Stanford
The Markaz Resource Center

Advisory Board

The Markaz Advisory Board promotes and supports the work of the center. This includes advising on the overall direction of the Markaz, advocating for needed student services, and helping to sustain the future of the Markaz. The Board is composed of students, staff, alumni and faculty. It interacts with, and serves as an ambassador to, stakeholders across and outside the University as necessary. The Board is advisory in nature and does not have decision-making authority.

View the Markaz Advisory Board Charter 

  • Firas Abuzaid, '13, MS '15, PhD '22
  • Abiya Ahmed, PhD ’21, Markaz Director and Associate Dean of Students
  • Sam Akhtar, CEO & Co-Founder of SubHub
  • Ritu Belani, '27
  • Cassie Garcia, Markaz Associate Director 
  • Natalie Jabbar, '09, MA '10, Associate Director of Stanford University's Public Humanities Initiative.
  • Alexander Key, Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature
  • Imran Maskatia, '97, MS '98
  • Khalid Osman, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
  • Nadia Roumani, ‘98, Senior Designer, d.school