Gohar, Mohamed Hassan
Egypt

Mohammed Gohar is CEO of Video Cairo Sat, a Middle Eastern broadcast service provider founded on the promotion of free media, competitive advantage, strategic business relationships and customer satisfaction. Beginning his career as a cameraman for the American Network NBC in the early 1970s, he has since established partnerships with a diverse and comprehensive lineup of worldwide broadcasters and agencies, acting as collaborator with and bridge between Western and Middle East media interests. He has uncompromisingly pursued efforts throughout the region to foster and encourage a responsible and independent broadcast environment in the Middle East. Recent sector trends towards freedom and privatization have encouraged these efforts, and he is hopeful and eager to see the kind of independence that defines VCS applied to new and developing territory in the industry.

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Gordon, Howard
United States

Howard Gordon is the Showrunner/Executive Producer of the hit series 24, winner of the 2006 Emmy Award for Best Drama Series. A twenty year industry veteran, Gordon first gained national attention for his award-winning work on Fox’s groundbreaking series The X-Files. His other credits include Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Beauty and the Beast, Spenser: For Hire and Sisters. He was also the creator and executive producer of the innovative 1999 drama Strange World. Gordon is involved with multiple charitable organizations, including The Stroke Association of Southern California, for which he is an active board member. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

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Grand, Stephen R.
United States

Stephen R. Grand is Fellow and Director of the Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. Before coming to Brookings, he was Director of the Middle East Strategy Group at the Aspen Institute from 2004-2006. Prior to that, he served as Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and was a Scholar-in-Residence at the American University. From 2002-2003, he was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations. He has also served as the Director of Programs at the German Marshall Fund, and a Professional Staff Member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Grand received a B.A. from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

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