His Excellency Aziz Mekouar
Mr. Mekouar became ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States on June 19, 2002. Before his current assignment, Ambassador Mekouar served as Moroccan ambassador to Italy, Malta and Albania, and permanent representative to the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) (1999-2002), Portugal (1993-1999), and Angola (1986-1993). More
Rashid Choufani
Mr. Choufani is he Chairman and CEO of E-Brands Restaurants and co-owner of the Moroccan Pavillion in Epcot Center in Disney World, a destination that attracts an average of 11 million tourists every year. Mr. Choufani comes from a family that has a long history of fighting for labor rights in Morocco. His father, Mohamed, Choufani, was one of the cornerstones of the labor movement in Morocco. Rashid immigrated to the U.S. over twenty hears ago, and has worked his way up to be one of the most respected entrepreneur in the Restaurant and real estate arena.
Dr. James Zogby
Dr. James J. Zogby is founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, D.C.-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community. Since 1985, Dr. Zogby and AAI have led Arab American efforts to secure political empowerment in the U.S. Through voter registration, education and mobilization, AAI has moved Arab Americans into the political mainstream. More
Rep. John Fritchey (D)
John Fritchey was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1996, when he was only 32. During his campaign he had support from both local elected officials as well as broad grassroots support, which led some political publications to call him the “new face of Chicago Democrats. In 2002, John Fritchey helped pass the first significant campaign reform law in Illinois in years, outlawing the practice of campaign fundraising by state inspectors. In 2003, his work with State Senator Barack Obama now President of the United States, resulted in the passage of the most comprehensive ethics bill ever passed in the state. John is the son of a Vietnam veteran and a Moroccan mother from Oujda. More
Abdelhamid El Jamri
Abdelhamid EL Jamri is the Chairperson for United Nations Committee on Migrant Workers. Consultant en ingénierie de projet de développement, est natif d Meknès au Maroc, où il obtenu son baccalauréat en 1980, date à laquelle, il quitte le Maroc pour la France où il fait des études supérieures en sciences économiques et en sciences de gestion. Il a beaucoup travaillé en France sur les questions liées aux politiques d'emploi du développement économiques et l'insertion socioprofessionnelle des migrants.
Dan le cadre de la construction de l'Union Européenne, il a travaillé sur plusieurs programmes, notamment la mise à niveau de l'économie des pays du sud de l'Europe, et a développé plusieurs actions transnationales pour permettre à des entreprises et à des organisations de travailler en commun dans le cadre de l'UE. More
Dr. Anouar Majid
Dr. Anouar Majid is a renowned Moroccan-American intellectual and the author of several acclaimed books on Islam, America and the West. According to Cornel West, Dr. Majid is one of a few "towering Islamic intellectuals," a leading figure in examining the place of religion and Islam in postcolonial theory and the culture of globalization. His work has been profiled by Bill Moyers in the Bill Moyers Journal and by Al Jazeera's Date in Exile program. He has been interviewed by several media organizations nationally and internationally. Born in Tangier, Morocco in 1960, he is a currently founding director of the Center for Global Humanities at the University of New England. More
Pr. Anaas Lahlou
Mr. Lahlou is the CEO of The American University of Leadership in Morocco. Pr. Anass has 18 years of experience in Business development, training and Project management includes services as a professor, Training director, and director of business development. Prior to creating Ameritech Group, he served as vice president international operations for ARS in Washington DC.
Mr. Lahlou is the founder and board director of the American University of Leadership (American Higher Education), the PIIMT (Moroccan higher Education) and Ameritech SARL (Training and consulting).
Hassane Alaoui Mdarhri
Mr. Hassane Alaoui Mdarhri is the Founder and President of Partners Force International, LLC, an International business development firm focusing mainly in helping US leading software vendors of innovative solutions to expand their global reach and market coverage particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. PFI works by region targeting particularly the financial industry, energy sector and governmental entities, as well as acting as the exclusive representative in North America for Reverie Technologies, one of India’s leading technology innovators of E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce and Satellite TV Data Compression solutions. Hassan has over 22 years experience in international sales and business development with more than 7 years in Enterprise Investment Management (EIM) and STP trading software solutions from the US to the Middle East region.