Zameli Family Fellowship
About the Zameli Family Fellowship
The Zameli Family Fellowship, established by Northeastern parents Mohamed and Dina Zameli, introduces the global Northeastern community to front line social change practitioners from around the world who embody SIL’s practices and principles. We gratefully acknowledge the Zameli’s vision and support.
Past Zameli Family Fellows
Lynn Zovighian, co-founder and managing director of The Zovighian Partnership (ZP) joined Northeastern University as the Social Impact Lab’s inaugural Zameli Family Fellow. Lynn is a social investor, columnist in the largest Middle East English daily, Arab News, and Emerita Director of the Middle East & Arab Diasporas at NEXUS Global. She is the 2022 recipient of the International Religious Freedom Award for Business Leader in Civil Society and sits on the International Religious Freedom Secretariat’s Global Leadership Council.
Visit the archive of Lynn Zovighian’s time with SIL and our community here.
Dr. Usama Hamdan, MD, FICS, is president and co-founder of Global Smile Foundation, a Boston-based nonprofit foundation that provides comprehensive pro bono cleft care for underserved patients throughout the Global South. An otolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon with past appointments at Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Hamdan established the International Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop to provide simulation-based cleft training that empowers local health practitioners to achieve the highest standards of sustainable, comprehensive cleft care. Dr. Hamdan’s globally recognized work is deeply grounded in a commitment to ethical community engagement and local capacity building.
Explore what we learned with Dr. Usama Hamdan and his team during their time with us here.