Our Team
Mike Mitchell
Executive Director
Noor Greene
Chief Operating Officer
Andrew Sullivan
Chief Advocacy Officer
Isha Nirola
Chief Development Officer
Josh Emerson
Director of Resettlement
Leesa Yhim
Director of Operations
Sonia Norton
Director of Advocacy
Areej Khushabakht
Development Manager
Ambassadors
Khalid Hamidi
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Virginia)
Qais Naib
SIV Ambassador
(Connecticut/New England)
Ali Seena
SIV Ambassador
(Northern California)
Shafi Hadi
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Virginia)
Najeeb Aminyar
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Texas)
Ismail Khan
SIV Ambassador
(Pacific Northwest)
Aqila Zurmalwall
SIV Ambassador (Florida)
Sonia Nawrooz
SIV Ambassador
(Nothern California)
Elaha Rahman
SIV Ambassador (Virginia)
Mike Jabbar
SIV Ambassador
(Southern California)
Ahmad Abid
SIV Ambassador
(Pacific Northwest)
Board of Directors
Philip Caruso
Chair
Mariah Smith
Vice Chair
Blake Lindgren
Treasurer
Annie Yu Kleiman
Corporate Secretary
Loren Voss
Chair, Evacuation Committee
Parker Normann
Chair, Resettlement Committee
Doug Livermore
Chair, Advocacy Committee
Greg Fairbank
Chair, Finance Committee
Howard Manuel
JD Dolan
Matt Watters
Hal Thomas
France Hoang
Board of Senior Advisors
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
General David Petraeus
Nell Cady-Kruse
Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz
Owen West
Janis Shinwari
Founder
Brig Gen (Ret) Allison Hickey
Rep. Patrick J. Murphy
Michael Haley
Benjamin Cheatham
Beth Axelrod
Scott Klug
Steve Israel