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Board of Directors
Jims Porter, Board Chair
Manager, Communications & Advocacy, RefugeeOne
Moshood Olanrewaju, Vice Chair
PhD, MPA
National Louis University
Karnika Iyengar, Treasurer
Founder & CEO
HIRA Consulting LLC
Alan Greene, Secretary
Chicago Jewish Coalition for Refugees
Steering Committee Member
Fasika Alem
Program Director
United African Organization
Galya Ben-Arieh
J.D., PhD. Northwestern University, Professor, Department of Political Science
President & CEO, COMPASS- Community Partnerships for Settlement Strategies
David Zverow
Program Consultant for ICNA Relief
Director at HIAS Chicago
Suzanne Akhras
Founder and Executive Director
Syrian Community Network
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