Who We Are | Our Team
Our Board
Delfarib Fanaie
Founder & CEO
Delfarib Fanaie
Founder & CEO
Samann Alavi-Irvine
Director
Samann Alavi-Irvine
Director
Bobak Cyrus Bakhtiari
Director
Bobak Cyrus Bakhtiari
Director
Nooshin Hakimi
Director
Nooshin Hakimi
Director
Maryam Refahi
Director
Maryam Refahi
Director
Yasamin Shamshiri
Director, CFCO
Yasamin Shamshiri
Director, CFCO
Michael F. Whipple
Director
Michael F. Whipple
Director
Fatemeh Winans
Secretary, Director
Fatemeh Winans
Secretary, Director
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Ladan Judge
Co-founder, COO
Ladan Judge
Co-founder, COO
Our Trustee Committee
Susan Akbarpour
During the last 10 years after graduating from Stanford University Graduate School of Business with the Master of Science in Management (MSc), she has made it her mission to develop, invest in and leverage consumer-centric and tool-based technologies that can end the internet "consumer as-a-product model".
Some of these technologies include omnichannel marketplace as-a-service, universal shopping cart, Headless and API based commerce, cross-pollinated and contactless commerce (C-Commerce), blockchain-based influence marketing, tokenized content monetization, smart contract as a service, shop-able content publishing platform as-a-service and very recently micro-mobility and AI based face recognition.
Through her family office Monjeri Investment LLC which she started along with her serial entrepreneur husband, Faraj Aalaei (with 2 IPOs and multiple M&A under his belt) and and later on in Candou Ventures, Susan has invested in over 40 private and public companies and had multiple successful exits and unicorns in her portfolio such as NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NBY), Beceem (Acquired by Broadcom), Aduro Biotech ( ADRO ), Made In Space (Acquired by Redwire) among others. She is also a limited partner in other funds such as Practical VC and Venture University Venture Partners. Susan has received multiple media, community and business awards and spoken at various conferences. She is also a contributor writer to Forbes, IPR Journal, Disruptor daily and is frequently featured in mainstream media. She has recently established the Akbarpour Aalaei Fellowship Fund to provide financial support for MBA, MSx, or PhD students who are enrolled in Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mehrdad Elie
Mr. Elie, retired at age 47 and continues to lead large portfolio of real estate investments and is dedicated to numerous philanthropic projects. Prior to Alliance Bancorp Mr. Elie served as the chairman of California Mortgage Bankers Association. He holds an MBA from The Golden Gate University and a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Mariam Firouzi
She is currently the Associate Director of Field Analytics and Operations, Clinical Education and Reimbursement Support at Genentech. Mariam holds an MBA in International Finance and a B.Sc, from Concordia University in Montreal Canada.
Mariam is passionate about helping needy families and especially enjoys working for an organization specializing in helping children. She joined MAP in 2008. She currently resides in the SF Bay area.
Ali Foughi
Neda Nobari
Lily Sarafan
Lily serves on the Stanford University Board of Trustees, Freeman Spogli Institute Council, Undergraduate Cabinet, and Life Sciences Council. She is Founding Partner of Project BIG: The Brain Immune Gut Initiative and an appointed member of the California Governor's Alzheimer's Task Force. Lily serves on the boards of Moms Against Poverty, Pars Equality Center and the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement. She also serves in various leadership roles to advance precision health, economic development, and informed civic engagement .
Lily holds M.S. and B.S. degrees from Stanford University. She has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Women Health Care Executives Woman of the Year, and a 2020 Fortune 40 Under 40. Lily is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
Siavash Nazhand
FPO
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Our Advisory Committee
Mina Almassi
During her career, she has represented and opposed numerous multi-national and Fortune 500 companies as well as foreign governmental entities including Nokia, Cubic Defense Systems, Westinghouse, AT&T, Facebook, eBay, Sun Microsystems, NetSuite, Bridgestone, Access, Mektec International, Liberty Mutual in California State and District Courts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the International Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland obtaining multi-million dollar awards.
