Dr. Jamal Badawi

Dr. Jamal Badawi is a retired professor from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he was a cross-appointed faculty member in the Departments of Religious Studies and Management. He completed his undergraduate studies in Cairo, Egypt and his Masters and Ph. D. degrees at Indiana University in Bloomington, In.

Dr. Badawi has authored several books and articles on Islam. He also researched, designed and presented a 352-segnment television series on Islam, shown in many local TV stations in Canada and the US and in other countries as well. Audio and video copies of this series are widely available through out the world. Some Titles of His Published Works are: Selected prayers, Gender Equity in Islam, Muhammad in the Bible, Status of Women in Islam, Polygamy in Islamic Law, The Earth and Humanity : An Islamic Perspective, Islam: A Brief Look, Muslim Woman’s Dress According to the Qur’an and the Sunnah and Islamic Ethics.

In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi was invited as a guest speaker in various functions throughout the world. He is also active in several Islamic organizations, including the Islamic Society of North America and is the Founder/chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation, a non-profit foundation seeking to promote a better understanding of Islam and the Muslims towards non-Muslims. He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam & Christianity. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim Dialogues. Dr. Badawi is also a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He is also a member of both the Fiqh Council of North America, and the European Council for Fatwa and Research.
Imam Mahdi Bray:
Bray is a long time civil and human rights activist currently serving as the Executive Director of MAS Freedom (MASF), the Washington, D.C.-based civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS). Bray also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and is a national board member of Religions for Peace – USA. He has formerly served as both President of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations (CCMO) and as a board member of the Interfaith Alliance, America’s largest interfaith organization with over 150,000 members.

Bray also serves the community as a host of the Washington, D.C.-based television program, Islamic Perspectives, and hosts The Crescent Report on New World Radio (WUST-1120AM), the Multicultural Voice of the Metropolitan Area.

Bray is also author of The Masjid Voter's Guide and The Political Guide for Masjid Activists.

Imam Suhaib Webb (Video Conference)

Imam Suhaib webb was born in 1972 and raised in the State of Oklahoma, USA. During his teens he became a Hip Hop DJ and made many records with different artists and bands. Suhaib Webb converted to Islam at the age of 20. He completed his degree in Elementary Education and served as Imam for the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City. He moved to the Bay Area and is currently in his second year of studies at Al-Azhar University in Cairo. While in the States Imam Suhaib works with MAS at many local and national levels.

Imam Zaid Shakir

Imam Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work.
Born in Berkeley, California, he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, he led a successful campaign for disinvestment from South Africa, and co-founded a local Islamic center, Masjid al-Huda.
After a year of studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his community activism, co-founding Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort, and also taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences.
For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria’s prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut, serving again as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam, and writing and speaking frequently on a host of issues. That same year, his translation from Arabic into English of “The Heirs of the Prophets” was published by Starlatch Press.
In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute.

Imam Mahdi Bray

Bray is a long time civil and human rights activist currently serving as the Executive Director of MAS Freedom (MASF), the Washington, D.C.-based civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS). Bray also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and is a national board member of Religions for Peace – USA. He has formerly served as both President of the Coordinating Council of Muslim Organizations (CCMO) and as a board member of the Interfaith Alliance, America’s largest interfaith organization with over 150,000 members.

Bray also serves the community as a host of the Washington, D.C.-based television program, Islamic Perspectives, and hosts The Crescent Report on New World Radio (WUST-1120AM), the Multicultural Voice of the Metropolitan Area.

Bray is also author of The Masjid Voter's Guide and The Political Guide for Masjid Activists.

Dr.Hatem Bazian

Is the current president of the American Muslims for Palestine. Dr. Bazian received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in near eastern studies and ethnic studies and a master's degree in international relations from San Francisco State University. Currently, Dr. Bazian is a senior lecturer in the Near Eastern Studies and Ethnic Studies Departments at UC-Berkeley. In addition, Dr. Bazian is an adjunct professor at: UC-Berkeley Law School at Boalt Hall, religious studies at Saint Mary's College of California and UC-Davis. Dr. Bazian co-hosted "Islam Today", a weekly radio magazine show covering Islam and its diverse people around the world. Since 9/11, he has appeared on many TV and radio interviews and was also a translation consultant for the San Francisco Chronicle on a number of stories relating to Islam, Muslims and global politics.

