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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

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

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