[7] At the request of King Abdullah II of Jordan, Masri led the effort to establish King's Academy in Jordan,[8] the first coeducational boarding school in the Middle East, and was founding chairman of its board of trustees.

[11] Masri currently holds a senior research scholar appointment at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

Masri is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, and a member of the International Advisory Council of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES).

Masri is also a trustee of International College in Beirut and the Welfare Association (Taawon) in Ramallah, and a director of Endeavor Jordan.

These centers work to advance Columbia's global mission as well as extend the University's reach to address the pressing demands of our global society and are located in: Amman, Jordan;[3][14][15] Beijing, China;[14][15] Istanbul, Turkey;[12] Mumbai, India;[16] Nairobi, Kenya;[17][18] Paris, France;[17] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;[19] and Santiago, Chile.