Hal Runkel

Hal Runkel is quickly becoming America's new expert on human relationships.
A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, relationship coach and extremely popular keynote speaker, Hal is the visionary founder and president of ScreamFree Living, Inc., the organization that is calming the world, one relationship at a time. Hal's newest book, ScreamFree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, was released in hardback internationally by both Broadway Books (secular) and Waterbrook Press (Christian) in September 2007. It attained New York Times bestseller status during its debut week.
Married for 14 years, Hal Runkel and his wife have two children, a boy and a girl. As both a husband and a father, Hal practices at home what he's preached to many thousands of families everywhere: the ScreamFree approach to relationships.
Hal, with an impressive academic and social science background, has taken the most advanced approaches to relationship theory and, through thousands of hours of family therapy, organizational consulting and professional coaching in organizations, churches, family businesses and schools, has developed the revolutionary ScreamFree Living methodology to truly revolutionize relationships. Hal Runkel now presents the ScreamFree relationship programs including ScreamFree Parenting, ScreamFree Marriage, ScreamFree Leadership and others to audiences nationwide through live presentations, teleconferences, Web seminars, newsletters and training classes.
He has presented workshops and talks on various subjects at regional, national and international conferences, as well as a variety of church/community settings. Subjects include: organizational dynamics, addictive behaviors, parenting & marriage, anger management, psychological and human systems assessment, and small group and team processes. He's spoken in corporate environments to clients such as Chick-fil-A and RJ Griffin, to clinical professional organizations such as Association for Marriage & Family Therapy annual conferences and pediatrician groups. Hal has spoken to PTA groups, church and community groups, bookstores and other leading organizations, and is now represented by Premiere Speakers Bureau.
Seen by millions on NBC's The Today Show (five guest appearances), village Live (NBC) and CW's nationally syndicated The Daily Buzz, Hal is the founder and president of ScreamFree Living, Inc., as well as multiple newspapers and magazines nationwide. He travels coast-to-coast sharing his ScreamFree relationship programs with audiences using teleconferences, web seminars, newsletters, training classes, and the book series.
Hal is a member of the Family Firm Institute, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Before starting ScreamFree Living, Inc., Hal had a thriving therapy practice and also served as director of education for Covenant Counseling Institute in Snellville, Georgia.
The Houston native and Greater Atlanta resident earned his Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy (MMFT) in August 2000 from Abilene Christian University. His M.S. in Theological Studies was awarded in 1998.

Mark Siljander

He represented Michigan for 15 years, which includs three terms as a Member of the United States Congress, where he served on the International Relations Middle East Subcommittee and was Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee. He was the primary sponsor of the African Famine Relief Act. Mark was later appointed by President Reagan as a US Ambassador (Alt. Delegate) to the United Nations in New York, where he served as a member of the Middle East and Africa Strategy Group of permanent representatives.
Ambassador Siljander is a student of several languages, including Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew, and has spent over ten years studying the three Holy Books of the Abrahamic faiths. With over 26 years serving in the power circles of Washington and semi-official travel to nearly 130 countries, he has generated unique opportunities for frequent access to world leaders. These experiences have led him to develop a unique paradigm for the peaceful resolution of conflict that has been successfully applied in several challenging areas of the globe.
Mark Siljander reinforces his conflict resolution efforts through regular travel overseas with Congressional and high-level delegations.
Congressman Siljander has received acclaim for his work in reconciliation. He received various leadership awards, including the 1996 Mohandas K. Gandhi International Peace Award, for “…recognition of his courageous statesmanship in international reconciliation.” In addition, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright honored Ambassador Siljander, at the United Nations, for his “…efforts toward a more just, humane and peaceful world.”
His complementary academic pursuits include Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Political Science, a Ph.D. in International Business, a Doctorate in Humanities (Hon.) and has pursued advanced doctoral studies in education. He serves in a Board capacity at Samford University in Bangladesh, George Wythe College, UN chartered US Federation for Middle East Peace, served as advisor at Edinburgh University Center for Muslim Christian Studies and has lectured in such diverse institutions as from Oxford and Khartoum University Law School to Lancaster Bible College
 

