Staff & Board

Staff

JAMAL ABDI

President

RYAN COSTELLO

Policy Director

DONNA FARVARD

National Organizing Director

NILOFAR GANJAIE

Deputy Executive Director

HAMID JAHANGARD

Advancement Director

MANA MOSTATABI

Communications Director

ASSAL RAD

Senior Research Fellow

SINA TOOSSI

Senior Research Analyst

EHSAN ZAHEDANI

Community Relations Manager

MYRIAM SABBAGHI

NIAC Community Organizer

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

MASOUD LOGHMANI

Business Executive

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

LADAN MANTEGHI

SHAYAN MODARRES

Secretary (Interim)

YASMIN RADJY

MAX SAFAVI

Treasurer