Dafer M. Dakhil

Dafer Dakhil is the Director of Community Development & External Affairs and acts as the official spokesman of Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation. In this capacity, he is responsible for Foundation's Governmental, Public and Private Sectors and Community Relations and for developing and overseeing the implementation of secular, cultural and educational outreach programs. He has served the Los Angeles community for over a decade and has been 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. In 2002, he received the Martin Luther King Legacy Association/Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Angeles Prophetic Witness Award and the Mount St. Mary's College Cultural Fluency Award. He is also actively involved in the Los Angeles Unified School District and has represented the Foundation on numerous LAUSD task forces and committees.