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Contact
Doris Abdel Messieh
Director
of Public Relations
dabdelmessieh@copticorphans.org
Nermien Riad Selected
as a Nonprofit Congress Delegate
Falls
Church, VA (October 5, 2006) – Nermien Riad,
executive director of Coptic Orphans, was selected to represent the
Commonwealth of Virginia at the Nonprofit
Congress National Meeting, to be held October 16 –
17 in Washington, DC. Over 400 individuals from 48 states and the District
of Columbia applied to be delegates for this
unprecedented initiative to unite nonprofits and strengthen the charitable
sector.
The Nonprofit Congress is a national movement to build
a diverse network of local leaders to identify and address the challenges
that all nonprofits face in meeting and advocating for community needs. Nonprofit Congress organizers Audrey
R. Alvarado, executive director of the National Council
of Nonprofit Associations, and Robert Egger, founder and president
of D.C. Central Kitchen, were recently honored as NonProfit
Times’ Power and Influence Top 50, an annual list of “leaders shaping
the nonprofit world.”
At
the National Meeting, hundreds of delegates from across the country
will converge on Washington, DC to identify the values that all nonprofits
share, develop a vision and priorities for the nonprofit sector, and
exercise a collective voice. Their work will be informed
by data gathered from over 100 Town Hall meetings in 40 states and
the District of Columbia.
Nermien
is “honored to be one of Virginia's
delegates.” She is excited that “finally, nonprofits will come together
and have a voice."
Nermien Riad is the founder and executive director of Coptic
Orphans, an organization dedicated to ensuring the rights of vulnerable
children in Egypt to
education, health, housing, and equality. She founded the organization
in 1988, which has since directly benefited over 14,000 children, initiated
programs to attack illiteracy, spearheaded a grassroots network of
over 200 volunteer child advocates, and mobilized thousands of donors
and supporters internationally through awareness campaigns. She did
this on a voluntary basis for 12 years before becoming full time executive
director in 2000. She holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, as well as a Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering. Prior to establishing Coptic Orphans, Ms. Riad
worked in the United States Foreign Service throughout the Middle East. She
also has numerous years of experience at the Internal Revenue Service.
And is the mother of two children. |
