Board of Directors

Delfarib Fanaie

A compassionate humanitarian and an advocate of children all over the world, Delfarib and her husband expanded their family by adopting three children from the orphanages of Iran. Fulfilling her life-long vision to extend a helping hand to the neediest children in the most deprived countries of the world, Delfarib co-founded Moms Against Poverty in 2008. With over 25 years of experience in the real estate market, Delfarib currently works as an asset manager for a well known real estate investor in the Bay Area.

Maryam Refahi

Traveling and living around the globe from Iran to Europe and now the United States has given Maryam a global perspective on issues relating to children and families. She has worked with Amnesty International and other non-profit organizations, was trained and worked as a nutritionist and is currently a graphic designer whose work with non profit and community organizations has won numerous national awards. Maryam is one of the co-founders of Moms Against Poverty, and brings her expertise in the fields of public relations and advertising to MAP.

Nooshin Hakimi

Dedicated to philanthropic ideas, Nooshin has worked with the non-profit organizations Affordable Housing Associate for over 6 years. Nooshin co-founded Moms Against Poverty in 2008.

Ladan Kimiayi Judge

The belief that we must be and live the change that we desire to see in the world has inspired and guided Ladan to lead a life filled with love and compassion towards humanity. As an advocate for providing low cost, effective health care to children around the world Ladan has worked with various national and international organizations assisting those in need. Ladan is trained in the field of Holistic Medicine and Yoga Therapy and works with low income families in the Washington DC area.

Advisory Board

Shirin Entekhabi

Shirin has led a charitable life with passion to help people in need since a very young age. Her passion and belief that every life is worth celebrating has led her to campaign for various causes such as women and children's rights. She has worked as a fundraising and event coordinator for various charities. Shirin is a graphic and web designer and she is the web designer and manager for Moms Against Poverty.

Fatemeh Winans

Fatemeh holds a B.S. degree in Business Management and currently working as a manager for a private company. Her responsibility includes helping low income families and seniors to find affordable housing. Passionate about helping needy children and families, Fatemeh works with a number of non-profit organizations such as Court Appointed Special Advocate and the Child Foundation. She supported and promoted MAP's mission early on and joined the organization in 2008.

Azizeh Rezaiyan, LMFT

Marriage Family Therapist practicing in Burlingame, California, Azizeh joined MAP as a member of the advisory board in 2008. A full overview of her work can be seen at YourCoreSelf.com. Azizeh is also an expert in the laws pertaining to adoptions from foreign countries. Azizeh's passion and love for children took her on an impossible journey to Iran. In 2006, despite the lack of political relations between Iran and the United States, Azizeh was able to single-handedly challenge the current Iranian constitution and successfully adopted an infant girl.

Ellie Ghodoosian

With a strong belief that it is up to us to improve the health and education of children, giving them the chance to achieve their full potential, Ellie joined MAP.
 Ellie has years of Information Technology and leadership experience in both public and private sector in Silicon Valley.  She has worked for companies such as eBay, yahoo!, and Walmart.com where her jobs have included Sales Management, Business development, and Program management among others.  Ellie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and her son who also share her philanthropic idea and compassion for children in need. 

Mariam Firouzi

Mariam Firouzi serves as the Chief Financial Officer for MAP.  She is responsible for financial and fiscal management of MAP’s operations including providing strategic leadership and establishing long-range planning in the areas of accounting, budgeting, and business planning and administration.

Mariam holds an MBA degree in Finance and is currently working as a senior manager of Vendor Finance at Genentech. Her professional responsibilities include managing an organization of 30 employees responsible for annual disbursements of over $20B.  Mariam is passionate about helping needy families and especially enjoys working for an organization specializing in helping children. She joined MAP in 2008.