Our Team
Josh Emerson
Director of US Programs
Sonia Norton
Director of Advocacy
H.F
Director of Evacuation
Areej Khushabakht
Development Manager
Mack Slaughter
US Programs Operations Coordinator
Brandon B.
Case Support Manager
Noor Greene
Chief Operating Officer
Allison Hasser
Chief Development Officer
Andrew Sullivan
Executive Director
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 Z.
SIV Ambassador (Florida)
Sonia Nawrooz
SIV Ambassador
(Nothern California)
Elaha Rahman
SIV Ambassador (Virginia)
Azad Sleigher
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
Doug Livermore
Chair, Advocacy Committee
Greg Fairbank
Chair, Finance Committee
Howard Manuel
France Hoang
Matt Watters
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
General (Ret) David Goldfein