Since 1951 the Advisory Council supports, advises, and advocates the mission of the Institute – an interdisciplinary research center that integrates archaeological, textual, linguistic, and art historical data to understand the development and functioning of the ancient civilizations of the Middle East from the earliest Holocene through the Medieval period. 

Advisory Council

Anthony Diamandakis, Council Chair*

Kiana Ashtiani

Gretel Braidwood*

Andrea Dudek

Marjorie M. Fisher*

Joan S. Fortune

Sue Geshwender

Lewis Gruber*

Misty Gruber*

Howard Hallengren*

Deborah Halpern

Rex Haydon

Janet W. Helman*

Roger David Isaacs

Barbara Jillson

John D. Lawrence

John W. McCarter, Jr.

Marilyn Murray

Catherine Novotny

Susan Padula

John Otto Peters III

Rebecca Wilson Potter

Crennan M. Ray

Aimee Drolet Rossi

Roberta Schaffner

Charles N. Secchia

Coleman Seskind

 O. J. Sopranos*

Walter Vandaele

Anna M. White

*Denotes a Life Member
Updated: 8/20/2024