Title: Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Company: New American Development Center
Location: Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alliance for Metropolitan Stability (board member)
- City of Eden Prairie, Human Rights and Diversity Commission (commissioner)
- Democratic National Convention (past delegate)
- Eden Prairie Affordable Housing Coalition (founder)
- Hamline University
- Hennepin County Human Resource Board (past member)
- Land Bank Twin Cities Inc. (past board member)
- Metropolitan State University
- Neighborhood Development Center (board member)
- New American Development Center
- Somali Community Task Force (past chair)
- Southwest Innovative Community Council (founder)
- Twin Cities Equity Communication Group
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2024)
- Recipient, East African Community Service Award (2021)
- Recipient, State of Minnesota Honor Award for New American Development Center’s Impact with Immigrants in Minnesota (2020)
- Recipient, Leadership Award, Bush Foundation Fellowship (2018-2020)
- Recipient, Metropolitan Council Corridor Opportunity Award (2014)
