Personal Information

• Birth Year: 1981
• Place of Birth: Warren, OH
• Gender: Male
• Race(s): Other
• Religion: Muslim
• Spouse: Layaly
• Children: Jennah, Amirah, Issa
• Membership & Affiliation: Kiwanis of Roanoke
  Williamson Road Business Association
  Goodwill (board member)
  Science Museum of Western Virginia (board member)
  NAACP (lifetime member)
  Junior Achievement
  American National University (adjunct business professor)
  Meals on Wheels

• Education: Roanoke College (B.B.A., 2002)
  Hawaii Pacific University, HI (M.B.A., 2003)
• Occupation/Profession: Healthcare consultant
• House Leadership: Minority Caucus Secretary (2015-)
• Military Service: Virginia Defense Force (2007-08)

• Awards: The Roanoker Magazine, Platinum Award for "Government Person Who Gets It"
  Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King, Jr., Drum Major for Justice Award
  Virginia Education Association, Solid as a Rock Award

Other Commission & Committee Appointments

• Aging in Place Work Group
• Appalachian Region Interstate Compact Commission
• Appropriations - HHR Subcommittee
• Elementary & Secondary Education Funding, Joint Subcommittee to Study
• House Appropriations
• House Education
• House Public Safety
• Interstate 81 Committee
• Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
• Maintaining Campus Safety and First Amendment Expression, House Select Committee on
• New College Institute Board
• Recreational Facilities Authority, Virginia
• Roanoke Higher Education Authority
• Roanoke River Basin Advisory Committee, Virginia
• Roanoke River Bi-State Commission, Virginia Delegation of the
• Rural Virginia Board of Trustees, Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for
• Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees
• Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees
• Water Commission, State
• Western Virginia Public Education Consortium