Administration


Board of Directors

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



Qadir, age 5