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 AssifiPresident, 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 MalekyarCosmetologist

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