Administration
Board of Directors
President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael Whipple – Former Councilmember, City of Laguna Niguel, California and
President, M F Whipple & Associate
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
A. Tamim Atayee, P.E., Fellow ASCE – CEO, Rivertech Inc.
Secretary
Sudabeh Shoja, P.E. – Assistant Director of Public Works, City of Vista, CA
Director of Operations, Afghanistan
Dr. Abdullah Osman, M.D.
Founder and Past Chairman of International Orphan Care
M. Hasan Nouri, P.E., Fellow ASCE– Manager, Stormwater Engineering, URS Corp. and
President, FluvialTech, Inc.
A. Quadir Amiryar, Ph.D.– Visiting Professor, George Washington University
Fauzia Sharifi Assifi– President, Authentic Afghanistan Promotion, Kabul
Fereshta Malekyar Atayee – Owner, Chichi Rok
Azam M. Azimi, Ph.D. – Sr. Infrastructure Officer, USAID Afghanistan and
President, TIC International, Inc.
J. Preston Darby, M.D., F.A.C.P. – Founding Board Member of International Orphan Care
Andrew Escobar – Attorney, DLA Piper LLP (US)
Rashid S. Hamid, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. – Marshall Medical Clinic, Marshall, Missouri
Naim Majrooh – CEO, Private Sector and Civil Society Enabling Council, Kabul
Fawzeya Malekyar– Cosmetologist
Anosha Zereh Misaghi – Student, University of California Berkeley
Ishaq Nadiri, Ph.D. – Professor of Economics, New York University
Maryam Qudrat, Ph.D. – Professor, California State University Long Beach
Zarguna Saleh – Director Hotels and Corporate Programs, Omega World Travel
Sadiq Tawfiq – Owner, Khyber Pass Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA and
President, Afghan Amity Society
Bashir Zikria, M.D. – Professor Emeritus and Special Lecturer, Columbia University
Board of Advisors
Dr. Abdullah Amirian - President, Afghanistan Help Committee, Italy
Sir Edward A. Artis, Ph.D., K.M. - President, Knightsbridge International
William Carroll, P.E. - Former President, American Society of Civil Engineers
Honorable David Dreier - Congressman, California
Bill Habermehl - Superintendent of Schools, Orange County Department of Education
Honorable Duncan Hunter, Congressman, California
William Mastrosimone - Playwright, Screenwriter
Honorable Richard J. Riordan – Former Secretary of Education, State of California and
Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles, California
Honorable Don Ritter, Sc.D. - Chairman, Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce
Honorable Dana Rohrabacher - Congressman, California
Honorable Edward Royce - Congressman, California
Nur Safa - Vice Counsel General, Embassy of Austria
Ambassador Peter Tomsen - Former Special Envoy to Afghanistan
Affilated Organizations
Afghanische Kinderhifle Deutschland, E.V.
Dr. Ziauddin Aini - President
Stephan Lennartz - Vice President
Dr. Naim Ziayee - Board Member
KOMAK, Switzerland
Dr. Aziz Zikria - President
Dr. Daoud Miskinyar - Vice President
