Mr. Haroon Ismail became a part of the board in 2019. He has been involved with TCF-USA’s efforts in South Florida and New York. He currently serves as the Co-Head of the TCF Young Professionals New York chapter, which he co-founded in 2015 to foster engagement among the NYC-based professional community. Till date, over 1,000 members from the community have already become a part of the movement. Mr. Ismail is the Vice President of AEA Investors, a global private equity firm with over $15 billion in assets under management. At AEA, Mr. Ismail specializes in investments in the industrial and business services sectors. In the past, he has managed four of the firm’s investments and presently serves as a board observer involved with several strategic initiatives. Prior to AEA, Mr. Ismail was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from the Stern School of Business, New York University with a BS in Finance and Accounting and a minor in Politics.

Kashmala became part of the board in 2018. She has been involved with TCF-USA’s efforts in New York since 2009. She currently serves as the Co-Head of the New York chapter which has been a critical pillar for the growth of TCF-USA. Kashmala holds a LLB from the University of Buckingham (UK) and a LLM from the Cardozo School of Law.

Dr. Adil Najam joined the TCF-USA Board in June 2020. As an acknowledged international expert on global governance and various aspects of human development, Dr. Najam brings a wealth of knowledge and relevant expertise to TCF. He is a public policy scholar whose research, teaching and public engagement focus on environment, diplomacy, politics of South Asia and Muslim societies and education in developing countries. Dr. Najam was named the inaugural Dean of Boston University’s Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies in 2014. He is also a Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment at Boston University. Earlier, 2011 2014, Dr. Najam served as the Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan. He has also taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Najam holds a PhD (in environment and development policy) and two Masters degrees (in technology policy and in environmental engineering) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Specialization in Negotiation from the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School, and Bachelors in\ civil engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Pakistan. Dr. Najam has published widely, written over 100 scholarly papers and book chapters. Some of his recent books include: South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures (2013); How Immigrants Impact their Homelands (2013); The Future of South-South Economic Relations (2012); Trade and Environment: Visions from the South (2007); Pakistanis in America: Portrait of a Giving Community (2006). He was the Lead Author for the Pakistan National Human Development Report (NHDR), published in 2018 by UNDP- Pakistan. He serves on the Board of WWF International, The Asia Foundation, and the Consensus Building Institute. In 2009 Dr. Najam was nominated to serve on the UN Committee on Development (CDP), on which he continues to serve. In 2010 he was awarded the Sitara-i Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), one of Pakistan’s highest civil awards by the President of Pakistan.

Mr. Salman Zafar became part of the board in May 2022. He has been associated with TCF-USA Seattle chapter since its inception and has been serving as the Chapter Leader for the last 5 years. Under Mr. Salman’s leadership the Seattle chapter has built and continues to support 40+ schools. Currently, he is a Partner Director of Engineering at Microsoft. A veteran of the tech and cloud computing industry, he has 20 years of experience in managing and leading engineering teams helping scale and grow Microsoft 365 and Azure. Mr. Salman is also an active member of the Seattle community and serves as President of Alsadaqa, board member of Muslims Association of Puget Sound and board member of American Recreational Cricket League. Mr. Salman holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) degree from McGill University, Montreal and is married with two children.

Mr. Sohaib Anwer became a part of the board in October 2022. He has been associated with the TCF-USA Houston Chapter since 2013 and is serving as the Chapter Leader. He has been coordinating Houston Chapter’s fund raising events for the past several years, which have resulted in the building and operational support of more than 20 TCF schools and the continued educational support of thousands of TCF students. Mr. Sohaib is a registered Professional Engineer (PE), a Project Management Professional (PMP) and has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Management of Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than two decades with experience in leading global teams to provide engineering and project driven solutions for onshore and offshore assets, as well as operational management of manufacturing operations. Mr. Sohaib is also an avid hiker, a landscape photographer and is married to Safoora with two children.