National Advisory Board

Executive Committee

Shamel Rushwin – Chair
Executive Faculty, Wayne State University; retired Vice President, Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Michigan

Manal Saab – Co-Chair
Vice President, SGT LTD.; Chief Human Resources Officer,
Sorensen Gross Construction Services
Flint, Michigan

Ismael Ahmed
Director, Department of Human Services, State of Michigan
Dearborn, Michigan

Patricia E. Mooradian
President, The Henry Ford
Dearborn, Michigan

Fawwaz T. Ulaby
R. Jamison & Betty Williams Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Dexter, Michigan

Honorary Members

Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan
McLean, Virginia

Bader Al-Dafa
Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, United Nations
Doha, Qatar

Jamie Farr
Actor, Philanthropist
Bell Canyon, California

Casey Kasem
Radio/TV Personality
Los Angeles, California

Kathy Najimy
Actor, Activist
Studio City, California

Tony Shalhoub
Actor, Community Activist
Los Angeles, California

Helen Thomas
Journalist
Washington, D.C.

U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-Louisiana)
Washington, D.C.

U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R-California)
Vista, California

Chris John
Lobbyist; former U.S. Representative (D-Louisiana)
Washington, D.C.

Jacques Nasser
Businessman; Former CEO, Ford Motor Company
Bloomfield, Michigan

U.S. Representative Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia)
Washington, D.C.

Board Members

Richard A. Abdoo
Chairman of the Board and CEO, Retired
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Rashid Abdu
Retired Surgeon, Visiting Professor, Author
Canfield, OH

Jane Abraham
President, Abraham Strategies
McLean, Virginia

Suleiman Al-Awadi
Civil Engineer and Secretary, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
Kuwait

Bassam Barazi
Real Estate Developer
Houston, Texas

Maya Berry
Principal, MidAmr Group
Washington, D.C.

Sir Michael Berry, Esq.
Attorney
Dearborn, Michigan

Amer Bisat
Partner, Portfolio Manager, Traxis Partners
Author
New York, NY

Ahmad Chebbani
Entrepreneur
Dearborn, Michigan

Debbie Dingell
Vice Chair, General Motors Foundation
Washington, D.C.

Russell J. Ebeid
President, Glass USA Division, Guardian Industries Corp.
Bloomfield, Michigan

Farouk El-Baz
Professor, Boston University Center for Remote Sensing
Laconia, New Hampshire

Inea Bushnaq Engler
Author, Community Activist
New York, New York

Randa Fahmy-Hudome
President, Fahmy Hudome International
Washington, D.C.

Nijad Fares
Businessman
Houston, Texas

W. Frank Fountain
Senior Vice President, Chrysler, retired
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Edward Gabriel
President & CEO, The Gabriel Company; former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco
Washington, D.C.

Rana Hajjeh, M.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Dalia Hashad
Attorney
Director of USA Program, Amnesty International
Washington, DC

Ghada Irani
Community Activist
Beverly Hills, California

Abdeen M. Jabara, Esq.
Attorney, Community Activist
New York, New York

James Jabara
President, JMJ Properties
Plymouth, Michigan

Moncef Jendoubi
President & CEO, Milagen Inc.
Emeryville, California

Mona Khalidi
Assistant Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
New York, New York

Philip S. Khoury 
Professor and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Somerville, Massachusetts

Ronald G. Khoury
Partner, Cusmano, Kandler, & Reed
DeWitt, MI

Marnia Lazreg
Author and Professor, Hunter College
New York, NY

Clovis Maksoud
Professor, Director, Center for the Global South, American University
Washington, D.C.

Albert Mokhiber 
Attorney
Reston, Virginia

Yahya Mossa-Basha, M.D.
Physician
Dearborn, Michigan

Ghada M. Muhanna
Educator, Community Activist
Atlanta, Georg ia

Ziad S. Ojakli
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Falls Church, Virginia

Souhad Rafey
Curator of Exhibits, American Academy of Arts and Letters
New York, New York

Sarah Rogers
Scholar
Baltimore, MD

Wafa Salah
Community Activist
Bloomfield, Michigan

Helen Samhan
Executive Director, Arab American Institute
Falls Church, Virginia

Harold Samhat
Businessman
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Betty H. Sams
Community Activist
Bethesda, Maryland

Jack Shaheen, Ph.D.
Professor, Author, Media Critic
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Anas Shallal
Businessman, Community Activist
Washington, D.C.

Michael W. Suleiman, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

U.S. Senator John E. Sununu (R-New Hampshire)
Washington, D.C.

Ann Tanous
Vice President, Lynx Investment Advisory
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Ahmed Zewail
Nobel Prize Laureate
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

John Zogby
President, Zogby International
Utica, New York