Board of Trustees

Nicole serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation.  She has previously served as the Board's Chairman and has been an active member and volunteer since the organization's inception.  Nicole has previously served on the Executive Board of CAIR-Philadelphia as well as serving as a Director for the National Investor Relations Institute Virtual Chapter.

Iftekhar serves as member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation

He also serves as Chairperson of the CAIR PA Board of Directors and a member of the CAIR PA Philadelphia Chapter Executive Committee. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the ACLU-PA and on the advisory committee of the American Friends Service Committee, Middle East Peace Building Unit. He is engaged in local interfaith educational initiatives with a focus on ‘Islam and the Middle East’ and ‘US Foreign Policy and the Muslim World’. 

Iftekhar serves as Friday prayer service leader at suburban mosques in the Delaware Valley. He has started and volunteered for PA and TX Muslim community organizations at the board level and executive committee level.

Iftekhar was born in Bangladesh, has lived in the Middle East and Europe and studied in Texas obtaining a Bachelors and a Masters at Texas A&M University and worked toward a PhD at Penn State University. He has worked in the Pharmaceutical industry on corporate process re-engineering.

Iftekhar is married to Bushra Kourani for the past 22 years and has three children Yousef, Omar and Huda.

Faiz serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation.

Khurrum serves as Member of Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation

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Galib serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation. He is a graduate of Princeton University and is currently pursuing a doctorate at Georgetown University. He has served as past Vice President of the Executive Committee of Amana Foundation

Galib serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation. He is a graduate of Princeton University and is currently pursuing a doctorate at Georgetown University. He has served as past Vice President of the Executive Committee of Amana Foundation

Yousef serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation in the capacity of Treasurer. He is a Senior at Penn State  University studying Neuroscience. He has served as past President & Treasurer of the Executive Committee of Amana Foundation

Dania serves as Member of the Board of Trustees of Amana Foundation. She is a Senior at Temple University, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.