Meet Our Speakers
Meet inspiring speakers dedicated to shaping change and building impact through knowledge, leadership, and collaboration.
Rodwaan
Saleh
South Central Regional Manager,
Islamic Relief USA
Swar Al-
Dahab Ali
(Virtual)
Sports Commentator,
BeIN Sports
Rania
Hadra
(Virtual)
Research Manager,
Conflict
Analysis
Programs
Olivia
Mooney
Yale Humanitarian
Research Lab
Amjad
Al-Nour
(Virtual)
Filmmaker & Journalist,
Al Jazeera
Wail
Abdu
Neurosurgeon, Cork
University Hospital
Danielle
Poole
Director of Research, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab
Shaykh Ammar
AlShukry
Director- AlMaghrib USA,
Imam, Author
Fareed
Zein
Board Chairman of the
Sudanese American Public
Affairs Association
Myriam
Francois
Journalist, Filmmaker
and Writer
Mo
Seifeldein
First Sudanese
to Serve on City Council
Mamoun
Hassan
Award-winning
Filmmaker
Alanna
Shaikh
VP Programs,
Embrace
Yasir
Yousif Elamin
President
SAPA
Imam
Magid
Resident Scholar,
ADAMS Center
Mohammed
Noorani
CEO, Droplets
of
Mercy Canada
Michelle
Gavin
Council on Foreign
Relations
Syed
Irfan Ali
General Secretary,
GODA
Abdullah
Ibrahim
CDO, Human
Development
Fund
Akram
Ahmed
General Surgeon, Sanford
Worthington Medical Center
Anmar
Homeida
Executive Director
Sarah
Ashmeg
Principle Medical Physicist, St.
Clair Hospital Radiation
Mazin
Khalid
Career Development &
Research Director
Huzaifa
Salim
Assistant Secretary
General
Yasir
Gabra
(Virtual)
Pediatric ICU Specialist
Mohamed
Bakri
Community Service
Director, SAPA
Ehab
Tarawa
Consultant of Acute
Care Medicine
Umar
Burney
Board Certified Orthopedic
and Sports Medicine Surgeon
Mohamed
Tom
Neurologist
Siddig
Elmahdi
Community Service Associate
Director, SAPA
Lukman
Ahmed
President, Malam Darfur
Peace and Development
Mohamed
Homeida
Career Development and
Research Associate Director
Nazim
Sirag
Chairman, Hadhreen
Organization
Gitouf
Elnema
Assistant Professor of
Medicine and Critical
Care Medicine
Badreldin
Abdelrahman
Neonatologist at Jersey
City Medical Center