Meet the Team Behind Peace University
Our dedicated faculty, staff, and administration bring expertise, passion, and a shared commitment to transformative education.
Dr. Robert Tedeschi
Educationist & Administrator
Dr. Tedeschi, a US Veteran and educationist, has worked in health care education and technology for over 30 years. He has headed departments, chaired commissions and committees on education and technology, and administered and taught in several colleges and universities in class and collaborative learning spaces. His career combines administrative depth with in-depth knowledge of innovative educational techniques and technologies.
Dr. Jacqueline F. Fuller
Programs & Outreach Expert
Dr. Fuller is an expert in developing programs and proposals for funding agencies around the design, implementation, and evaluation of outreach programs, with a particular emphasis on achieving broader impacts. A detail-oriented academician with extensive industry experience, she oversees a wide range of outreach initiatives — events, educational materials, demonstration projects, and collaborations — while identifying partners and leveraging existing resources and partnerships.
Rebecca Thompson
Curriculum Specialist
Content Management Specialist and Education Subject Matter Expert, Ms. Thompson has been in the field of education for over 20 years. She has been deeply involved in curriculum development, designing content, instructional management, and learning management systems, spanning traditional printed material through to new media and web-based collaborative technologies.
Asif Shah
IT & Operations Professional
A meticulous, detail-oriented professional with the ability to improve productivity in high-tech business operations, Mr. Shah is trusted for his ability to translate new technologies into highly efficient business solutions. An excellent communicator and presenter with a proven record of training and leading productive teams, his expertise spans Project Management, SCRUM, Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Workflow Management/JIRA, Agile Sprint Sessions, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Assurance, and User Acceptability Testing.
Ziad Khan
Founder & Educator
Sociopreneur, filmmaker, educator, researcher, and a champion of women's empowerment and youth engagement, Mr. Khan is a capacity-building, education, technology, media, and business expert with over 28 years of executive and entrepreneurial leadership across a vast array of international organizations, including 22 years providing academic and technical leadership across several continents. A philanthropist and volunteer at his core, he has offered education, learning, and training solutions to over 50,000 individual students, governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations, and remains an active faculty and administration member teaching classes and managing programs.
Marry Chambers
HR & Organisational Development
Learning methods, human resources, and organizational development are some of the specialty areas Ms. Chambers brings to the Peace faculty. Research methods, design, and social media are among her core interests, coupled with neuroscience concepts of brain-based learning. With an extensive network and wide respect among entrepreneurial circles, she frequently advises on capacity building, employee performance, career growth, leadership and management skills, recruitment, talent management, and other organizational development strategies.
Monica Marshall
Social Media & Community Development
Ms. Marshall is a highly motivated, energetic, and results-driven team member with in-depth knowledge of social media marketing for education. Her areas of expertise include health, fitness and holistic healing, nutrition, mathematics, and social matters. Currently involved in school management and community development programs, she devotes her time to empowering women by arranging resources on rights, violence, health, and literacy, and helping young women prepare for prosperous, successful lives.
Kate de Jude
Visual Arts & Collaborative Teams
Kate de Jude began working in visual arts after inspiration came through the paintings of touring English artist Aldous Eveleigh. She has developed this innovative art form over many years, manipulating wire in a specialized and fascinating way — sculptures created from a single strand of wire, with subject matter that traverses time through vignettes of everyday life, creating a sculptural diary of thoughts and fascinations. Alongside this, Ms. de Jude has set new standards in collaborative teamwork and offshore resource utilization.
Dr. Saman Hasan
Education & Regulatory Frameworks
While administering schools of general interest, Dr. Hasan's area of expertise is Islamic schools in North America. She has extensive research experience in education, with a specialization in the legal aspects, rules, and regulatory frameworks of the field, and remains actively involved in the education industry, helping several organizations on a voluntary basis to expand literacy and education around the globe.
Dr. William Taget Jr.
Technology Deployments
Dr. Taget holds a doctorate in Technology Deployments for educational institutions. A veteran researcher and education administrator, he is also one of the most popular teachers and mentors at the school, working with government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and industry-leading corporations on research, development, and educational interests.
Dr. Khuram Farooq
Audit, Finance & ERP
An audit finance, accounting information technology, and enterprise resource planning expert, Dr. Farooq continues to work with the Auditor General's Department, Siemens, and the World Bank, in addition to Digital International.
Linda Washington
IT & Customer Relations
Linda Washington is an information technology and customer relations expert with over 20 years of experience with the United States federal government and many state governments, as well as several high-profile international companies.
Tatiana Shukova
Interfaith & Holistic Support
With a keen interest in the applied aspects of the interfaith domain, Ms. Shukova is an interactive, solution-focused professional with more than 10 years of experience providing insight, support, and constructive feedback to help address life's challenges. She has successfully integrated complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach with compassion and understanding, helping others build on their strengths and grow.
