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Friday, July 2, 2010

Fwd: Rudi Bakhtiar, Nita Farahany, Ramin Asgard among New PAAIA Mentors

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From: PAAIA <info@paaia.org>
Date: Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:38 AM
Subject: Rudi Bakhtiar, Nita Farahany, Ramin Asgard among New PAAIA Mentors
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PAAIA: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans

Rudi Bakhtiar, Nita Farahany, Ramin Asgard among New PAAIA Mentors

We are extremely happy to report that Rudi Bakhtiar, Director of Communications at the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (Wash,DC), Nita Farahany, JD, PhD, Presidential Commission on the Study of Bioethical Issues (Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN), and Ramin Asgard, State Dept/Political Adviser to General Petraeus (Tampa, FL), Hormoz Saleh, Wealth Management (LA, CA), Faraz Parhami, Financial Analyst (NY, NY), Nikki Jacobson, Immigration Attorney (LA, CA), Payam Tavakoli, Civil Litigation Attorney (LA, CA), and Morad Ghorban, Government Affairs specialist (Wash,DC) recently agreed to join our roster of Mentors.

All Application results will be announced today! Check your e-mail!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Mentorship Program, launched on April 1, 2010.

This is how it will work

If you had difficulty opening the Havaleh article by Erich Ferrari last week, please click here.

Iranian American Mathematician Honored

By Ramin Takloo-Bighash

Dr. Freydoon Shahidi, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has been elected to the 2010 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (http://www.amacad.org/news/new2010.aspx) He is the first Iranian-American mathematician to receive this honor. The new Fellows join one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. The Academy celebrates the 230th anniversary of its founding this year. The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 9, at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Click here to read more.

Beth Farokhi, Democratic Candidate for Georgia State School Superintendent

PAAIA Government Affairs Office

June 30, 2010, Atlanta, GA – Beth Farokhi's family has long exemplified a commitment to the community and public service. Her husband Dr. N.R. Farokhi who was amongst the first wave of Iranian immigrants in Atlanta in the 1960s, has long been active in building a cohesive support system for Iranian Americans in Georgia. Her son Amir Farokhi is a recognized civic leader who serves as a Fellow with the Truman National Security Project and was recently a candidate for the Atlanta City Council. So it should come as no surprise to see Beth Farokhi's name listed as a Democratic candidate for State School Superintendent in Georgia.

Click here to read more.

Correction: Dr. Vishtasb Broumand's first name was spelled incorrectly as Vishtasp in last week's newsletter.

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