President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Honorable Michael Whipple – Councilmember, City of Laguna Niguel, California
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Tamim Atayee, PE - Vice President, Rivertech Inc.
Secretary
Sudabeh Shoja - Engineer, City of Vista, California
Director of Operations, Afghanistan
Dr. Abdullah Osman, M.D.
Founder and Past Chairman of International Orphan Care
M.Hasan Nouri, P.E. - President, Rivertech Inc.
Prof. A. Quadir Amiryar, Ph.D. - Visiting Professor, George Washington
University
Mohd Afzal Aslami, Ph.D. - President and CEO, Silica Tech, LLC, and
Chairman, Afghanistan-America Foundation
Fauzia Sharifi Assifi - President, Afghan Tourist Organization
Fereshta Malekyar Atayee - Broadband Software
J. Preston Darby, M.D., F.A.C.P. - Founding Member of International Orphan Care
Dr. Rashid S. Hamid, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. - Marshall Medical Clinic, Marshall, Missouri
Nancy E. Luster - President, The Edwards Design Group
Naim Majrooh - President, Afghan Information Center, Kabul
Fawzeya Malekyar -
Cosmetologist
Anosha Zereh Misaghi -
Student, Univ. California, Berkeley
Ishaq Nadiri, Ph.D. - Professor of Economics, New York University
Laura Peters – President, International Software Systems
Maryam Qudrat -
Professor, Long Beach State University
Zarguna Saleh -
Omega World Travel
Sadiq Tawfiq - Owner, Khyber Pass Store and Art Gallery, Laguna Beach,
California and President, Herat Rotary Club, Afghanistan
Rebecca Trahan -
Tiny Stars
Bashir Zikria, MD - Professor of Surgery, Columbia University
AFGHANISCHE KINDERHILFE, Deutschland E. V.
IOC Chapter of Switzerland
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
Congressman David Dreier - 26th Congressional District, California
Sir Eldon Griffiths
National Patron, World Affairs Councils of America
Bill Habermehl - Superintendent of Schools, Orange County Department of Education
Congressman Duncan Hunter, 52nd Congressional District, California
Marty Katz
Executive Vice President, Homeland Safety
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
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, 46th Congressional District, California
Congressman Edward Royce - 40th Congressional District, California
Nur Safa - Vice Counsel General, Embassy of Austria, Cape Town, South
Africa
Ambassador Peter Tomsen - Former Special Envoy to Afghanistan
Affilated Organizations
Afghanische Kinderhifle Deutschland, E.V.
Dr Naim Ziayee - President
Dr. Udo Classen - Vice President
Mr. Stephan Lennartz - Board Member
KOMAK, Switzerland
Dr. Aziz Zikria - President
Dr. Daoud Miskinyar - Vice President
