Former Associate Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; Cambridge, MA Thomas D. Mullins was formerly the Associate Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and Executive Director of the Harvard Islamic Finance Information Program before it transferred to Harvard Law School. He was also the Executive Director of Contemporary Arab Studies at the CMES and was Chair of the Harvard Islamic Investment Study. Mullins directs new program development and external affairs at the CMES.