Committees and assigned Committee Heads

ARTS & CULTURE COMMITTEE (ACC). This committee is responsible for organizing PCC’s events that involve performance-based and musical activates. This committee also takes the lead in organizing major traditional celebrations such as Yald, and Mehregan. The ACC should prepare a proposal for each event that includes the nature of the event, date, location, and cost analysis. The proposal must be presented to the BOD for approval. Upon approval, ACC would assign a project manager (PM) for the event. The PM would then prepare the contract (s) for the entertainer, hall reservation, etc. for the EB signature. The PM should then put together a team for advertising, ticket sale, stage preparations, sound, light, ushering, etc. The ACC should have a petty cash budget to spend as it sees fit and then report to the BOD. This is to increase efficiency and to reduce the need for getting approval for small amounts. The amount can be up to $1,000. It can be modified by the BOD.

Sara Taghavi & Soheil Bigdeli (Head)

Anahita Babaei
Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi
Farshad Babakhani
Farshad Babakhani
Farideh Fazel
Hossain Hajimowlana
Ali Pirouzian
Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian
Baharak Shademan
Abdi Salimi
Ali Sadr

Hamid Rafizadeh (Head)

Hamid Beikzadeh

Shahla Salah

Venus Safaei

ISSD COMMITTEE. ISSD is autonomist in the administration and curriculum preparation, hiring, and firing of staff. Since all parents of ISSD automatically become members of PCC, ISSD is responsible for transferring membership fees to PCC. ISSD bank account is a sub of the PCC account. ISSD principal is automatically a member of the executive committee.

Ali Sadr (Head)

Shahnaz Ahmadian
Parisa Amini
Fariba Babakhani- Ghazi

FINANCE COMMITTEE (FC). This committee is headed by the treasurer and is responsible for providing a detailed review of financial statements and budget preparation, accounting, tax and investment, and audit issues. The treasurer is responsible for preparing a financial report for the BOD at each meeting.

Hamid Rafizadeh (Head)

Fariba Babakhani- Ghazi
Cheryl Einsele
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Shahla Salah

FUNDRAISING & COMMUNITY EVENTS COMMITTEE.  Establishes a fundraising plan (independent of arts and culture events) incorporating special fundraising events in the community (e.g., concert for Peyk, annual Bazar, Book sale, direct mail, product sales, etc.). The purpose is to raise money and take the lead in certain outreach efforts. Also, it should ensure ethical practices are in place for fundraising, donors are acknowledged appropriately, and fundraising efforts are cost-effective.

Fariba Babakhani and Shahla Salah (Head)

Mohammad Ayari
Nikoo Atefi
Farshad Babakhani
Parnian Badii
Bahar Bagherpour
Hamid Beikzadeh
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Farideh Rasouli-Fazel
Baharak Shademan
Shahla Salah
Sara Taghavi
Hamid Rafizadeh

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.  Serves as the “conscience of the board.” This committee examines how the organization and its board is functioning and accordingly:

• Sets up workable operational rules and regulations in compliance with current law and best practices
• Makes recommendations regarding board nominees and executive committee positions
• Ensures board has adequate materials and instruction to understand their roles and responsibilities
• Annually evaluates areas that need improvement and leads the board in self-assessment

Ali Sadr (Head)

Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian
Shaghayegh Hanson
Farshad Babakhani
Shahla Salah
Fariba Babkhani- Ghazi
Shahrzad Julazadeh

BUILDING (IAC). Responsible for the maintenance, repairs, remodeling, and issues regarding the IAC building

Shahla Salah (Head)

Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi
Hamid Beikzadeh
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Hamid Rafizadeh
Ali Sadr

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE. Responsible for maintaining and protecting membership files. Creating membership cards and membership benefits. This committee prepares the required materials and plans for membership drives at least twice a year, one in June and one in November of each year. The committee should present its plans to reach out and increasing membership and budget prior to each membership drive.

Farideh Fazel (Head)

Fariba Babakhani- Ghazi
Parnian Badii
Soheil Bigdeli
Shahrzad Julazadeh

Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Head)

Farideh Fazel

PEYK COMMITTEE. Responsible for PCC’s magazine: management, editing, articles, budget, costs, publishing dates, and content of the magazine.

Ali Sadr (Head)

Shahri Estakhry
Aria Fani
Shaghayegh Hanson
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Reza Khabazian
Ali Sahebzamani
Rachel Tait

PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR).  Responsible for increasing the visibility and stature of the organization among the Iranian American community and the community at large. It is also responsible for reaching out to other organizations for having joined events. PR committee is in charge of preparing email/mail/phone communications regarding general or media inquiries to PCC.

Mohamoud Pirouzian (Head)

Ali Pirouzian
Anahita Babaei
Sara Alaghehband
Ali Sadr
Sara Taghavi
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Soheil Bigdeli
Hossain Hajimowlana
Milad Jahadi
Negar Nekouei