QSI: Special Guest Teacher Imam Saafir Rabb II

About the Speaker:Saafir Rabb II has long worked with members of the US and international communities to promote an effective interface between profitable business and corporate social responsibility.As CEO of Interculture, Inc. he is a social entrepreneur, community developer, and high-level business advisor who maintains a strong commitment to social change and urban revitalization. He served as COO for I Can’t We Can (ICWC), a celebrated community development and drug-rehabilitation organization. He served as a consultant to the Obama administration’s transition team for public diplomacy, participates in the Brookings Institute’s US-Islamic World Forum, is a Senior Advisor to the Dean of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, is a member of the Pacific Council, and a board member of Educate Girls Globally and Kanye West’s Donda’s House. Saafir completed a two-year program in Islamic law at the Abu Nour Institute in Damascus, Syria, and is aColumbia University Rothschild Fellow for interfaith relations. He holds a BA from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Saafir primarily resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and frequents the Middle East.