Maha Jarad – Member

Maha Jarad is a graduate of University of Illinois at Chicago, with her B.A. in Political Science and Masters in Secondary Education. She has served as Executive Director of the Union of Palestinian Women and Women in Organizing Project: Women United for a Better Chicago, and has sat on the boards of several human rights and social institutions, including Crossroads and the Southwest Youth Collaborative. Maha currently sits on the board of Hamdard Center, Arab American Action Network and teaches at Taft High School.
Staff
Rami Nashashibi - Executive Director
Kyle J. Ismail – Associate Director
Kauthar Umar – Communications Director
Mariam Azam – Health Clinic Administrator
Veronica Zapata – ICDI Coordinator
Sultan Muhammad – Community Organizer
Asad Jafri – Youth Coordinator
Margo Land – Computer Lab Attendant
Reza Alrifai – Account Manager
Yahya Youssef – Design Consultant
Naadhera R. Muhammad – Executive Assistant
Shamar Hemphill – Youth Development Leader
Angela Rosario – Receptionist/Office Manager
Board
Amir al-Islam - Chairman
Sherene S. Fakhran, M.D, M.P.H - Medical Chair
David Kelly - Secretary
Ali Saqib – Treasurer
Abdul Malik Ryan, JD - Member
Maaria Mozaffar - Member
Laila Muhammad - Member
Maha Jarad – Member
Nia Odeoti-Hassan - Member - Springfield, IL
Dr. Tariq Iftikhar - Member
Feroz Patel – Member
Rafi Peterson - Member