Board

Aadil Nathani is a graduate of the University of Toronto (Hons. B.A.) and Windsor Law (J.D). Aadil works as an Associate Lawyer at a boutique law firm in Toronto and also serves on the board of directors for the Muslim Advisory Council of Canada. While at Windsor Law, Aadil awas involved in community-based projects advocating for local municipalities to pass emergency climate declarations and create stronger environmental projections. Aadil truly believes in working on local or community levels to create wide-scale change. With this in mind, Aadil co-founded Green Ummah. Aadil is passionate about education and is striving to open a path for Muslim youth to be innovative changemakers on environmental policy in Canada.

To contact Aadil, email him at aadil.nathani@greenummah.org.

Iman Berry is a fifth year business administration and political science at Western University and the Ivey School of Business. Iman is passionate about political activism and has worked In student advocacy groups, she is currently serving on Western Universities Senate. She is passionate about international environmental issues and has worked at the UN International Organization for Migration in the Labour Mobility and Social inclusion group addressing the upcoming issue of Climate Migrants. Iman hopes to continue to foster inclusion and justice in the environmental movement as well as explore environmental policy implications.

Mariam Rajabali is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (Hon. B.A.) and Windsor Law (J.D.). Mariam currently works as an Associate Lawyer at a full-service firm in the GTA and serves as a board member for several nonprofit charitable organizations. She co-founded Green Ummah out of a passion for inspiring environmentally-friendly and sustainable daily practices. Mariam believes that making small steps towards sustainable and waste-free communities will lead to the much needed systemic change in how we manage the environment. She hopes to empower young people to be more conscientious of how we treat the planet, so that our footprint and future is sustainable.

Marium Nur Vahed is an entrepreneurial leader with a background in building social impact-driven organizations. Through her advocacy and non-profit work, she has driven the conversation forward on diverse issues including equity, diversity and inclusion, mental health, and civic engagement. Marium bridges disciplines through an HBA in Anthropology and Diaspora and Transnational Studies from the University of Toronto & an MSc in Digital Management from Ivey Business School – and brings this lens to her leadership. Marium co-founded Green Ummah because she believes that creating a green future – from reimagining the systems we build to the choices we make – is the challenge of our generation. She believes that in order to build this future, we must encourage innovation from all communities, including Muslim communities.

To contact Marium, email her at marium.vahed@greenummah.org

Imam Yousef Wahb is Yaqeen Institute Research Director, a LexisNexis Author, and an Islamic Law Instructor at the University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law. Imam Yousef holds a Masters of Law LL.M from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University. Imam Yousef also serves as a founding board member of the University of Windsor Muslim Chaplaincy, and an Islamic Compliance Advisor at Beneficent.

To contact Yousef, email him at yousef.wahb@greenummah.org