Aliciajewel Bayi

Aliciajewell Bayi is a native of Detroit, MI and a member of the Muslim American Society (MAS) Detroit Chapter. As a graduate of the University of Michigan, she currently is a project director at an educational program and a substitute teacher. Aliciajewell is the co-founder of Destination Deen, a company that provides recreational opportunities and plans retreats, and was created by Aliciajewell Bayi and Leslie Wade. The company's mission is to provide quality recreation and personal development events and retreats.
 

Zerqa Abid

Zerqa Abid is a mother, a social/political activist, journalist, blogger, TV producer/director, and CEO of her business, event and media consultancy, ZAPS Technocrats Inc. In the past, Abid has worked at the American news giant, NBC News, and at ARY Digital Network of Pakistan as the General Manager of The City Channel.

Abid has successfully organized international trade and consumer shows. As well, she is a major community organizer in Columbus, Ohio. During Election 2008, she worked with Obama campaign and Ohio Democratic Party under the umbrella of Muslim Democrats. She is also the founder and president of a non-profit organization, “Ohio Muslims,” that is focused on the civic engagement and political empowerment of Ohio Muslim community. She frequently speaks at local and national platforms.

Abid is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of North Carolina State University. She majored in Mass Communication, TV production, and minored in Journalism. She received “Norma & Wally Ausley Merit Scholarship for being “The Outstanding Student of Mass Communications.” Abid also represented NCSU in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Congress in a conference organized by National Organization of Woman, NOW. Abid is proud to accomplish all of the above while strictly observing Islamic dress code including head scarf and face veil.

Abid is happily married with three daughters.

Rick Love

Rick serves as Consultant for Christian-Muslim Relations in the Vineyard, USA. He lived in Indonesia for 8 years and has travelled throughout the Muslim world. He holds a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies and has done Postdoctoral studies in peacemaking at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture's Reconciliation Program. He serves on the Executive Team for the World Evangelical Alliance Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Initiative and on the Steering Team for Evangelicals for Human Rights.

Dr. Hatem Al Haj

Personal
D.O.B.: 9/6/1388 AH. 09/02/1968 AD. Born in Cairo, Egypt
Currently, resides in the United States of America
Fluency in Arabic & English
Married and has four children

Degrees
Islamic

Master`s Degree in Islamic law (Sharee`a) from the American Open University, Grade: summa cum laude (excellent).
PhD in Comparative Fiqh from al-Jinan University, Tripoli, Lebanon, Grade: summa cum laude (excellent).

Medical
M.B., CH.B. (Equivalent to MD) Graduated with Honors from Alexandria University Medical School, Alexandria, Egypt
Board Certification in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Jobs
Currently, Attending Pediatrician, Albert Lea Medical Center (Mayo Health System) Albert Lea.
Currently, Associate Professor of Fiqh at Sharia Academy of America and Islamic University of Minnesota.
1991-1994 Imam of Masjid al-Birr of Astoria, NY.

Memberships
Islamic

Fatwa Committee of AMJA, Member
Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota, Member
The Building Blocks of Islam, President

Medical
American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow

Carl Medearis

Carl Medearis and his family lived in Beirut, Lebanon for 12 years. Through his unique and strategic approach around the Arab world, he has taught many Muslim university students, business professionals and political leaders to live their lives by the principles of Jesus in order to change their nations.
Today Carl spends much of his time working with leaders both in the West and in the Arab world with the goal of seeing a total transformation of the Arab Middle East through the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

Rick Jackson

Rick Jackson is a Colorado Springs businessman and developer of low-cost steel buildings for commercial, industrial, agricultural and residential applications. He has helped create very innovative affordable houses for Africa. These include planned villages complete with schools, food storages, medical facilities and common recreational areas. Features include roofs that are designed to capture rainwater and sewers that recycle methane for energy. As a member of the peace mission to Darfur, Rick saw firsthand the tragic circumstances there. He was led to redirect the primary focus of his company to provide more equitable economic benefits and a better quality of life for the local Sudanese people. Rick is now seeking dedicated prayer partners who will commit to steadfast prayer for the people of Sudan. His primary focus is fostering relationships with leaders and citizens of Sudan to bring peace to this country.

