Our Board


Salaad O'Barrow
Board Chair


Adam Yusuf
Board Member


Vincent Chirimwami
Board Member


Ali Abdi
Board Member


Mahamed Farah
Board member


Nafisa Fai
Board Member


Tejan Conteh
Board Member
Our Staff
Administration/Management


Abdikadir Bashir
Executive Director


Abdisalan Muse
Deputy Executive Director


Mark Chapman
Director of Finance & Operations


Ahmednoor Mohamud
Staff Accountant


Jasmin Guerrero-Valenzuela
Office & Finance Coordinator


Muna Abu
Health & Family Services Director


Dee Hayward
Early Learning Programs Manager


Tram Gonzalez
Preschool Manager


Maxwell Olwa
SPACE Program Manager


Istar Abu
SPACE Program Supervisor


Muna Yusuf
Community Health Supervisor


Ifrah Mursal
Early Childhood Program Coordinator
Early Childhood


Wafa Liban
P3 Specialist


Sabrah Seif
P3 Specialist


Safia Barkadle
EKT Specialist


Khatra Hussein
EKT Specialist


Fatuma Kosar
Parent Educator



Kaltun Caynan
Parent Educator
CAIRO Academy


Chrystal Sharpe
Lead Teacher


Chelsea Essing
Assistant Teacher


Whisper Lee Owens-Helal
Lead Teacher


Amal Sadik
Assistant Teacher


Sarai Lopez Palma
Lead Teacher


Bash Hernandez
Assistant Teacher


Adriana Jensen
Lead Teacher


Pyalo Peleyi
Classroom Aide


Kai Khishigsuren
Lead Teacher


Binti Sheikh
Classroom Aide



Ayan Ali
Classroom Aide


Zahara Musa
Classroom Aide


Hafsa Salah
Classroom Aide


Maryam Abdalla
Classroom Aide


Hiba Al Zubadi
Classroom Aide


Sada Murekatete
Driver


Jan Berg
Driver


John Sheehan
Driver
SPACE


Anasa Abdulkadir
Lead SPACE Agent


Guled Ahmed
SPACE Agent


Kanyimbe Ker
Activities Coordinator


Meklit Yirdaw
RISE Youth Coordinator


Maxwell Marckel
STEAM Education Coordinator


Ayan Muhumed
K-12 Social Support Specialist


Ghani Bengayou
K-12 Social Support Specialist


Jeannette Muibi
SPACE Agent


Nasistu Bedada
SPACE Agent


Najma Noor
SPACE Agent


Khadija Hassan
SPACE Agent


Farid Farrokhyar
SPACE Agent


Fartun Ibrahim
SPACE Agent


Ruweida Abu
SPACE Agent


Eka Essien
SPACE Agent


Sabna Mohamed
SPACE Agent


Sara Hassan
SPACE Agent


Abdi Ali Aynab
SPACE Agent


Adna Nur
SPACE Agent


Maimuna Ibrahim
SPACE Agent


Najma Abdi
STEAM Instructor


Mustafa Abubakar
Student Support Specialist


Amina Adde
Student Support Specialist


Amel Jama
Student Support Specialist
Community Health & Engagement


Sumayo Mohamed
Community Health Worker


Abdullahi Abdinoor
Community Health Worker


Ayan Salat
Community Health Worker


Ahmed Hassan
Behavioral Peer Support Specialist


Shelby Kane
Behavioral Peer Support Specialist


Sadiq Mursal
Behavioral Peer Support Specialist


Sudi Noor
Behavioral Peer Support Specialist


Sabirin Barkadle
Community Health Worker