Kyle Cristofalo is CMEP’s Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations & Special Advisor to the Executive Director. He holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from Messiah College and a Master of Divinity from Emory’s Candler School of Theology. Kyle was first introduced to Middle East advocacy work during a semester abroad in Cairo, Egypt. After graduating from college, Kyle spent 10 months serving with the Mennonite Central Committee in Bethlehem, Palestine, where he was seconded to work with Bethlehem Bible College. Most recently, Kyle served as the Program Assistant for Middle East Policy at the Friends Committee on Legislation where he helped coordinate lobbying work on Middle East policy and trained grassroots advocates on how to lobby their Congressional representatives.