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United States
Nationality
American
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Email
s******@marshallgroup.com
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philanthropistcommunity leader
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About
Shelly Kassen is a longtime philanthropic and community leader residing in Westport, Connecticut. She served as president of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) from 2016 to 2020 and is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of WINEP, also holding the title of Chairman Emeritus. She is co-chair of the advisory board of the Tikvah Fund and has connections to the American Enterprise Institute. Kassen holds an MBA from Harvard, is a certified public accountant (CPA), and has appeared on C-SPAN in her WINEP role, including a 2018 speech and 2019 programming that averaged over 3,000 views. Her civic roles include having served as a selectman and as a council leader for AIPAC.
Key Relationships
Robert Satloff
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Shelly Kassen is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of WINEP and previously served as president from 2016-2020. She and her husband Michael Kassen were honored alongside Satloff at the 2023 Scholar-Statesman Award event. She oversees Satloff's leadership as the organization's top board figure.
Since 2008
The Tikvah Fund
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Kassen is a long-time leader within the Tikvah movement and serves on its Board of Trustees. Her background as a leader at The Washington Institute (WINEP), a powerful pro-Israel policy think tank, and her involvement with AIPAC, places her at the center of the mainstream foreign policy establishment that overlaps with neoconservative circles.