Advisory Committee

We are grateful to the members of our Advisory Committee for generously providing their time and expertise to help ensure the integrity of the project, the effectiveness of our educational outreach and community engagement programs, and the success of our fundraising initiatives.

Shahed Amanullah

Managing Director, Frost Capital.

Margari Aziz

Executive Director, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (Muslim ARC).

Alia J. Bilal

Chief Executive Director, Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN).

Salam Darwaza

Executive Producer at Google.

Hassan Elmasry

Managing Partner, Independent Franchise Partners, LLP.

Lesley Goldman

Senior content executive currently partnered with filmmaker Nanette Burstein. Former Chief Content Officer at TPT-Twin Cities Public Television and SVP of Development and Original Programming for WarnerMedia's truTV.

Al-Husein Madhany

Award-Winning Film Producer & Storyteller; Career Coach & Motivational Speaker; Head of People Operations at Moveworks.ai.

Peter Manseau

Lilly Endowment Curator of American Religious History, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Asad Muhammad

VP of Impact & Engagement Strategy at American Documentary.

Farah Pandith

First-ever Muhammad Ali Global Peace Laureate; Senior Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Special Representative to Muslim Communities, US Department of State.

Zeenat Rahman

Executive Director, Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. Formerly Director, Inclusive America Project, Aspen Institute.

Ellen Schneider

Founder of Active Voice Lab, and former Executive Producer of PBS' P.O.V. series.