Western Reserve University, USA	(2003 - 2013)
Allan Lipton, MD	Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, USA	(2003 - 2006)
Rabbi Ilana Rosansky	Salem State University, Temple Shalom, USA	(2003 - 2004)
Stanley Dubinsky, PhD	University of South Carolina, USA	(2002 - 2013)
Ruth Lichtenberg-Contreras, PhD	Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria	(2002 - 2013)
Efraim Karsh, PhD	Kings College London, UK	(2002 - 2011)
Judith S. Jacobson, DrPh	SPME Co-Founder \| Columbia University, USA	(2002 - 2013)	More
Rev. India E. Garnett, M. Div	United Church of Christ, USA	(2002 - 2013)
Edward S. Beck, EdD	SPME Co-Founder and President Emeritus \| Walden University	(2002 - 2009)	More
Robert S. Mirin, Esq *	Harrisburg, USA	(2002 - 2009)
Gerald M. Steinberg, PhD	Bar Ilan University, Israel	(2002 - 2007)
Nidra Poller	France	(2002 - 2006)
Patricia Jennings, PhD	University of California Davis (UCD), USA	(2002 - 2004)
Peter Gomori, PhD	St. Francis College, USA	(2002 - 2004)
Yigal Levin, PhD	Bar-Ilan University, Israel	(2002 - 2004)
David Goldman, JD	Amper, Mattia and Politziner, CPA's Inc., USA	(2002 - 2003)
Charles Isbell, PhD	Louisiana State University, USA	(2002 - 2003)
Frederick Krantz, PhD	Concordia University. Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, Canada	(2002 - 2003)
Moshe Ma’oz, PhD	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	(2002 - 2003)
Daniel Pipes, PhD	Middle East Forum, USA	(2002 - 2003)

* Deceased