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Staff & Board

Staff

JAMAL ABDI
President
NICOLE ATAEI
Director of Finance and Administration
RYAN COSTELLO
Policy Director
DONNA FARVARD
National Organizing Director
SHERVIN GHAFFARI
Policy Associate
HAMID JAHANGARD
Advancement Director
MANA MOSTATABI
Communications Director
KEATON QUINN
Advancement Associate
ASSAL RAD
Senior Research Fellow
NOOSHIN SADEGH-SAMIMI
Organizing Fellow
SINA TOOSSI
Senior Research Analyst
ARZO WARDAK
Political Director
EHSAN ZAHEDANI
Community Relations Manager

Board of Directors

NIAC is steered by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of leaders from across our community.
LADAN MANTEGHI
Chair, Georgetown Business for Impact Initiative
ARDAVAN BADII
Founder and President of The Bullion Bank
PAYMAN JARRAHY
OB/GYN, New York Hospital
SIOBHAN COLEY-AMIN
Attorney, Vennable LLP
MAX SAFAVI
CFO, COO
AHMAD SHAMS
Founder & Chairman, Merex Inc.
KAYVON SARMADI
Founder & CEO, Sarmadi Brothers

Board of Advisors

Prominent individuals with a wide range of knowledge and expertise who help provide strategic advice.
REZA ASLAN
Award-winning author
AMBASSADOR THOMAS R. PICKERING
Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
AMBASSADOR JOHN LIMBERT
Fmr. U.S. Ambassador
THE HONORABLE WAYNE GILCHREST
Former Congressman, Maryland
THE HONORABLE JIM MOODY
Fmr. Congressman, Wisconsin
NADEREH CHAMLOU
Retired Senior Advisor, World Bank
JUAN COLE
Professor, University of Michigan
DR. FARIDEH FARHI
Independent Scholar, University of Hawai’i
DR. AHMAD KARIMI-HAKKAK
Founding Director, UMD Center for Persian Studies
ALEXANDER PATICO
Co-founder, NIAC
AHMAD SADRI
Chair of Islamic World Studies, Lake Forest

NIAC Action Board

JAMAL ABDI
President
DR. SHOKOOH MIRY
SHAYAN MODARRES
Secretary (Interim)
YASMIN RADJY
MAX SAFAVI
Treasurer