Dafer M. Dakhil

• Official spokesman of Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation
• Recognized by the Mayor of City of Los Angeles, the Board of Education and other public agencies for accomplishments in multicultural bridge building, human relations issues, and advocacy to achieve educational reform, justice and equitable distribution of human resources, funding and educational tools in public education and to reduce the achievement gap
• Recipient of the Martin Luther King Legacy Association/Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Angeles 2002 Prophetic Witness Award
• Recipient of Mount St. Mary's College 2002 Cultural Fluency Award
• Responsible for Foundation's Governmental, Public and Private Sectors and Community Relations
• Responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of secular, cultural and educational outreach programs
• Member of Foundation's International Relations and Strategic Planning Committees
• Chairperson Task Force on Islamic Cultural and Educational Concerns
• Member of Los Angeles Interfaith Environmental Council
• Served as Chairperson of Parent Collaborative the LAUSD umbrella for all parent related organizations
• Director of "Islam in the Curriculum" teachers' salary point workshops
• Member California School Boards Association Parent Involvement Task Force
• Board Member Global Children Organization

Represented Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation on:

• Board of Education Cities, County and Communities Relations Committee
• Board of Education Citizens Committee on Superintendent Selection Process
• Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Task Force for the Creation of the District's Human Relations Commission
• LAUSD Superintendent's Task Force on Accountability
• LAUSD's District Multicultural Curriculum Committee
• LAUSD Gifted and Highly Gifted Task Force