Pastor William Devlin

William T. Devlin is the current senior pastor of one of Manhattan's largest churches, Manhattan Bible Church, founded in 1978. Pastor Bill is also the Founder of Urban Family Council (UFC), an independent, donor-supported, faith-based, non-profit community organization that provides educational services to adolescents, young adults and their families throughout Greater Philadelphia in public & private schools, community organizations, churches and other faith communities. Mr. Devlin served as President of UFC for fifteen years. Devlin, a combat decorated Vietnam vet receiving the Purple Heart and Meritorious Unit Commendation, was also employed, prior to his pastorate, by a Fortune 250 company, The Guardian, as vice president of growth and development: www.ipgroup.info. For ten years, Devlin has been and is a vocal supporter of the spirit of brotherhood and friendship with the Muslim community; he frequently speaks at public events and mosques supporting the Muslin community as a follower of Isa; and he regularly travels to Muslim countires-Pakistan, Sudan, Afghanistan -sharing his message of brotherhood, peace, and understanding as a follower of Isa and a friend of Muslims.

A regular on Comcast cable CN8, Devlin speaks rationally and reasonably on issues from raising teenagers to pop culture to economics. A defender of life, marriage and family, Devlin is regularly sought out by the media to speak to the cultural and family issues of the day. Commentaries by Devlin or articles describing the work of UFC have appeared in Christianity Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post & many others. Devlin upholds the ideals of family life, and in 1998, sued the City of Philadelphia going up against the pernicious homosexual marriage bill passed that year-the suit failed in 2004, litigated up to and including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. see Devlin vs. City of Philadelphia

In addition to his many media appearances, Devlin aggressively seeks opportunities to partner with others— like-minded or not ––in defense of life, marriage and family. In 1999, Devlin was a Democratic candidate for Philadelphia City Council and subsequently ran a brief campaign for Mayor in 2002. He speaks at numerous professional and academic conferences and forums nationwide. He served on AG Mike Fisher’s Domestic Violence Task Force; Mayor John Street’s Transition Team; and Sen. Rick Santorum’s Operation Good Neighbor Foundation Board of Advisors.

Devlin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida Atlantic University and a master’s degree from Westminster Theological Seminary. Devlin is ordained in the Presbyterian Church but currently pastor Manhattan Bible Church. Devlin is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran—receiving the Purple Heart, Combat Action Medal and Meritorious Unit Commendation Award. Devlin and his wife Nancy received the Parents of the Year Award from President Bush in 2001.

The Devlin family moved to Philadelphia in 1985. Bill and Nancy, his wife of thirty years, have five children, two sons and three daughters

Sen. Larry Shaw

Larry Shaw is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-first Senate district, including constituents in Cumberland County. A corporate executive from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Shaw is currently serving in his seventh term in the North Carolina Senate. Previously, he served one term in the North Carolina House of Representatives.

Shaw was the highest-ranking Muslim elected official in the United States until the election of Keith Ellison to represent Minnesota's 5th congressional district.[1][2] Shaw remains the longest-serving Muslim elected official, serving a total of 16 years (before being elected to the state senate in 1996, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1994).

Shaw also serves on the National Board of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He became chairman of the board in 2009

Rebiya Kadeer

Born 21 January 1947. Is a prominent Uyghur businesswoman and political activist from the northwest region of Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China (PRC). She has been the president of the World Uyghur Congress since November 2006.

Rebiya Kadeer was born into poverty in the city of Altay, Xinjiang. She married in 1965 and moved to the city of Aksu, Xinjiang. During the Cultural Revolution, she was purged as a class enemy after a clothing business which she ran with her husband was branded as "speculation", resulting in her divorce.

