Membership Retreat

Thanks to all of you who made it to our First Annual Membership Retreat on Saturday, June 6, and thanks to our sponsors: Stokes Lawrence, P.S.; Lotus Law Group, PLLC, and Cherry Street Coffee House. We had a good turnout and a great discussion about a few different things, including the scope of our group’s political activities – conversations we will continue throughout the years. We also voted in our official 2009-2010 board, and the election results are as follows:

• President: Aneelah Afzali
• General VP: Sahar Fathi
• VP of Events: Nilly Park
• VP of Membership: Polly Peshtaz
• VP of Community Outreach: Damon Shadid
• VP of Mentorship: Laura Haddad
• VP of Fundraising: Thomas Donovan
• Secretary: Manal Boulos
• Treasurer: Nima Seyedali
• Web Developer: Daniel McIntosh

Congratulations to the board, and welcome to new board members Laura Haddad and Thomas Donovan!

To date, MELAW’s Advisory Board members include Judge Mary Yu, Susan Amini (Amini Law Firm), Kelly Noonan (Stokes Lawrence), Rita Zawaideh (Caravan-Serai, Inc.), and Ramsey Al-Salam (Perkins Coie). Thank you! If you have a candidate that you think would make a good addition to our Advisory Board, please let us know.

For those of you who missed out on the membership retreat, we look forward to seeing you at a future MELAW event.