1st Bangladeshi in Obama admin

President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint Dr N Nina Ahmad as the first Bangladeshi to his 14-member Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Dr N Nina Ahmad is co-owner and Executive Vice President of Government Affairs for JNA Capital, Inc., a real estate finance and development company based in Philadelphia that she helped to co-found in 1994. In a statement issued by White House, President Obama said, “I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.” Dr. Ahmad also serves as the Administrator of Global City Regional Center, LLC, a position she has held since May 2013. From 1992 to 2005, Dr. Ahmad served as Bower Research Fellow and then held a joint assistant professorship at Wills Eye Hospital and at the Ophthalmology Department of Jefferson Medical College. Also during this time, Dr. Ahmad served as the Director of Molecular Biology for the Research Department of Wills Eye Hospital. In 2011, Dr. Ahmad joined the Philadelphia Foundation’s Board of Managers. In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia appointed her Chair of the city’s Commission on Asian American Affairs, according to UNB.