Meet Our People

The Members of The Risala Institute are very diverse and represent various age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds.

Board of Directors

Atiba Saleem Jones - Founding Director/Board Chairman

Karima Al-Amin - Vice-Chair

Mansour Ansari - Treasurer/ Director of Fundraising

Aminah Darden - Secretary

Dr. Rashid Naim

Dr. Daaiyah Saleem

Muhammad Abdul-Haqq Mendes

Bilal Waajid

Aliyyah Salam

Ustadh Muhammad Abdul-Haqq Mendes

Ustadh Yusuf Faruq

Ustadh Jibril Esa

Shaykh Salah Wazir

Ustadh Jamal Ud-Deen Hysaw

Jihan Abdur-Rashid (Principal)

Sabria Mills - Vice-Principal

Kassim Zaid - Islamic Studies Teacher

Sharnell Prather

Saudia Shabazz

Dorreen Jackson

Jennifer Wallace

Asiyah Abdus-Salaam

Khadijah Abdullah