LEADERSHIP
IAJF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Elias Kalimian z"l Founder, Chairman Emeritus
Yosef Shahery z"l Founder, Chairman Emeritus
Shahram Yaghoubzadeh Chairman
Robert Kahen Vice Chairman
Joanna Eshaghoff President
Steven Khadavi Immediate Past President
Hersel Torkian Executive Vice President
Ben Moosazadeh Treasurer
Mehrdad Kohanim Secretary
Lili Sedaghatpour Assistant Secretary
VICE PRESIDENTS
Dr. David Abiri
Lea Cohen
Marjan Greenblatt
Hercel Harounian
Farzin Kimiabakhsh
Kevin Lalezarian
Frank Shahery​​
TRUSTEES
​David Eshaghpour
Matin Hakimi
​Eric Kalimian​
Dr. Jeremy Nikfarjam
Dr. Michael Ohebshalom
Stephanie Torkian Rahmanian
Chelsea Sassouni Shmuely
Kamran Yaghoubzadeh
Danny Zelouf
ADVISORY BOARD
Rabbi Yedidia Azrahian
Ellie Cohanim
Mitra Damaghi
Nasser Damaghi
David Emrani
Khandan Kalaty
Frank Lalezarian
Joseph Moinian
Shaz Mossanen
Mike M. Nassimi
Fred Ohebshalom
Alex Peykar
Kouros Torkan
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Israel Nitzan, Executive Director
Lin Meir Drori, Strategic Consultant and Event Production
Stephanie Hakimian, Accountant
Nathan Burgess, Digital Content Coordinator
Liza Nikfarjam, IAJF Administrator
Tova Levine, IAJF Administrator
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