Our team
Our Board of Directors
Dr. Hatem Bazian is the leading scholar in the Islamophobia Studies field having founded the Islamophobia Studies Center, Editor-in-Chief of the Islamophobia Studies Journal, co-founder and current President of the International Islamophobia...
Dr. Hatem Bazian
Chairman
Mouffa Nahhas
Board Treasurer
Jamal Suleiman, Esq.
Board Secretary
Arshia Ali-Khan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA). She provides executive leadership for MLFA’s national work to protect the civil liberties and constitutional rights of...
Arshia Ali-Khan, M.A.
Ex-officio Board Member CEO of MLFA
Irum Rahman is a Bay Area–based workers’ compensation attorney who has practiced since 2010 and previously served as a workers’ compensation judge in San Francisco. A mother of three, she is also...
Irum Rahman
Board Member
Furqan Sunny Azhar, Esq.
Board Member
Our Leadership
Arshia Ali-Khan, M.A. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) Arshia Ali-Khan, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), the nation’s premier...
Arshia Ali-Khan, M.A.
Chief Executive Officer
Our Legal Committee
Jamal Suleiman, Esq.
Legal Committee
Furqan Sunny Azhar, Esq.
Legal Committee
Mehreen Nadeem
Legal Committee
Waleed Naser, Esq.
Legal Committee
Our Department Heads
Charles Swift is the National Security Criminal Center at MLFA´s legal Division. He was named by National Law Review as one of the top 100 legal minds in the nation. He is...
Charles Swift
National Security Criminal Defense Center, Director
Kathryn H. Brady
Immigration Department Head
Antonio Glenn
Nonprofit Governance Department Head
Our Legal Team
Chelsea Glover began her legal career in civil litigation in 2015, and she is excited to join the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America’s Civil Litigation Division as a Senior Staff Attorney. Before joining CLCMA, Chelsea primarily...
Chelsea Glover
Civil Litigation Senior Staff Attorney
Sufia joined the criminal defense department in 2019 and works on federal criminal national security cases. Her work involves Muslim defendants investigated by the FBI´s counter-terrorism division (often cases of entrapment) and...
Sufia Khalid
National Security Criminal Defense Center, Deputy Director
Suha Najjar
National Security Criminal Defense Center Staff Attorney
Huma Khan is a not-for-profit and family-based immigration attorney, and one of the founders of The Law Office of Tajuddin & Khan PC located in the Chicagoland area. She grew up in Columbus,...
Huma Khan
Nonprofit Senior Staff Attorney
Samira Elhosary graduated from American University Washington College of Law in 2021. While in law school, she was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Human Rights Brief, a staffer on the Journal of Gender,...
Samira Elhosary
Civil Litigation Staff Attorney
Jinan Chehade
Civil Litigation Junior Staff Attorney
Ali Boyd joins MLFA as a Staff Attorney in the Civil Litigation Department. Ali brings her experience of five years as a human rights attorney, based in Washington, D.C. Ali draws on her litigation and policy experience...
Ali Boyd
Civil Litigation Staff Attorney
Shafeen Pittal
National Security Defense Criminal Defense Staff Attorney
Rana Hakim
Civil Litigation Paralegal
Jamal joined MLFA in 2025. He graduated from Rice University in 2024 with a B.A. in Sociology, specializing in Politics, Law, and Social Thought. While at Rice, Jamal edited the Rice Journal...
Daanesh Jamal
National Security Criminal Defense Center Paralegal
Islam Zebi
Immigration Department Paralegal
Haaris Malik
Nonprofit Department Paralegal
Sana Saleem joined MLFA in 2023 as the Nonprofit Department program manager and staff attorney. She was previously a visiting assistant clinical professor with the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy....
Sana Saleem
Nonprofit Department Program Manager & Staff Attorney
Our Staff
Ruhama Berta
Marketing & Communications Manager
Mujahid Rasul
Donor Relations Account Manager
Aisha U-Kiu
Community Engagement & Education Programs Manager
William White is a nonprofit professional with experience in development, strategic communications, and legislative initiatives. He has worked across mission-driven organizations to strengthen institutional sustainability, cultivate donor relationships, and align programmatic work...
William White
Development Program Manager
Iman joins MLFA as a Marketing Coordinator. As a Dallas native, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2025 with a BBA in Marketing and a minor in...
Iman Baraso
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Maryam Libdi
Training & Development Department
Syeda Sadiqa
Accounting & Finance Manager
Zamzam Almadhrahi
Accounting & Finance Associate
Rachel Smith
Client Service & Intake Specialist
Our Consultants
Catherine McDonald
Administrative Consultant
Eaman Shebley
Fractional CFO | Advocate for Social Justice
Maria Guzman became an integral part of the Muslim Legal Fund of America in 2020, initially joining as an Executive Assistant to the CEO, and currently also serving as Operations Coordinator. Her...
Maria Guzman
Operations Manager Consultant & Executive Assistant to CEO
Our Interns
Anna Lindh
National Security Criminal Defense Center Intern
Aeman Elkomi
Civil Litigation Intern
Maisha Shareef
Immigration Litigation Intern
Sahar Yusuf
Nonprofit Governance Intern
Maria Ahmad
Ai Specialist Intern
Ayra Ahmad
Marketing & Communications Intern
Surayah Jalal
Marketing & Communications Intern
Board Advisors
Zainab Ellam
Advisor
Mehmood A. Bheda
Advisor
Lee Merritt, Esq.
Advisor
Muna Hussaini
Advisor
Akram N Syed
Advisor
OUR PARTNERS & ALLIES
