STAFF


 
 

Salam Al-Marayati

President

Suhad Obeidi

Director, Hollywood Bureau

Rebecca Husaini

Chief of Staff

Mohammad H. Ali

Director of Government Relations

Shahbano Nawaz

Major Gifts Officer

Ravyn Chatmon

Communications Manager

Qudsia Saeed

Development Coordinator

Lydia Burgos

Director, Administration and Finance

Grace Tapia

Administrative Coordinator

 
 

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


 
 

Hassan Zeenni, Chairman

Noor Zubeida Khan, Vice-Chairman

Shereen Othman, Secretary

Nayyer Ali, Board Member

 

Habib Veera, Board Member

Mohamed Abdel Kader, Board Member

Sabrina El Farra, Board Member

 

Jihan Hamdan, Board Member

Omar Ricci, Board Member

 
 

 FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS


 
 

Hedab Tarifi — Chair
Noor Zubeida Khan — Vice-Chair

 

Hala Alfi — Treasurer
Soheil Naimi — Secretary

 

Hassan Zeenni

 
 

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

 
 

HOLLYWOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE


 
 

MIKE MOSALLAM - PRESIDENT

Mike Mosallam Productions and Head of Production Planning, Netflix

TIM MCNEAL - VICE PRESIDENT

Creative Talent Development and Inclusion at Disney ABC Television Group

RAMSEY HAKIM - CHAIR

Chair , Hollywood Bureau Advisory Committee

 

SALAM DARWAZA

Producer at Emerson Collective

MIKE FARRELL

Actor, Producer, Activist

MARY SADEGHY

Head of Corporate Partnerships at The Sundance Institute

 

TIFFANY SMITH-ANOA’I

Executive Vice President, Entertainment Diversity, Inclusion & Communications at CBS Entertainment

ROGER WOLFSON

Screenwriter, Producer, Speechwriter