Subhi D. Ali, M.D., F.A.C.S., is Chairman of the Board. A graduate of Howard University Medical School in Washington, DC, his training in General Surgery was completed at Howard University Hospitals where he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Surgery prior to relocating to Waverly, TN in 1976, where he serves as Chief of Surgery at Three Rivers Hospital. He is currently the President and Treasurer of Howard University's LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr. Surgical Society Foundation. In Tennessee, he has been active in the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) since 1980. He served as President of TMA in 2003-04 and chaired the Tennessee Medical Education Fund for several years. He continues to chair the Investment Committees of both organizations. In 2004, he was appointed by the Governor to the Tennessee State Board of Medical Examiners and is a Fellow of the National Federation of State Medical Boards. Currently, he serves on the boards of several academic and professional organizations. He served as president of the State Guard Association of the United States (SGAUS) Foundation from 2001 to 2012 where he served as the National President in 2000-2001. He is a retired Brigadier General of the Tennessee State Guard Medical Corps where he served as Surgeon General from 1991-2001. In 2004, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the national Physicians Foundation where he chairs the Investments Committee in addition to serving on the Communication, Grants and the Finance Committees.

Omar J. Fayez, Esq., is Secretary of the Board. He is a litigation attorney with Querrey & Harrow in Chicago, Illinois, and a member of the American Bar Association, Arab-American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, and other professional associations. He also serves as pro bono counsel for several non-profit organizations and has published on legal and political issues.

George Hishmeh is a founding member of the Jerusalem Fund. He was on the staff of the Washington Post and Chicago Sun-Times and editor of Mideast Magazine before joining the U.S. Information Agency as senior writer/editor, where he helped to start the Arabic-language service. Since his retirement from USIA, he has written for the Jordan Times, Gulf News, and the Daily Star. He is President of the Washington Association of Arab Journalists.

Walid M. Keilani is currently president of ASG Real Estate Company and senior financial adviser of Alshall Group, which strives to bridge the world of American and Arab businesses engaged in real estate. He is one of the founders of both companies. Mr. Keilani, born in Nablus, Palestine, is an economist with experience in financial restructuring, asset management and feasibility studies. He received an MS in economics from Utah State University in 1968 and a bachelor's degree from Ain Shams University, Egypt in 1961. He served as an economic consultant in Canada from 1973-74 and a finance expert at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. from 1974-1977.  Mr. Keilani is a poet and member of the Jordanian Writers Union. 

Mohayya H. Khilfeh, M.D., M.P.H., is currently a pediatrician at the South Holland Health Center, Illinois. Her medical career has included serving as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, IL. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, NAAMA, and several other professional societies. She served on the Board of Trustees at An-Najah University in Nablus, Palestine, from 1983 through 2000.

Sari A. Nabulsi, M.D., M.B.A., is currently a pediatrician at the Pediatric Medical Center and a Pediatrics Professor at Texas Tech University, Midland, TX. He has presented on several medical topics including the diagnosis and treatment of Autism as well as the management of Down's syndrome. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Texas Medical Association and the Midland County Society. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for NAAMA (National Arab American Medical Association).

Tawfik Z. Ramadan, M.D., M.P.H., is currently a pediatrician at Southern Oklahoma Pediatrics, a private practice, and neonatology director of the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. He was also director in the development and establishment of a pediatric ward and NICU at Valley View Regional Hospital. Dr. Ramadan has been a medical officer in Palestine and Jordan for UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency). He is founder and coordinator of Outreach Clinic, a volunteer physician at Compassionate Clinic and a team member for Physicians for Peace. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, American Medical Association and the Oklahoma State Medical Association.

Hisham Sharabi, Ph.D. (deceased), was Chairman of the Board from 1977-2005 and a founding member of the Jerusalem Fund. At his passing, he was professor emeritus of European Intellectual History and was the Omar al-Mukhtar Professor of Arab Culture at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Former President William J. Clinton was one of his many distinguished students. He authored 18 books, and numerous articles and monographs. He helped found the Association of Arab-American University Graduates as well as the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, among other organizations. For more information on his life and legacy, see his obituary. Condolences

Samih Farsoun, Ph.D. (deceased), was one of the first members of the Jerusalem Fund Board of Directors, and was a founding member of the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, now The Palestine Center. Before his passing in June 2005, he served as Dean of Academic Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences at the newly established American University of Kuwait. Prior to that he was Professor of Sociology at the American University in Washington, DC, a position he held for 30 years. His books include Palestine and the Palestinians and Culture and Customs of the Palestinians. He has published over 75 papers, chapters, and articles. For more information on his life and legacy, see Obituary. Condolences

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