Biography
Maysam Ali is Associate Director of Middle East Programs at the Aspen Institute. She manages the US-Lebanon Dialogue Program and leads the Jordan, Egypt and emerging Libya portfolio under Partners for a New Beginning (PNB). In this role, Maysam supports the Program's flagship program in creating opportunities for partnership between US private sector companies and business leaders in those countries, with a special focus on partnerships enhancing entrepreneurship and education.
Prior to that, Maysam worked as a reporter for Dubai-based Gulf News and Beirut-based NOW Lebanon. Maysam was a Sunrise Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Johns Hopkins University, where she completed a Masters in International Economics and Middle East Studies.
