VOLUNTEERS

Mino Farooq Akhtar is an American Muslim of Pakistani descent, and has lived in United States for 35 years; she grew up in Middle East, Europe and Asia, and came here when her father came to the UN; she attended college in New York City. She lives in New Jersey with her husband. She has four children, 2 adults and 2 in college. She has co-founded and worked with various groups to organize the American Muslim community of New Jersey and increase interaction with media, elected officials and other community and peace groups. Mino has also been a public speaker on the subject Islam and Women, civil rights and inclusive globalization at various Northern New Jersey and New York City events since 9-11. Mino is a board member of the Women's Fund of New Jersey.

She is educated in computer science and worked on Wall Street for 18 plus years in the area of advanced technology implementation for large financial services firms. She had her own management consulting firm for several years, before joining a large pharmaceutical company recently as Director of Organizational Effectiveness. Her personal interests include the promotion of human values in organizations, social responsibility in businesses, bridging different cultures and religions and building true democracy through participative dialogue and negotiation. She recently obtained a Master's in Human and Organizational Transformation from California Institute of Integral Studies (2005).

Insha Shareeff, born and raised in India, possesses a B.B.A in Finance. She currently lives in New York City and works as an Analyst for J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. Motivated by pertinent issues concerning her faith, Islam, and the Muslim community; she generously volunteers her time towards this cause. Ms. Shareeff contributed her energy and intellectual resources to the ASMA Society in organizing this conference and has been inspired by the organizationŐs vision of empowering leadership towards the future of a peaceful global community.

Naushad Oomer is currently a student at University of Texas, Austin, where he is pursuing a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. He is also an entrepreneur and the founder of Walnut Street Concepts LLC (www.walnutstreetconcepts.com), which is an innovative firm that is currently in the course of developing various advanced technological concepts and ideas. Naushad has worked dedicatedly along with the Muslim Community in Austin by raising awareness and funds for the 2005 earthquake in South Asia that affected thousands of Muslims.

Sean Cleary: Special Thanks for sharing his intellectual resources. Sean is Chairman of Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd, Managing Director of the Centre for Advanced Governance, Chairman of Atlantic Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a Member of the Supervisory Board of Think Tools AG, and a Director of Companies.

Ashraf Meer: Special thanks for his help and support with Videography/Photography.

Frank Vriale (Abdul Majid): Special thanks for his help and support with Videography/Photography.