Staff & Board

Staff

JAMAL ABDI

President

NADIA ASGARI-TARI

Government Relations Associate

RYAN COSTELLO

Policy Director

DONNA FARVARD

National Organizing Director

NILOFAR GANJAIE

Deputy Executive Director

SARA HAWRAMI

Administrative Assistant

HAMID JAHANGARD

Advancement Director

MITRA JALALI

SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISOR

ETAN MABOURAKH

Digital Associate

ASSAL RAD

Research Director

NAGHAM SABAH

Finance and Administration Director

MYRIAM SABBAGHI

Community Organizer

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.

SIOBHAN COLEY-AMIN

Board Chair

Attorney, Venable LLP

MASOUD LOGHMANI

Fundraising and Nominating Officer

Business Executive

MAZIAR ZIA

Finance Officer

Finance Manager

ARDAVAN BADII

Founder and President, The Bullion Bank

RUBY DEHKHARGHANI

Plastic Surgeon

PAYMAN JARRAHY

OB/GYN, New York Hospital

LADAN MANTEGHI

Chair, Georgetown Business for Impact Initiative

NIAC Action Board

MARYAM ATTARPOUR

Program Manager, the Family Caregiver Alliance

SIOBHAN COLEY-AMIN

Attorney, Venable LLP

MASOUD LOGHMANI

Business Executive

LADAN MANTEGHI

Chair, Georgetown Business for Impact Initiative

SHAYAN MODARRES

Civil rights activist and attorney

SARAH SAKHA

Humanitarian Aid and Financing reform, International Rescue Committee

MAZIAR ZIA

Finance Manager, Warner Media LLC

Community Council

HANIEH JODAT

National Director of Progressive Democrats of America-Middle East Alliances

MARYAM JAMSHIDI

Assistant Professor of Law, University of Florida

NAZITA LAJEVARDI

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND ATTORNEY, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

REZA ASLAN

Award-winning author

JUAN COLE

Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History

FARIDEH FARHI

Independent Scholar

BEHROOZ GHAMARI TABRIZI

Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

KEVAN HARRIS

Assistant Professor, UCLA

HODA KATEBI

Writer and Community Organizer

JOHN LIMBERT

Former U.S. Ambassador

SHIRIN SAEIDI

Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville