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MIDDLE EAST INVESTMENT INITIATIVE INC

EIN: 02-0760094Washington, DCZIP: 20037
S30 - Community Improvement & Capacity Building501(c)(3)

Mission

MIDDLE EAST INVESTMENT INITIATIVE, INC. (MEII) STIMULATES SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND LONG-LASTING JOB CREATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) BY DESIGNING AND DEPLOYING FINANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME'S). FOUNDED WITH THE CONVICTION THAT THE PATH TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SUITABILITY IN THE MENA REGION REQUIRES A SOUND AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC BASE, MEII BREAKS FROM TRADITIONAL AID MODELS AND DESIGNS INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND DIGNITY INSTEAD OF DEPENDENCY.

Financials

YearRevenueExpensesAssets
2024$2.8M$0$2.8M
2023$3.2M$0$3M

Compensation

2024

RAMI KHOURY
Executive VP
executive vice president
$308,760
$0
$0
$350,957
RICHARD FINKE
Country Manager
officer (unspecified)
$197,900
$0
$0
$221,472
JAMES PICKUP
President and CEO
chief executive officer
$174,584
$0
$0
$179,822
JOSEPH SEHWAIL
Country Manager
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$87,652
ALEXANDRA FISHER
Sr Assoc. and Secretary
secretary (operational)
$0
$0
$0
$63,170
MAC BERNSTEIN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARTIN INDYK
Co-chair
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
BASHAR MASRI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TERESA M RESSEL
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CATHY ISAACSON
Co-chair
officer (unspecified)
$0
$0
$0
$0
CARL BILDT
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NEWMAN T HALVORSON JR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NAFEZ HUSSEINI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TOM NIDES
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TIM BROAS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
REEM GUOSSOUS
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JOHN GLAZER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
THOMAS R PICKERING
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAY FOOTLIK
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TONI VERSTANDIG
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
ELIZABETH A LIECHTY
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CLARE MUNANA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DAVID WADE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DOUGLAS STEENLAND
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

2023

RAMI KHOURY
Executive Vp
executive vice president
$294,060
$0
$14,700
$354,024
LANA KATBEH
Country Manager - Thru 11/2023
officer (unspecified)
$86,945
$0
$142,790
$231,675
RICHARD FINKE
Country Manager
officer (unspecified)
$185,267
$0
$8,135
$215,423
JAMES PICKUP
President and CEO
chief executive officer
$184,584
$0
$0
$190,122
ALEXANDRA FISHER
Senior Associate & Secretary
secretary (operational)
$0
$0
$0
$78,721
ELIZABETH A LIECHTY
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CLARE MUNANA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
THOMAS R PICKERING
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
TERESA M RESSEL
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DOUGLAS STEENLAND
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BASHAR MASRI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MAC BERNSTEIN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JAY FOOTLIK
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
JOHN GLAZER
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DAVID WADE
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
MARTIN INDYK
Chair
board chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
CATHY ISAACSON
Vice Chair
board vice chair
$0
$0
$0
$0
SAMER ASFOUR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BERL BERNHARD
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CARL BILDT
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
DWIGHT L BUSH SR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
BETSY Z COHEN
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
CHARLES H DALLARA
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NEWMAN T HALVORSON JR
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0
NAFEZ HUSSEINI
Director
board member
$0
$0
$0
$0

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