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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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