Our Team
Staff
Mike Mitchell
Executive Director
Catalina Gasper
Chief Operation Officer
Josh Emmerson
Director of Resettlement Operation Officer
Catalina Gasper
Chief Operation Officer
Jeff Phaneuf
Director of Advocacy
Peggi Phelps
Director of Operations
Rankin Weller
Director of Development
Janis Shinwari
Co-Founder &
Director of SIV Ambassadors
Khalid Hamidi
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Virginia)
Shafi Hadi
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Virginia)
Elaha Rahman
SIV Ambassador
(Virginia)
Qais Naib
SIV Ambassador
(CT / New England)
Niamatullah Habibzai
SIV Ambassador
(NE / Central U.S.)
Abdul Ahsas
SIV Ambassador
(OK / Central U.S.)
Najeeb Aminyar
SIV Ambassador
(Northern Texas)
Ahmadullah Sediqi
SIV Ambassador
(South and Central Texas)
Mike Jabbar
SIV Ambassador
(Southern California)
Ali Seena
SIV Ambassador
(Northern California)
Ismail Khan
SIV Ambassador
(Pacific Northwest)
Ahmad Abid
SIV Ambassador
(Pacific Northwest)
Aqila Zurmalwall
SIV Ambassador
(Florida)
Board of Directors
Philip Caruso
Chairman
Mariah Smith
Vice Chairman
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
Alea Nadeem
Chair, Governance Committee
Howard Manuel
JD Dolan
Matt Watters
Hal Thomas
Board of Senior Advisors
General David Petraeus
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz
Brig Gen (Ret) Allison Hickey
Rep. Patrick J. Murphy
Owen West
Dana W. White
Nell Cady-Kruse
Michael Haley
Junior Board
Adam Moore
Matt Hermann
Volunteers
Stevie Kuenn
Dani Kawaguchi
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