New BADC Executive Committee Members Elected

On May 8, 2014, Rashida Majumder, coordinator of Bangladeshi American 
Democratic Coalition (BADC) Election Commission, announced to the 
community that the following nominated candidates have been elected 
uncontested:

Nasreen Rahim – President
Farkhanda Jabeen (Tina) – Vice President
Tahsina Haq - General Secretary
Nilufar Haque - Director of Outreach 
Mahbub Alam – Treasurer

The following letter went out to BADC members from the newly-elect 
President of BADC:

18 May 2014 

Dear BADC Members,


On-behalf of BADC Executive Committee, I would like to thank you for electing us to the following positions, uncontested: 

Nasreen Rahim – President

Farkhanda Jabeen (Tina) – Vice President

Mahbub Alam – Treasurer

Tahsina Haq - Gen. Secretary

Nilufar Haque - Dir. Of Outreach











Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the four talented BADC Election Commissioners: Rashida Majumder, Badrul Hasan, Sohel Imtiaz, and Abu Hena Kamal. 
 It is their commitment that made the BADC election process so smooth.

According to the Election Commissioners, the effective date of the start of the new BADC Executive Committee is May 18, 2014. 
The Transition BADC Executive Committee has been dissolved.

As the official BADC Executive Committee, we pledge to do our best to promote the interest of 
Bangladeshi-Americans. Let us work together toward achieving our common goals.


Sincerely,

Nasreen Rahim

President, BADC

Bio-sketches of BADC’s elected executive committee members, 2014, 
are as follows:

		Nasreen Rahim, President - Nasreen Rahim is a professor and Staff Development Chair at Evergreen Valley College (EVC), San Jose, California. She is the recipient of the most distinguished faculty of the year 2012 award at EVC. Currently, Professor Rahim is completing her doctorate in Leadership in International Education. She is an Executive member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) 6157. As Interim Vice-President of BADC, she has already created a strong network with leading politicians of the Santa Clara County and the California Democratic Party. As the current President of BADC, her goal will be to nurture the next generation of leaders from among Bangladeshi-American women and young adults.
		Farkhanda Jabeen (Tina), Vice President - Tina Jabeen is a Director in a private equity firm in San Francisco. She works with a number of non-profit organizations – Agami, to name only one – that are focused on education and women’s health for marginalized people in the slums and rural areas of Bangladesh. She is also active with Sneha, a non-profit organization based in Canada, that works primarily on education and rehabilitation of families for garments workers in Bangladesh. She is passionate about Bangla language and culture and actively supports initiatives to promote them. Tina has been involved with BADC since 2012. As the Vice President of BADC, she would like to connect issues of the local Bangladeshi community to the local political arena. Tina graduated from Haas School of Business in 1995 and has been living in the Bay area since 1989 with her husband Md. Salahuddin and mother Najma Khatun.
		Tahsina Haq, General Secretary - Tahsina Haq is a quality control technician at Reed and Graham Inc. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from San Jose State University. Tahsina’s political involvement began from high school when she worked as an election officer for three years. She went on to champion minimum wage workers by working on Measure D and getting it passed through a joint effort with other activists. She played a critical role in establishing BADC as a club with the Santa Clara County Democratic Party. She has interned with the Labor Council in its Summer Justice program in which she got training in community outreach, strategic research, political strategy and networking. She is passionate about working with people of all ages and backgrounds in building an informed and progressive community from which the next generation of Bangladeshi-American politicians can rise to local, state and national prominence.
		Nilufar Haque, Director of Outreach - Nilufar Haque is a CPA and Director of Taxation at the Palo Alto office of Frank Rimerman & Co., a national accounting firm. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dhaka University, Bangladesh, and an MBA from Santa Clara University. She also holds a Master’s degree in Taxation. She is a passionate supporter of several non-profit organizations and has served for a number of years on the Board of the Santa Clara Chapter of the National MS Society. She was an early advocate of BADC and has been involved with the organization from its inception.
		Mahbub Alam, Treasurer - Mahbub Alam is an experienced accountant and a licensed tax practitioner in California. He has a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and a Master's degree in accounting from Dhaka University, Bangladesh. He is also a Nationally Certified Bookkeeper by the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers. He has also served as a voluntary treasurer for other non-profit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a key member of BADC, he is excited about the contributions the organization can make in enhancing the political presence and influence of Bangladeshi-Americans.