About Us

Who We Are

Working to build a world where the decisions that impact our community are made by our community.

NIAC is a people-powered organization, from our grassroots supporters and volunteer leaders across the country to our passionate staff in DC.”

Jamal Abdi

President, NIAC

Our People

Staff

Jamal Abdi

President

Ryan Costello

Policy Director

Sara Hawrami

Director of Staff and Operations

Etan Mabourakh

National Organizing Manager

Myriam Sabbaghi

National Organizing Director

Ariana Amini

Policy Associate

Isabella Javidan

Communications Manager

NIAC Board

Payman Jarrahy

OB/GYN, New York Hospital

Siobhan Coley-Amin

Attorney at The Federal Trade Commission

Kombiz Lavasany

Political Consultant, American Federation of Teachers

Parisa Babaali

Senior AI Engineer, IBM

Community Council

JOHN LIMBERT

Former U.S. Ambassador

KEVAN HARRIS

Associate Professor, UCLA

BEHROOZ GHAMARI TABRIZI

Research Fellow at CUNY Graduate Center

FARIDEH FARHI

Independent Scholar

JUAN COLE

Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History

MARYAM JAMSHIDI

Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado

NASRIN RAHIMIEH

Associate Dean for Personnel School of Humanities, UCI

NIAC Chapters

NIAC Arizona

NIAC Chicago

NIAC Colorado

NIAC DC Metro

NIAC Georgia

NIAC Iowa

NIAC Los Angeles

NIAC Massachusetts

NIAC New Mexico

NIAC New York

NIAC San Diego

NIAC San Francisco

NIAC Seattle

NIAC Southwest

Whether it is standing up for peace and diplomacy, or taking a stand against xenophobic discrimination,  I know that NIAC is an ally that  won’t back down.”

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar