Rami Nsour is a scholar, speaker, teacher, and translator of Islamic texts. He spent over 10 years studying Islam—including five years in Mauritania—earning an ‘ijāza to teach. He also completed an in-residence program researching fatāwā on Islamic faith, law, and practice.

Khadija Harmer is the Program Manager at Tayba Foundation, bringing over 15 years of experience in management in the nonprofit field. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and recently celebrated a decade at Tayba, where she has played a key role in guiding the organization through significant growth. Committed to streamlining processes for efficiency and impact, Khadija ensures that Tayba’s unique curriculum leads to meaningful student outcomes.

Zahra Billoo is a civil rights attorney and the Executive Director of CAIR-SFBA. With over 20 years of advocacy, she defends American Muslims’ civil liberties and champions social justice. Zahra frequently speaks on civil rights and community building, and she holds a Juris Doctor from UC Hastings and dual bachelor’s degrees from CSU Long Beach.

Safeer Mohiuddin is a tech and real estate entrepreneur. He’s the co-founder of Guardrails AI, Cordoba Funds and Neeyah. Safeer is also the author of muslim.finance and serves on several non-profit endowment boards.

Yaseen Ulla is an entrepreneur and seasoned finance executive, and was most recently the Head of Finance at SoftBank Robotics America. He has experience spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies where he worked in M&A strategy, capital raise, and post-merger integration.

An active investor and mentor, Yaseen holds a B.B.A. in Finance from The M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, TX.

Motasem Benothman is the founder for Portola Springs Capital, a crypto investment fund.  He holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson.  In addition to being a part of the Tayba board, Motasem is also the chair of New Horizon Irvine Educational Foundation and a co-founder of Islamic Endowment Foundation.