Dr. Zahid Bukhari is President of the Islamic Circle of North America and serves as Executive Director of the Center for Islam and Public Policy (CIPP). He previously served as Director of the American Muslim Studies Program at Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian understanding, Georgetown University. Dr. Bukhari also worked as Director of Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square at Georgetown University and is currently serving as a member of the Governor of Maryland’s Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs.