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| 9/11 Unity Walk Working Board Bios |
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Hazami Barmada Hazami is an independent contractor in Public and Cultural Diplomacy and Interreligious Relations. Her work aims to bridge diverse communities across religious, economic, cultural, social and nationalistic divides. Barmada also plays a visible and active role in grassroots and community organizing. Through her interdisciplinary approach, Barmada utilizes creativity and citizen diplomacy to create forums for cross-cultural dialogue and avenues for global exchange and collaboration. A frequent speaker on issues of interfaith and cross-cultural relations, Ms. Barmada engages live and TV audiences about issues related to women’s empowerment, religious tolerance, international collaboration and community/leadership development. Barmada serves as a pro bono consultant for numerous non-for-profit organizations advising on organizational management, strategic development, and programming nationally and internationally. Born in England, Barmada has extensive international travel and work experience that shapes her worldly views and visions for international connectivity. Barmada earned degrees from Rhodes College in Anthropology and Sociology with a concentration in intercultural relations and identity formation. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Public and Social Policy from Georgetown University. Shama Farooq Shama Farooq has been involved with the Unity Walk since the first Walk as a representative of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, one of the largest local Muslim congregations. She is also active in national Muslim organizations such as the Islamic Society of North America. A criminal defense attorney by profession, she completed a Fellowship in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management & Governance through Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy. Seth Green Seth Green is the Founder of Americans for Informed Democracy and served as the organization's chief executive from September of 2002 through July of 2007. He is an expert on U.S. relations with the Muslim world, international development, and youth social change movements. During his time with Americans for Informed Democracy, Seth built a network that includes more than 23,000 members, created partnerships with leading think tanks, NGOs, businesses and foundations, and raised over one million dollars for the organization's programming. Prior to founding AID, he worked at The American Prospect, The Brookings Institution, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Lazard Freres. Green has been a featured speaker on international affairs and youth activism at the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, World Bank, United Nations, Associated Press, and other leading institutions. He served as a table facilitator at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005 and 2006 and as a guest at the White House Summit on Malaria in 2006. For his leadership on global affairs, he received Search for Common Ground's award for International Understanding. A Marshall scholar, Green graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned masters degrees in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and in Women's Studies from Oxford University. He recently completed a JD degree at Yale Law School, where he was named an Olin Fellow by the Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy. Green currently serves on the Board of Directors of Citizens for Global Solutions and Thinking Beyond Borders, the Network Advisory Team of Connect US, and the Advisory Board of America’s Impact. Most recently, he was nominated to serve on the Board of 20/20 Vision. He previously served on a Grant Review Panel for the Tides Foundation, on the selection committee for the Asia Society and Goldman Sachs Foundation Youth Prize, and on the National Youth Council of the March of Dimes. Marcus DuBois King, Ph.D. Marcus is member of the environment and energy research team at CNA Corporation. He has served as a policy advisor to the President of Georgetown University where his responsibilities included coordination of interreligious dialogue. King was Research Director of the Sustainable Energy Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting dialogue on clean energy policies and technologies. During the Clinton Administration, he served in various politically-appointed positions and was a member of the U.S. delegation for the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. King received a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a M.A.L.D. and Ph.D. in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. His academic focus relates to international environmental scarcity and conflict prevention. King is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown where he teaches courses related to these issues. Kendra Kosko Kendra Kosko is an Associate in the Employee Benefits Group at Venable LLP where she handles a broad range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. She received her law degree, cum laude, from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. She served as a Lead Articles Editor for the CommLaw Conspectus Journal of Communications Law and Policy, which published her comment on the application of the federal excise tax on communications. Kendra is currently pursuing her L.L.M in Tax from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, with a bachelor’s degree in Government. Patricia Langan Patricia is a Principal at Consulting for a Better World, which advises foundations, non profits, global and local corporations, official donors and governments on path breaking approaches to strategy, programs and international development. She aims to empower children, youth and women worldwide through connecting them to the best knowledge and resources. From 1997 to 2007, as Director of Programs at the International Youth Foundation (IYF), Patricia designed and managed IYF’s strategic expansion to and diversification of funding for Africa and the Middle East, built alliances with global corporations such as Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, and Nokia, and developed IYF’s new work in HIV prevention, IT in education, and youth employment and entrepreneurship in such countries