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Afroze Ali: National Program Advisor

Name: Afroze Ali

Position: National Program Advisor

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Afroze is a strategy and innovation professional with undergraduate degrees in Political Science and International Studies from Loyola University Chicago and a Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University. Afroze is the founder of an online brand to empower South Asian women called Memsaabs. She is also the author of “In Power to Empower: 6 Entrepreneurial Leadership Principles” which is a book about anchoring your leadership style in your authentic self and not mimicking others you perceive to be good leaders. Afroze is the National Program Manager for the Ismaili Professionals Network (IPN) in the United States, overseeing national programming and collaborating on best practices internationally. In her free time, Afroze enjoys reading, writing, spending time with family, doing yoga, cooking new dishes (her favorite foodie blog is Food52.com), playing word and board games, visiting new coffee shops, and being near waterfronts (oceans, lakes, rivers).

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Faizan Ali: Central Region Lead

Name: Faizan Ali

Position: Central Region Lead

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Faizan is an experienced Finance and Accounting professional. He is currently working as a Director at Regions Business Capital. His experience includes Asset-based Lending, Leveraged Finance, Energy Lending, and Middle Market Lending. Prior to entering the banking industry, Faizan worked with PriceWaterhouseCoopers where he gained experience in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Manufacturing Industries.  Faizan is a licensed CPA and graduated with a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Faizan is passionate about traveling, sports, and volunteering. In his past seva, he has served in various programs including Quality of Life, Al-Ummah, and Religious Education Center. He is looking forward to expanding the IPN Brand and Network in the Central Region.

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Sameer Chagani: Florida Region Lead

Name: Sameer Chagani

Position: Florida Region Lead

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Sameer is currently serving in his second year as the IPN Lead for Florida. Professionally, he works in the Energy industry. He serves as the EVP for Smart Energy Solutions; they provide LED Lighting, Solar and Signage products and services to a variety of different segments including commercial, educational, government and industrial sectors. He attended the University of Miami and completed his degree in Political Science and Economics. He is also an avid football fan and likes to keep active in local and State politics.

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Farah Manjiyani: Midwest Region Lead

Name: Farah Manjiyani

Position: Midwest Region Lead

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Farah currently works professionally at Financial Health Network, a non-profit with a mission to improve financial health for all, especially those most vulnerable. She has previously worked as a tax consultant at Deloitte after getting her undergrad and grad degrees in accounting. Her quarantine binge has been Money Heist and Schitt’s Creek, and her pandemic stress relievers are painting, jamming to 90s Bollywood, and baking desserts.

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Shamim Noorani Gilani: Northeast Region Lead

Name: Shamim Noorani Gilano

Position: Northeast Region Lead

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Shamim holds a Masters in Public Health and has spent most of her career at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Currently, Shamim serves as a Principal of Product strategy within IBM’s Watson Health vertical and is focused on driving impact for Life Sciences customers with platform scale and real-world-data and insights. Shamim’s past seva related work includes serving in various leadership roles within the Jubilee Monuments Corp umbrella of camps and being a local volunteer supporting the Ismaili Community in Boston.

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Lab To Market Session #1 & #2 Webinar Overview

 

Lab To Market Session #1 & #2 Webinar Overview

This webinar Professor Lakhani outlines sessions 1 & 2 of his Lab to Market course.

To view the presentation used in this webinar please visit: https://tiny.cc/labtomarketslides1

For any follow up, please reach out to [email protected]

 

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Temporary – EVA Alliance Lead

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Economic Relief Guide (ERG) Training

 

Training Overview

This training teaches volunteers how to utilize the Economic Relief Guide document. The document can be viewed at: https://tinyurl.com/ergfaq

This document should NOT be shared with the jamat. It is for volunteer use ONLY.

Following viewing of the training, please fill out this survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGDLK65

For any follow up, please reach out to [email protected]

The training was held on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Speaker Profiles

Panelist – Zoha Momin, Beenish Bhaidani, EPB and QOL Leadership

 

 

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Webinar: IPN Women in Finance Webinar (Jan. 19, 2020)

 

IPN Women in Finance Webinar – Farheen Jooma, Rozmin Ajanee, Zahra Hirani

Webinar Overview

This webinar highlights successful women in finance. It sheds light on their experiences and how they navigated their respective industries to get to where they are today.

The webinar was held on Sunday, January 19, 2020.

Speaker Profiles

Panelist – Farheen Jooma – Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Farheen is a Strategy Consultant within Accenture’s CFO & Enterprise Value practice, in which she helps shape the corporate finance strategy and vision of the future for her clients, including several of the largest companies in the world. Farheen collaborates with her team members at Accenture and their client counterparts to build an understanding of the company, its strengths, weaknesses, and goals, and craft a targeted approach and roadmap for success. Farheen has worked on client projects surrounding Artificial Intelligence, financial planning and modeling, digital marketing capabilities, cloud data migration, and many others. Farheen graduated from Duke University in May of 2017 with a B.S. in Economics and a minor in Markets & Management.

Panelist – Zahra Hirani – Director of International Finance at Boeing
Zahra Hirani is currently the Director of International Finance at The Boeing Company which includes enablement of compliant and executable international business in support of the Company’s global growth initiatives.

Zahra graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Honours in Accounting and Information Systems.

Panelist – Rozmin Ajanee – Vice President Private Equity, Jasper Ridge Partners
Rozmin Ajanee is a Vice President on the Private Equity team of Jasper Ridge Partners, an investment management firm that manages over $20 billion in assets. Rozmin focuses on private equity direct investing and co-investments, where she leads investments in growth and buyout assets. Rozmin earned a BS from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

The presenter(s) have granted permission for use of this content for IPN members only. Please do not share this content outside of IPN without requesting permission from the presenter(s).

 

 

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Asad Abdulla – IPN National Lead

Asad Abdulla – IPN National Lead

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