The MEMP Executive Board consists of both elected and ex-officio members.
Elected members of the Executive Board are: six (6) representatives of member institutions.
Ex-officio members of the Executive Board are: a representative designated by CRL, the Head of the Library of Congress Near East Section or a nominee, and the current President of the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA).
Current Committee
Guy Burak, MEMP Chair (2020-2021) & Member of MEMP Exec (2020-2023), New York University
Michael Hopper, MEMP Secretary (2020-2021) & Member of MEMP Exec (2018–2021), Harvard University
Roberta Dougherty (2019-2022), Yale University
Peter Magierski (2019-2022), Columbia University
Marlis Saleh (2018-2021), University of Chicago
Sean Swanick (2020-2023), Duke University
Ex-officio Members
Joan S. Weeks, Library of Congress
Judy Alspach, Center for Research Libraries
Roberta Dougherty, Yale University (MELA President)