Meet Our Board of Directors

A native of Lebanon, Mr. Jaber has been an activist and business owner in the Arab American community. His teaching and community experiences have enriched his ability to communicate in a variety of Arabic regional linguistics and with people from diverse Arab origins and beliefs. He holds two master’s degrees from Wayne State University in bilingual education and Near Eastern studies.

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Adnan Completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Lawrence Technological University in 2007.  Adnan is currently working as a forensic psychologist at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, a contractual psychologist at the Great Lakes Psychology Group, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy. Adnan completed an APA-accredited internship at the Aurora Mental Health Center in Colorado.  His current research interests include moral judgment and reasoning and applying EEG Technology to various questions and theories in moral psychology. Adnan is also interested in consciousness and the mind-body problem.

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Where her expertise has earned her marked distinction in her community and amongst her colleagues. Her areas of specialty include cognitive behavioral therapy, anger management, and marriage and family counseling, all of which she has been certified to treat for over 30 years. Her experience in psychotherapy have included both inpatient and outpatient hospital work and crises intervention in high-risk individuals. She serves as a field instructor and educator to University of Michigan and Wayne State University students. Her teachings and analysis have been featured in the Detroit Free Press and other local newspapers.  Ms. Maadarani was born in Zahlee, Lebanon where she was active in various women’s rights organizations. She has continued to champion women’s rights and critical thinking in the USA. Today, she serves as the Treasurer for the Al-Nadwa Free Thinking Society.

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Professionally, Abbas as an inventor and an engineer has just retired, January 2021, from Ford Motor Company. He has led product development for 37 years in automotive electronics with GM, Ford and suppliers. He has also been an adjunct faculty with Wayne State University and Lawrence Technological University. Abbas’s research included autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. Furthermore, He also has established several partnerships to develop battery technologies and renewable energy businesses between US based companies, and others in India and The Middle-East. Abbas holds a Ph.D., M.S., and B.S., in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University and an Executive MBA from Northwood University. 

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He is an activist, a real estate agent, manager, and business owner in the Arab American community. Ziyad studied at the school of law at the Lebanese University during the civil war of Lebanon. He immigrated to the United States in 1983. Since then, he has studied theology and old biblical languages, Aramaic, Syriac, Hebrew and Greek. Ziyad spent two years in Greece searching archaeological sites. Mr. Nasr is a businessman where he initiated many companies in the computer services in Australia and the US.

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