Muslim Public Affairs Council

Muslim Public Affairs Council

Personnel

As of may 24, 2018; Staff

• Salam Al-Marayati, President
• Zaki Barzinji, Policy Consultant
• Lydia Burgos, Director of Admin. & Finance
• Ilhan Cagri, Policy Fellow, Religious Freedom
• Hoda Hawa, Director of Policy & Advocacy
• Saif Inam, CLDP Consultant
• Lori Margaret, Communications Specialist
• Shahbano Nawaz, Director of Development & Communications
• Omar Noureldin, Vice President of Strategy & Operations
• Suhad Obeidi, Director of the Hollywood Bureau
• Esmeralda Ruiz, Visual Designer
• Samira Salahuddin, Program Assistant
• Raahima Shoaib, Development Coordinator
• Hasnain Syed, Digital Director
• Grace Tapia, Administrative Coordinator

Board of Directors

• Seema Ahmad — Chair
• Nayyer Ali — Vice-Chair
• Hassan Zeenni — Secretary
• Habib Veera — Treasurer
• Omar Alfi
• Bayram Arman
• Safwan Badr
• Muna Jondy
• Adil Khan Noor Zubeida Khan
• Sadia Khosa
• Dalia Mahmoud
• Omar Ricci

Foundation Board

• Sohail Naimi — Chair
• Noor Zubeida Khan — Vice-Chair
• Hassan Zeenni — Treasurer
• Hedab Tarifi — Secretary
• Hala Alfi

Advisory Council

• Rev. Ed Bacon — Chair, Episcopal Archdiocese, Rector Emeritus, All Saints Church Pasadena
• Mike Downing, Former Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department
• Plemon El-Amin, Board Member, Interfaith Community Initiatives
• John Esposito, Professor & Director, Georgetown Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
• Asifa Quraishi-Landes, Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ebrahim Rasool, Former South African Ambassador to the United States
• Connie Rice, Civil Rights Lawyer & Founder, Advancement Project
• Omid Safi, Professor & Director, Duke Islamic Studies Center
• Alicia Sams, Director of Fellows Program, University of Chicago Institute of Politics
• George Takei, Actor/Activist
• Nate Walker, Executive Director, 1791 Delegates