In 1976, Kadeer opened a laundromat. In 1981, she remarried, to Sidik Rouzi, then an associate professor, and moved to Ürümqi. In Ürümqi, Kadeer leased a market in the local business district, converting it into a department store that specialized in Uyghur ethnic costumes. In 1985, Kadeer converted the site again to a 14,000 square meter commercial building.

Dr. Agha Saeed

Dr. Agha Saeed is the Founder and Chairman of American Muslim Alliance and a lecturer in the Program in Asian Studies at California State University, East Bay. Dr. Saeed earned his B.A. in Political Science from University of Punjab, Pakistan and M.A. and Ph.D. in Rhetoric from University of California at Berkeley. He was also an exchange scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2000, controversial remarks by Saeed in support of the Palestinian people led Hillary Clinton to refund $50,000 in campaign donations from American Muslim Alliance members.

Mr. Nihad Awad

Mr. Awad is the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington DC-based grassroots membership organization which seeks to empower the North American Muslim community through political and social activism.

Mr. Awad helped found CAIR in June 1994, which has grown rapidly in the United States and Canada. CAIR's experts are frequently interviewed on national and international media such as CNN, BBC World Service, the New York Times and Washington Post while its trademark Action Alerts go nationwide by fax and worldwide on the Internet.

In 1997 Mr. Awad joined the Civil Rights Advisory Panel to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.

Mr. Awad conducts media seminars across the country to train Muslim communities in communication techniques. CAIR's publications on the status of Muslim civil rights in the United States have been featured on several talk shows and distributed to every member of Congress.

He helped CAIR carry out successful campaigns against major corporations, including Nike, and Simon and Schuster, resulting in the recall of products offensive to Muslims.

On civil rights he has been very active in helping Muslims claim their rights in the workplace, in well-known companies such as JC Penney, McDonald's, Sears, Office Depot, and many others. CAIR has also distributed an "Employer's Guide" and an "Educator's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices," which are designed to prevent acts of discrimination, and more such guides are forthcoming.

CAIR publishes many useful materials including a "Media Relations Handbook" and something every Muslim should carry, the "Know Your Rights Pocket Guide," all of which are available by contacting the CAIR office.

Jeff Burns

Jeff Burns has been active in building bridges of reconciliation and peace between Muslims and Christians for the last five years. He was a senior pastor for 18 years until God called him into the house church movement. Currently, he is serving as an elder in the Sojourners Simple Church Network in Raleigh, NC. When he left the pastorate in 2004 he went on to become a certified Life and Relationship Coach. He was called to reconcile Muslims and Christians in 2005 after strongly resisting God's will. He says that he hated Muslims prior to God's supernatural intervention through the kindness of a small Muslim child in a Starbucks. Now he loves them with a love that he says that only God could have given him. He is in the process of starting a non-profit organization called Peace on Earth Initiatives that focuses on building bridges between, Muslims, Christians and Jews by showing them their common ground that they have in the teachings of Jesus the Messiah son of Mary. He has friendships with leading Muslims in various cities and is working with mosques and churches to form partnerships of peace and reconciliation. Jeff has been a regular featured writer in the Muslim newspaper IQRAA which is the publication of the Muslim American Public Affairs Council of North Carolina. He is currently working on his doctorate that focuses on Christian/Muslim relationships. Jeff believes that the greatest bridge of commonality between Muslims and Christians is in the teachings of Jesus. He has been proclaiming this message to both Muslims and Christians after he discovered that Jesus is mentioned 93 times in the Qur'an. He lives in Raleigh with his lovely wife of 23 years Sheila and their three year old daughter Olivia

Muslema Purmul

Muslema Purmul was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and raised in San Diego, California. She received a Bachelor's Degree in the Study of Religion and a Bachelor's in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of California at San Diego. She has served the Muslim Students' Association, MSA West and the Muslim American Society in various capacities, is an active MAS member, and a scholarship student with the Islamic American University. Muslema and her husband, Jamaal Diwan, participated in the International Union of Muslim Scholars "Future Scholars Program" in 2008/2009. They are currently pursuing Bachelor's degrees in the College of Sharia at al-Azhar University in Cairo, and Master's degrees from the American University in Cairo in Arabic Studies with an emphasis in Islamic Studies.