and territories as Morocco, Tanzania, South Africa, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. IYF is a $23M non profit that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens in nearly 70 countries. Prior to IYF, Patricia served as a Public Sector Management Specialist at the World Bank, where she led innovative strategies to involve citizens in improving government service delivery in such countries as Nicaragua, Russia, and Mali. She began her career in project finance and served as Assistant Vice President at The Fuji Bank and National Westminster Bank, where she led the Bank’s participation in financing the largest cogeneration plant in history. She has lived in Japan and Ukraine. She also serves on the board of Americans for Informed Democracy and volunteers for local youth education and employment programs in Washington, DC, where she currently lives. Patricia holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University with a concentration in International Relations. Kyle Poole Kyle is the Principal Founder of the 9/11 Unity Walk, along with Erik Schwarz who polished and delivered the concept to Embassy Row worship houses, Dan Tutt and Meg Clifford (Poole) who were instrumental in bringing the Walk to reality and hundreds of volunteers from every faith. The real owners of the Walk are the courageous parishioners and leaders of every church, synagogue, mosque, and gurdwara on Embassy Row who agreed to open their doors to each other and host the Walk. Kyle (and Meg ) Poole are also Members of the Board of Governors of Opportunity International, one of the world’s largest microcredit organizations, wherein Kyle introduction is responsible for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants totaling $41.8 million. Kyle is former Habitat for Humanity Board Member, and active participant with Aspen Institute and Renaissance Weekends. Meg Clifford Poole Meg has worked at Meridian International Center since 1999 hosting distinguished guests of the U.S. Department of State, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. In her current position with the International Visitor Leadership Program, her programs focus on arts management, interfaith dialogue and religious tolerance, human trafficking, NGO development, and many other themes. Previously, Meg has worked in development for a small social service agency in St. Louis, Missouri and as a volunteer with an indigenous non-governmental agricultural organization in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Meg has been active with the Unity Walk since 2006 and currently serves as the Chair of the Working Board and the head of the Youth Service Initiative. Erik Schwarz Erik is Managing Partner of Interfaith Works and Co-Director of the Institute for Faith & Service. Erik is also Episcopal Chaplain at the Washington Home and Hospice. Previously he was on staff at the InterFaith Conference and at the Washington National Cathedral, and he has studied and taught world religions at Amherst College and American University. Erik is active with the Board of Hands On New Orleans, the Abhaya Academy, and the Ecumenical Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. He has served on the Board of United Religions Initiative DC, the Executive Committee for the National Days of Youth Service, and the Interreligious Council. He also has private sector experience in art services and has worked for the US Senate as a legislative aide. Interfaith Works is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit consultancy based in Washington DC and New Orleans LA and specializing in the creation of socially entrepreneurial partnerships and projects among a wide range of faith communities and other groups. The first project began in 2002 with an interfaith house build with Habitat for Humanity. Since then Interfaith Works has partnered with all of the major faith communities as well as Volunteers of America, Rebuilding Together, the Points of Light Foundation, Youth Service America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and many others. Most projects are clustered in the greater Washington area and New Orleans and the Gulfsouth. The Institute for Faith & Service is a new collaboration launched by Interfaith Works and the Points of Light Foundation. The Institute resources interfaith partnerships and projects on a national and global basis. It also seeks to establish faith-based and service work in the national and global policy conversation via think-tank activities. Daniel Tutt Daniel is the Outreach Coordinator for Unity Productions Foundation (UPF), a media foundation dedicated to creating high-quality films for worldwide broadcast and long-term educational campaigns that increase understanding and dialogue among the world’s spiritual and cultural traditions. In this capacity, he is the project manager for 20,000 Dialogues, UPF’s national interfaith and cross cultural dialogue project that seeks to build greater understanding of Islam and Muslims. Prior to being with UPF, Daniel was the co-director of the 9/11 Unity Walk, a multi-city interfaith peace walk that brings together faith communities for dialogue and reconciliation in commemoration of 9/11. Since its inception in 2005, he has helped to grow the Unity Walk into a national activity and engaged media coverage from the BBC, Al Jazeera, Voice of America and the Washington Post. He has served a year of public service with the Points of Light Foundation, America’s largest volunteer promotion organization in the country. He has presented on interfaith dialogue, community service and faith-based issues at Georgetown, Tufts, American and Bryn Mawr Universities. He has offered workshops at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in 2006 and 2007, the National Association for International Educators, the Islamic Society of North America, the Michigan Super Conference and the North American Interfaith Network. Daniel is an M.A. candidate at the School of International Service at American University studying conflict resolution and philosophy in the Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs program. He is an advisor to the Washington Region for Justice and Inclusion, Youth Building Bridges program and the Muslim Advisory Arts Council of Americans for Informed Democracy, and board member of the 9/11 Unity Walk, and the United Religions Initiative of Washington, DC. |