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Leadership

Board of Directors

Our Board is committed to uplifting and walking alongside refugees and immigrants. We believe that strength is found in difference and pride ourselves on prioritizing involvement of refugees and immigrant leaders.

Leadership

Bryn Parchman, Chair 

CEO (retired), Port Discovery Museum (Baltimore, MD)

Muhsin Hassan, Vice Chair

Awards Director, Lever for Change (Chicago, IL)

Habib Enayetullah, Board Treasurer

Senior Vice President – Real Estate & Asset Management (McLean, VA)

Michele Speaks, Secretary

Co-Chair, Warnock Foundation (Baltimore, MD)

At-large Members

Matuor Alier

Executive Director, Community Connect Center (Fargo, ND)

Diane Batchik

Independent Advisor, Diane Batchik Consulting (Columbia, MD)

Bishop Sue Briner

Bishop, ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod (Seguin, TX)

Jay Ellwanger

Partner, Ellwanger Henderson LLLP (Austin, TX)

Bishop Paul Erickson

Bishop, Greater Milwaukee ELCA Synod (Milwaukee, WI)

Sarah Gerth van den Berg

Dean, City Seminary of New York (New York, NY)

Nathan T. Glusenkamp

Chief Quality & Registries Officer, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (Chicago, IL)

Rev. Dr. Yared Halche

Facilitator for Mission Engagement, Southeastern District LCMS (Ellicott City, MD)

Pastor Ginny Price

New Hope Lutheran Church (Columbia, MD)

Clarance Smith

VP, Operational Risk Manager at Huntington National Bank, Retired (Minneapolis, MN)

Rogers Smith

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania (Bala Cynwyd, PA)

Rev. Khader El-Yateem

Executive Director, Service and Justice, ELCA (Boynton Beach, FL)

President’s Council

The Council provides Global Refuge President & CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah with strategic advice related to the organization’s key priority areas and its efforts to effectively fulfill its mission and vision.

Meet our President’s Council

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