Festival Organization and Leadership

Festival Honorary
Co-Chairs

Shakila T. AhmadShakila T. Ahmad
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr
Acharya Kailash Sharma Acharya Kailash Sharma
Gary P. Zola, PhD Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D.

Festival Program Managers

Afreen Asif Afreen Asif
Jan Armstrong Cobb Jan Armstrong Cobb

2023 Friendship Circle

(Festival volunteer planners)

Shakila Ahmad

Umama Alam

P.O. Louis Arnold Sr.

Afreen Asif

Zeinab Bah

Rev. Paul Booth, Jr.

Mary Anne Bressler

Dr. James Buchanan*

Jan Armstrong Cobb

Jake Campbell

Jackie Congedo

Cynthia Cummins

Teresa Davis

Becca & Fred Desai*

Rev. Norma Lynn Felts

Marie Gemelli-Carroll

Chip Harrod

Michael Hawkins

Adam Hayden*

Rev. John Ivey

Miriam Jackobs*

Becky Jones

Rabbi Meredith Kahan

Sandy Kaltman*

Danya Karram

Aasees Kaur

Rumana Khan

Shazadi Khawaja

Justin Kirschner

Bill Madges, Ph.D.

Nazly Mamedova

Aruni Marapane

Karen Martin*

Minda Matthews-Smith

Alycia Mcclurg*

Sri Mirle

Maria Munir

Andrew Musgrave*

Rev. Jim Newby

Saira Noor

Maliha Omar

Penny Pensak

Sr. Christine Pratt

Terrie Puckett

Allison Reynolds-Berry

Sarah Reynolds

Lisa Rosner*

Brant Schulz

Rick Schwen

Zeinab Schwen*

Bruce Seidel

Jan Seidel

Simranjit Singh

Rev. Melanie Slane

Samina Sohail, M.D.

Jeremy Spiegel

Tony Stieritz

Tamie Sullivan

Joey Taylor*

Rabbi Karen Thomashow

Deborah Vance, Ph.D.*

Steve Vance*

Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D.

Rev. Henry Zorn

*subcommittee co-chair