Peyvand Board Members

Creating and enabling the Peyvand mission

Meet the Peyvand Team

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Shahrzad Shams served as a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor in Persian in the Department of near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington.

Leyla Salmassi, Vice President

Leyla Salmassi is a double Huskey with 2 B.A.s and an M.A. from the University of Washington. She is an experienced project and program manager in higher education with a commitment to excellence, diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.

Hamid Attar

Hamid Attar is a Systems Engineering Leader and sits on our board as Peyvand’s treasurer.

Peyvand Advisory Board

Seeking guidance from the community

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Naghmeh Samini

Naghmeh Samini (PhD), playwright, scriptwriter, and lecturer in Dramatic Arts, was born in Iran and received her BA in Drama and MA in Cinema from the University of Tehran.

David Woodward

Principal for DAVID WOODWARD & ASSOCIATES LLC (DW) facilitating international K-20 education services, multi-regional business development, and global engagement and change management for institutions

Babak Parviz

Babak is a Vice President at Amazon. Prior to joining Amazon in 2014, he was a distinguished engineer and a director at Google.

Michael Nassirian

Michael is a serial entrepreneur with proven track record in disruptive technologies.

Mehran Mesbahi

Mehran received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in 1996.

Peyvand Communications

Sharing the vision of Peyvand

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Zahra Ranjbar

Founder and Marketing Director

Yashar Shayan

Yashar Shayan is our marketing consultant and built Peyvand’s new website which launched in November 2023.