Board of Directors - SIUT North America

Mr. S. Meraj Nazar – President

Mr. Meraj Nazar, the President of SIUT North America, has been on the Board for over 14 years. Before his election as the President, he was the CEO & Secretary of the Board. He is an engineer with a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree from NED University in Karachi. He also holds an Executive MBA from the Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Having worked for Bechtel Corp., a global Engineering, Construction and Project Management organization for over three decades, offers extensive project management and operations experience on mega-projects.

Mr. Anwer Hussain – Secretary

Anwer has held executive management positions in the Oil Industry, is the Managing Director of Accel Ventures LLC and Chaparral Place LLC, is on the Board of Nuricon Union (Pvt.) and is a former Vice-President of Allis-Chalmers.
Anwer is engaged in a variety of volunteer activities, is President of Houston Shifa Services Foundation, is on the Board and Treasurer of MIT South Asian Alumni Association, is a Past President of MIT Club of South Texas and was a Member of the Board of Directors. He has been an Educational Counselor for MIT since 2003.
Anwer was the founding Charter Member of the Houston Chapter of the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) and also served as the Chapter President.
Anwer earned his BS in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Stanford University.

Mr. Qaisar Mahdi – Treasurer

Mr. Qaisar Mahdi has extensive finance experience and is a versatile accounting and finance professional. He has been serving as Vice President of Finance & Acquisitions of Camden Holding Inc. and Camden Hospitality Group of Houston, Texas since 2001.
He brings to bear his strategic and financial management competencies to help SIUTNA in its financial planning, budgeting, internal controls & procedures, and developing financial information systems.
He has been working closely with individuals, philanthropic organizations, and faith and community based organizations to help raise funds for SIUT-NA.

Mr. Haroon Shaikh – Member

Mr. Haroon Shaikh is a well-known CPA and founder and Chairman of HRSS, LLP, CPA’s & Advisors, the largest South Asian CPA firm in the country with offices in Houston, Dallas and Atlanta. A graduate of the University of Texas, he started his early career with Deloitte and KPMG. He has been Chairman & CEO of Central Bancorp, Director and Finance Committee chair of Harris County Houston Sports Authority, and director of Houston Business Development. His community services include President of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce USA, President of South Asian Chamber of Commerce, and Trustee for Pakistan Association of Greater Houston, board member SIUT North America, and board member of Pakistani American Volunteers. Currently he anchors a weekly show ‘BizTalk’ on TV One USA

Dr. Nasir Rashid – Member

Dr. Nasir Rashid is a 1993 graduate of SMC/JSUMANA in Karachi. He moved to USA in 2002, currently resides in Maryland, and is a practicing neonatologist. His wife is also a practicing physician. They have three brilliant children. Dr. Rashid is passionate about SIUT. He first met Dr. Adib Rizvi in 1994. He remembers SIUT, from his college days, as a beacon of exceptional patient care, serving patients all over Pakistan. SIUT is the Institute where the first Renal Transplant was done in Pakistan. During his recent visit to Pakistan, Dr. Rashid also learnt that his favorite medical college teacher was the third cadaver Renal donor.

Dr. Irfan Rizvi – Member

Dr. Irfan Rizvi is a Colon and Rectal Surgeon with over twenty years of experience. A graduate of the Aga Khan University School of Medicine in Karachi, Pakistan, he is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Previously on staff at the University of Rochester, he presently holds a faculty appointment at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine and works at a large multi-speciality group in the Washington, DC area. His interests include surgical innovation and health care economics.

Dr. Zeba Vanek

Dr. Zeba Fatima Vanek is a Neurologist specializing in Parkinson Disease, Spasticity and Movement Disorders. A graduate of DMC, with postgraduate studies at the Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London; a Doctorate in Neurology from DMC; and residency and fellowship from the USC and Baylor College of Medicine. She was an Associate Professor of Neurology at UCLA for 19 years and is a member of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. After the devastating 2005 Pakistan earthquake, she created and directs a volunteer-based humanitarian project called SCIPPER – Spinal Cord Injury Project Pakistan Earthquake Rehabilitation to help the paralyzed survivors. She is a long-time supporter of SIUT and supports other humanitarian causes. Dr Vanek lives in San Francisco with her family.

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