Avi Meyerstein is the founder and president of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). Starting in 2003, Avi brought together dozens of NGOs to build an umbrella coalition that would significantly expand resources, scale up Israeli-Palestinian grassroots partnerships, and create a growing, interconnected community of peacebuilders.
ALLMEP’s advocacy strategies initially supported over $130 million in annual U.S. funding for Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding. Avi also developed and launched the initiative to create an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. ALLMEP’s global campaign to create that fund led to the bipartisan passage of the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act of 2020 (MEPPA), which provides $250 million for joint economic and people-to-people partnerships.
Avi has led ALLMEP through several stages of growth and organizational development and is actively involved in its strategy, operations, and advocacy. In 2021-22, he is working on the ground with ALLMEP, its members, and other key stakeholders to help prepare the field for large-scale growth.
Avi is a former national law firm partner, a business co-founder, and a Fulbright Global Scholar. He is graduate of Columbia University and Georgetown University Law Center. He and his wife, Dana, live with their three daughters in the Washington, DC area.