Jamaal Diwan

Jamaal Diwan was born and raised in Southern California and received a Bachelor's Degree in Third World Studies from the University of California San Diego and a minor in Psychology. He has served with the Muslim Student Association (MSA), MSA West, and Muslim American Society in varying capacities. He remains an active MAS member and is a scholarship student with the Islamic American University. Jamaal and his wife, Muslema Purmul, participated in the International Union of Muslim Scholars "Future Scholars Program" in 2008/2009. They are currently pursuing Bachelor's degrees in the College of Sharia at al-Azhar University in Cairo, and Master's degrees from the American University in Cairo in Arabic Studies with an emphasis in Islamic Studies

Dr. Mohamed Rida Beshir

Dr. Mohamed Rida Beshir is an engineer by profession, with over 25 years of experience in Da'wa work in North America. He has held various positions with MSA and ISNA on both local and national levels. He is a member of the training and development department of the Muslim American Society (MAS). He is a regular speaker in ISNA, ICNA, MSA and MAS conventions. He is actively developing and delivering training programs to various Muslim communities all over the world. He is the recipient of The Ottawa Muslim Association and the Ottawa Muslim Community Circle recognition awards for years 1993 and 1999 for his volunteer Islamic work

Jon Kaplan

Vice President, Program Services The ScreamFree Institute After 15+ years in the software world, Jon discovered ScreamFree in 2004 and had to join the mission of calming the world. Jon came on board part-time with ScreamFree late that year. In 2006, he took over as full time Chief Operating Officer and moved into his current role when the ScreamFree Institute was founded. Jon brings a background of sales, business development, marketing and technology to the company. He is principally responsible for the day to day operations of the organization and his passion for helping people find peace in their lives drives his work every day.
Through ScreamFree, Jon began a deep spiritual relationship with Abdel Azim Elsiddig. For the last two years, ScreamFree, through Jon, has worked with Dr. Elsiddig to build bridges within Islamic families as well as between Islamic and non-Islamic families through the peace that is the ScreamFree message.

Prior to ScreamFree, Jon spent five years at Progress Software, managing relationships with its key billion-dollar customers in the Southeast. Before that, Jon worked at two startups, acting once as CEO for an e-commerce company and once as VP Sales for a Sports Technology company, and for ten years with an Atlanta-based Business Intelligence Company heading up its SAP and International Sales Divisions. Jon and his wife of 16 years, Tasha, have two children, Breanna age 7 and Brendan, age 5

Joseph Oltmann

Joseph is the Managing Partner of Reap, Inc., a development consulting company with core competencies in Negotiations, Infrastructure Development, and Capacity Analysis. Reap assigned Mr. Oltmann to serve as the CEO of ADC Energy Corporation, and ADC Energy Kenya Limited, a private public partnership between ADC and the Kenya government, where Mr. Oltmann was able to secure 100,000 acres under a long term development contract and partnership. This is a first for Kenya.
In November 2009, Mr. Oltmann entered into a partnership with Mark Siljander and Doug Fike to develop a company based in Washington DC called New Africa Initiative. This company was developed to specifically work in the Middle East and Africa on conflict resolution and policy implementation and development.
Previously Mr. Oltmann served as the CEO of Rival Industries, Inc., an ancillary technology and advertising company, and has developed and led companies in multiple industries to revenues in excess of $50 million dollars annually. Mr. Oltmann consults with medium to large cap companies, NGO’s, and governments on sustainable development and effective strategy implementation.
Mr. Oltmann serves on the board of multiple companies and is an advisor to several boards both domestically and abroad.

Dr. Hamed Ghazali

Dr. Hamed Ghazali, professor of Tarbiyah and education with the Islamic American University. Dr. Ghazali has extensive experience in the field of Tarbiyah and issues related to work in classroom management.  He holds a Ph.D. from the department of Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University. Dr. Ghazali worked as a principal and superintendent of several Islamic Schools.