In employment law, she has extensive experience in litigating claims of wrongful discharge, defamation, invasion of privacy, misappropriation and breach of contract. She also counsels corporations on internal audits, investigations, risk management, pre-dispute conflicts, benefits and other employment related issues. In corporate and transactional law, she has negotiated many complex international commercial transactions including joint ventures, licensing, transfer of technology, service agreements, NDAs and other related business agreements.
She currently acts as Senior Corporate Counsel for a global software company, overseeing worldwide labor and employment compliance for global jurisdictions. Mina has served as a panelist and lecturer for many employment law training programs and seminars on a variety of legal topics.
Mina lives in Northern California with her husband and their three daughters where she is also actively involved in the community.
Nina Bakhtiari
Haleh Boroumand Darabnia
Negar Chitsaz
Frank E. Clohan
He has practiced law in the bay area since 1967 and currently practices as a sole practitioner with primary focus on tax planning, estate planning and post death trust administration and commercial real estate. He currently assists MAP as a compliance advisor and in addition generates corporate documents as needed by the Board of Directors. He has recently worked with MAP to provide a charter school in the Puna area of the big island Hawaii where over ninety percent of the population falls into the poverty and at risk category with a modest grant to upgrade a classroom. The classroom for a group of autistic special needs students was in an old quanset hut originally used to store tractors and farm equipment – the classroom at the end of the building had no end wall and was totally open to the wind and rain, and did not have adequate lighting or any fans or air cooling equipment to make it an adequate learning environment.
Venous Farsad
Her interest in serving others stems from watching her mom make a difference for others while growing up. Since middle school, Venous has been passionate about children's causes, research, and volunteer work. She also is a board member for AchieveKids schools in the Bay area, which offer a multi-disciplinary approach and blend best practices from the fields of special education, mental health, behavior analysis, speech and language, and vocational education. Venous has been a digital marketing and campaign volunteer for MAP since 2018, and MAP's mission holds a special place in her heart. She has a Master's degree in Corporate Communications and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology.
Mojdeh Froozandeh
Shokoufeh Hanjani
Guadalupe Hinojosa
He has been a part of MAP since its inception managing the personnel during the San Francisco Fundraising Event and the Holiday Helping Hand Program. He is grateful for being part of the MAP team.
Marjan Javaherian
Iman Jeddi
Dr. Niaz Kasravi
Shiva Kordestani
Haleh Merat
Kamron Motamedi
Shahab Sadat-Tehrani
Bita Safari
Anahita Safavi
Farshid Samsami
Roya Soleimani Winner
She holds a Masters degree in Middle Eastern studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and her Bachelors in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Roya is involved with several community organizations, including iBridges, the Iranian American Women’s Foundation, and also sits on the Board of the OMID Foundation. As a new mom to her son, Cyrus, she is honored to help further MAP’s mission to help children around the world.
Farhad Taghibakhsh
Sima Talai
Marjan Yazdanian
Shahrzad Zarkoob
Operation Volunteer Team
Our Event & Outreach Volunteer Team
Accounting & Legal Team
Management Team
Marketing Team
Heather Vargas
Director of Marketing & Communications
Heather Vargas
Director of Marketing & Communications
Jasmine Samsami
Marketing & Social Media Manager
Jasmine Samsami
Marketing & Social Media Manager
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U.S. Team
Dee Domingo
United States Program Director
Dee Domingo
United States Program Director
Victoria Egan
United States Program Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator
Victoria Egan
United States Program Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator
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Iran Team - Nikgaman Jamshid
Dr. Ashkan Taghipour
Iran Country Director
Dr. Ashkan Taghipour
Iran Country Director
Fatemeh Toghanian
Iran Director of Finance
Fatemeh Toghanian
Iran Director of Finance
Samira Safavi
Iran Program Director
Samira Safavi
Iran Program Director
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Cambodia Team
Sochetra Vartey
Cambodia Country Director
Sochetra Vartey
Cambodia Country Director
Timon Seibel
Cambodia Program Director
Timon Seibel
Cambodia Program Director
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Senegal Team
Larson Holt
Senegal Program Manager
Larson Holt
Senegal Program Manager
Omar Fall
Senegal Country Manager
Omar Fall
Senegal Country Manager