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Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
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Leadership
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.
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)
Matuor Alier
Executive Director, Community Connect Center (Fargo, ND)
Diane Batchik
Independent Advisor, Diane Batchik Consulting (Raleigh, NC)
Rev. Dr. Terry Brandt
Executive Director, Offutt Family Foundation (Fargo, ND)
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)
Sean T. Long, Sr.
CEO, Endeavor Energy Holdings (Houston, TX)
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)
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