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Board Chair

Currently Executive Director of the Student World Assembly and AIUSA Board Member since June 2007

Education: Masters in Human Rights and Economic Development from Columbia University, BA in Finance from Adelphi University’s Honor College

Biography: Shahram Hashemi has been involved in human rights activism for over a decade, working with various human rights organizations. Inaddition to his human rights work, he also has extensive auditing, financial, and budgeting experience through his work with Bank of New York and various institutions within the City University of New York. Mr. Hashemi currently serves as Executive Director of the Student World Assembly, an international grassroots network of student activists. Student World Assembly is currently the largeststudent organization dedicated to democratic values, human rights, and youth leadership.

Mr. Hashemi is the recipient of the former Mayor of New York City, F.H. LaGuardia Memorial Association Award for his service in the 9/11 rescue efforts. He currently resides in the Woodside neighborhood of New York City.

Ken Mayers

Vice-Chair, Governance Committee Chair

A high school teacher at theBergen County Academies, a public magnet school in Hackensack, New Jersey, Ken teaches English, French, and History. In addition, he manages the Academy After Hours program, an enrichment program for middle school students, as well as the Apple Academy East, an adult school program for training in digital media.

Education: Ken Mayers received his PhD in Comparative Literature from the Universityof California, Los Angeles, in 1995.

Biography: Ken Mayers has been the Faculty Advisor of an active Amnesty International student group for almost 15 years. He attended the International Council Meetings in both 2007 and 2009 as a volunteer, and has been a member of the North Africa Coordination group since 2008, serving as the Algeria country specialist.



Jessica Carvalho MorrisGeneral Secretary

Jessica Carvalho Morris is the Director of the International Graduate Law Programs at the University of Miami School of Law where she teaches in the areas of international human rights and constitutional law. She is admitted to practice in Brazil and Florida, and publishes and lectures on international human rights and aspects of Brazilian and American constitutional law.Education: J.D. equivalent from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil and JD from University of Miami School of Law.

Biography: She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA since 2008. She is the first Latina to serve as Vice Chair and currently the only Latin American on the Board. She also serves as chair the Governance Committee and on the ExecutiveCommittee of the Board. She was the coordinator for the Miami Chapter of Amnesty International for five years, 2004-2009. In that position, she led the organization of one of the largest Florida state conferences in 2006 and the Southern Regional Conference in 2007, and significantly expanded the fundraising and membership of the Miami Chapter with regular events.

Carvalho Morris's father wastortured while serving as a U.S. missionary in Brazil during the military dictatorship. He was kidnapped by the Brazilian military and subjected to electric shocks, beatings, and food and sleep deprivation. After 17 days, he was expelled from Brazil even though official charges were never brought against him. As a result of her father's experience, Carvalho Morris is committed to ending tortureand other kinds of human rights violations in the world.

Prior to joining the University of Miami School of Law she worked in the U.S. at National Labor Relations Board and at Greenberg Traurig, and in Brazil with women victims of domestic violence and prisoners' rights. In addition to her work with AIUSA, she also co-chaired the Civil Rights Committee of the Florida Bar and was a member of the...