Our People

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Founder of AHA Foundation
Ayaan’s journey began in Somalia in 1969 where, as a young girl, she was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). From very early on, she questioned the subjugation of women she saw all around her; while listening to a sermon on the many ways women should be obedient to their husbands, she couldn't resist asking, "Must our husbands obey us too?"
Ayaan has shown great courage, risking her life to expose the violence she sees around her. But she has done more than speak out. Ayaan has connected her life experiences, and the attention she garnered, to the AHA Foundation. She took action to protect women and girls from the violence she - and so many others - faced.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is currently a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and founder of the AHA Foundation. Prior to joining the Hoover Institution, she was a Fellow at the Belfer Center’s Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard University, and a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Read more
Our Team
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Trey Dimsdale
President
As President of AHA Foundation, Trey Dimsdale provides strategic leadership, overseeing fundraising, operations, board engagement, and program development to advance AHA’s mission. Through his thought leadership, public advocacy, and championing of freedom and individual rights, he will steward the foundation's growth as a prominent voice and principled force in the restoration of Liberal values and ideals.
Previously, Trey served as Executive Director of the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy and held leadership roles at several think tanks, including the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.

Amanda Parker
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Amanda Parker is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Director of AHA Foundation. Ms. Parker oversees AHA’s women’s rights programs. She develops federal and state policy proposals to protect women and girls from harmful cultural practices, recently working with Michigan to put in place the most comprehensive anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) legislation in the country. She has facilitated trainings on honor violence, FGM, forced marriage, and child marriage for more than 3,000 professionals likely to encounter cases, and has supported survivors of these abuses to help them find protection and the services they need.

Oluwadamilola Alabi
Chicago North Side Program Coordinator

Natalie Arroyo
Marketing and Data Manager

Michele Hanash
Director of Policy and Women's Programs

Susanna McIntyre
Development Associate

Lisa Brett
Senior Consultant

Sean Callaghan
Senior Researcher

Karla Pincott
Communications Advisor

Golbon Marandiz
Data Analyst Intern

Rivka Nathan
Development Intern