
Community Advisory Council
Supporting the work to make a stronger Columbus
The CAC, with representations from Community-Based Organizations, Community-Based Ethnic Organizations, population-based coalitions and commissions, and mainstream stakeholders will be charged with providing guidance, feedback and expertise throughout the project.
CAC representatives have established relationships with different immigrant and refugee groups, and the broader stakeholder groups, and will ensure community engagement to support the research efforts to identify opportunities to deepen the sense of inclusion and belonging within these diverse communities that now call Columbus home.

Community Advisory Council Members
Sudarshan Pyakurel
Director
Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio
Ibrahima Sow
Program Director
United Way of Central Ohio
Jona Hilario
State Wide Co-Director
OPAWL
Taqdirulla Aziz
Community Refugee & Immigration Services
Alejandra Rodriguez
New American Welcome Center at the YMCA of Central Ohio
Dr. Seleshi Ayalew Asfaw
President and CEO
Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services
Seyla Kramer
Interim Executive Director
Asian American Community Services
Alpha Tongor
Liberians in Columbus
Sarah Brown
Program Officer
Ohio Hispanic Coalition
Jibril Mohamed
Executive Director
SomaliCAN
Dr. Dorothy Hassan
Chief Executive Officer
Our Helpers
Cora Munoz
President
Ohio Asian American Health Coalition
Robert Chiuri PhD
Global Diaspora Development Foundation - One Voice Consortium
Bartholomew Shepkong, Ph. D. M.A
Executive Director, Josthrive Consulting