Board of Directors
"Education in Israel is a bridge to peace and innovation."
Hank Dayani
PRESIDENT
Officers, Board of Directors & Executive Board Members
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Ebrahim Simhaee
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Dora Nazarian
President
Hamid Hank Dayani
Vice President
Pedram Peter Cohen
Vice President
Doran Adhami
Secretary
Emily Khalili
Treasurer
Paul Rahimian
Vice President of Marketing
Tiffany Mikail Bensadigh
Assistant Treasurer
Josh Simhaee
Executive Director
Gina Rofeem
Board of Directors
Kambiz Babaoff
Tiffany Mikail Bensadigh
Tatiana Broukhim
Pedram Peter Cohen
Stella Debibi
Afshine Emrani, M.D
Elliot Gabay
Michael Hakimi
Ryan Hekmat
Arman Hekmati, M.D
Behzad Kianmahd
Arielle Mokhtarzadeh
Bijan Nahai
Pouran Nazarian
Sheila Nazarian, M.D
Shahram Ravan, M.D
Alexandra Saghian
Nazanin Ramzi Shamtobi
Dalia Nazarian Sassouni
Elliot Sassouni
Ethan Sassouni
Executive Board Members
Joseph Akhtarzad
Behrooz Broukhim, M.D
Avi Cohen
Hamid Hank Dayani
Hon. Jimmy Delshad
Hami Gabayan
Dr. Aaron Golchet
Michael Hayavi, M.D
Emily Khalili
Angel Simantob Makhani
Daniel Manzoor Mandel
Sasha Farahi Marehbian
Dora Nazarian
Paul Rahimian
Payam Rodd
Henry Shahery
Shahrokh Shaw Shahery
Ebrahim Simhaee
Josh Simhaee
Jeffrey Toobi
Kambiz Robert Zarabi
PARVIZ NAZARIAN
OUR FOUNDER
Izak Parviz Nazarian was born on Feb. 24, 1929 in a Tehran ghetto. When he was 5, his father died and he became “man of the house.” He moved to Israel, where he fought during its War of Independence and served as a chauffeur for then-Foreign Minister Golda Meir. He then returned to Iran and launched a successful construction business. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he moved to the United States.
A consummate entrepreneur with no college degree, Nazarian soon delved into a string of local businesses. In 1980, he and his younger brother, Younes Nazarian, bought Standard Tool & Die (Stadco), an aerospace tool manufacturer. He served as chairman.
In 1985, he co-founded Omninet, which initially tracked trucks by satellite between construction sites. A few years later, it joined forces with Qualcomm, a technology company of which he was a major shareholder.
As a philanthropist, Nazarian was a major supporter of Israel and Tel Aviv University, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate.
He founded the Citizens’ Empowerment Center in Israel, a nonprofit dedicated to electoral reform.
He also founded Magbit Foundation Los Angeles to help students struggling to finish college.
OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS
Mr. Samad Kashfi *
Dr. Avner Manzour
Dr. Ruben Melamed
Mr. Khalil Nahai *
Mr. Nasser Nazarian
Mr. Ebrahim Victory
* of blessed memory.
Mr. Elias Abrishami
Dr. Shokrollah Baravarian
Dr. Baroukh Beroukhim*
Mr. Nourallah Gabay
Mr. Nejat Gabbay *
Mr. Eliyahoo Ghodsian *
Mr. Mike Ghodsian
Mr. David Javaheri *