Dr. Manal Fakhoury – National Board Chair
Dr. Manal Fakhoury is the president and CEO of Fakhoury Leadership International. She has strong business intuition and has managed multi million dollar budgets. She has a distinctive skill set of strategy, organizing, fundraising, and is best known to be results-oriented. She has a passion for community service, communication, and leadership. Dr. Fakhoury earned her […]
Eyas Abdeen – National Board Treasurer
Eyas Abdeen joined the Sacramento Muslim community in 1990. His professional career started as a software engineer. Then in 2004, he pivoted his career path to finance and strategy. Over the past 18 years, he worked in investments and corporate finance. Currently, he works at the California Department of General Service in the Natural Gas […]
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik – National Board Secretary
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik has served at the Director of Outreach at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center, the first Muslim Chaplain at Howard University (HU) and is the former Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education. The imam has also served as the chair of government relations for the Muslim Alliance […]
John Floyd – National Board Member
John T. Floyd is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been rated as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters and AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He accepted Islam in 1994 and has dedicated over twenty years of pro-bono legal representation as a volunteer civil rights lawyer for the […]
Spojmie Nasiri – National Board Member
Spojmie Nasiri is a first-generation immigrant who is acutely aware of the pain endured by immigrants separated from their families. Mrs. Nasiri’s personal experience gives her an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by her clients and how complex and emotionally draining the American immigration process can be. Mrs. Nasiri founded the Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, […]
Saleh Mubarak – National Board Member
Saleh Mubarak is a construction project management professor, consultant, author, public speaker and trainer. He has a BS, MSc, and PhD in civil engineering specialized in Construction Project Management. Saleh has over 30 years of diversified experience in engineering and project management, both academic and industrial, and extensive experience in continuing education and professional training […]
Nihad Awad – National Board Member
Nihad Awad is the National Executive Director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. In addition to his work with CAIR, Mr. Awad has also served as a board member for various nonprofit organizations, including as chairman of Democracy for the […]
Noor Bahhur – Board Member
Noor Bahhur is a bar licensed attorney residing and practicing in the state of Ohio. She graduated cum laude from Cleveland Marshall College of Law and in 2018 and has focused her practice on marketing and consumer law. Noor’s legal journey has been marked by significant milestones, including working at an AMLAW 200 law firm […]
Ahmed Al-Shehab – Board Member Emeritus
Mr. Al-Shehab has been involved in community work for over 20 years. He Co-founded CAIR-NJ in 2003 and then was elected to the CAIR National Board in 2011. He served as the CAIR National Board Treasurer from 2012 – 2022. In 2023, CAIR National Board appointed Mr. Al-Shehab as its founding Emeritus Board Member. From […]
Roula Allouch – Board Member Emeritus
Roula Allouch is a trial attorney with experience handling a range of litigation matters including in the areas of employment, commercial disputes, civil rights, personal injury, and appeals. Ms. Allouch earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Kentucky in 2003 and her juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of […]