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa
Public Policy & Strategy
Dr. Siddiqa, author of several books, regularly speaks at international conferences and seminars on public policy, strategy, and socio-economic and socio-political causes. A fellow of several think tanks who lectures at institutions of repute, she travels extensively and teaches in schools around the world.
Shakera Bassit
Finance & Economics
A specialist in finance and economics, Ms. Bassit has conducted extensive research relevant to literacy and school education, and has written several papers and published reports on economic development in the Islamic world. Her current interests include holistic development, training, and early education.
Tamsila Akhtar
Digital Marketing & Productions
Ms. Akhtar is a digital marketing, production, and social media marketing veteran who has worked across a wide array of industry organizations, from TV stations to news outlets. An empathetic and assertive leader and a great team player, her portfolio is rapidly expanding internationally.
Doreen Cohanim C. Ht.
Holistic Healing & Psychology
Ms. Cohanim has spent her career teaching, training, and treating in holistic healing and psychological disciplines, using a diverse range of collaborative learning tools including video conferencing and managed learning. She is very passionate about training and professional development.
Prima Khan
International Education
Ms. Khan has vast international experience in the education industry as faculty, teaching, training, and administering educational institutions at lower and higher levels as well as international professional schools. She has extensive experience with diverse and multi-ethnic communities, and is also a law graduate.
Dr. Sana Yusfi
Management, Trade & Investment
Dr. Yusfi is an expert in management, trade, and investment, having worked with governments to negotiate numerous investment and development programs internationally. Working extensively in development finance, auditing, and revenue collection, she has headed several state departments, forming policies and building workshops, training, and capacity-building programs at scale.
Mahmood Akhtar Rana
Public Policy & Project Planning
An expert in the analysis of education public policy, project planning, monitoring, and evaluation, Mr. Rana has vast experience working with governments, corporate entities, and not-for-profit institutions. Teaching and training have been a lifelong passion, alongside work with international organizations, donors, funders, and program development groups.
Laura Standley
Veteran Services & Analysis
Ms. Standley, an experienced and passionate faculty member, is a retired Military Intelligence Warrant Officer with twenty combined years of active U.S. Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard service. She spent six years as a service officer with the American Legion, assisting veterans and their dependents with VA and other government agency benefits, and has a keen mind for bureaucratic processes and problem analysis.
Safeeullah Soomro
Computer Science & AI
A Computer Science scholar and scientist from Graz University of Technology, Austria, with a postdoc from UMB Slovakia and a Senior Fellowship from HEA (UK), Dr. Soomro is an invited and keynote speaker at international and national conferences, researching Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, IoT, Big Data Analysis, and Software Maintenance. He has chaired numerous international conferences indexed by Scopus, Google, and ISI; is a member of IEEE, ACM, IAER, IENG, and ISOC; has edited books and proceedings for Springer and IEEE; and has authored 80 research papers in peer-reviewed conferences and journals.
Denise DeSilva
Human Resources
After exploring various fields of work and career, Ms. DeSilva found her interest in HR, and has since spent over 20 years as an HR manager and executive working with a variety of multinational corporations and educational institutions in international settings.
Shruti Shah
Staff Development & Training
Ms. Shah has worked with international education and training organizations for over 25 years, with expertise in staff development initiatives and training programs. She has also worked extensively in capacity building and soft and life skills, passionately supporting students' personal development through varied modes of instruction.
Imtiaz Kalwar
IT Business Solutions
Mr. Kalwar is a seasoned information technology professional who has researched and advised educational institutions, organizations, corporations, and governments on global IT business solutions for over 18 years, helping build capacity and deliver agile solutions that keep pace with changing IT and business dynamics.
Dr. Sabrina Bordic
Public Policy & Inner‑City Schools
With in-depth experience working with inner-city schools, Dr. Bordic holds a doctorate in public policy implications for inner-city educational institutions, and has worked closely with government agencies on youth employment and funding for employment-based training.
Mian A. Rauf
Finance, Accounting & Tax
With nearly every significant certification and qualification in finance and accounting in the UK and USA, Mr. Rauf is one of the most diversified accounting, tax, and finance veterans in his field. Having worked with organizations of repute including KPMG and the US federal government, his experience spans auditing, finance development, and accounting.
Anita Sachdev
Corporate Coaching & Training
A certified international corporate coaching expert, motivational speaker, and education and training veteran of over 30 years, Ms. Sachdev has worked with corporations around the world on staff training, executive development, and corporate productivity improvement.
For research cooperation or visiting scholar inquiries, contact the Academic Office: academic@peace.university.