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 & Ali Pirouzian (Head)

Anahita Babaei
Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi
Farshad Babakhani
Marshia Hashemi
Hossain Hajimowlana
Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian
Soheil Bigdeli
Mojgan Kalantar
Baharak Shademan
Sara Alavi
Tayebeh Bahmani
Abdi Salimi
Mehdi T. N.
Ali Sadr

Hamid Rafizadeh (Head)

Hamid Beikzadeh

Parnian Badii (Head)

ISSD COMMITTEE. ISSD is autonomous 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
Ali Pirouzian
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.

Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Head)

Hamid Rafizadeh
Mahmoud Reza Pirouzian
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-Ghazi (Head)

Mohammad Ayari
Nikoo Atefi
Farshad Babakhani
Parnian Badii
Sara Alavi
Hamid Beikzadeh
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Farideh Rasouli-Fazel
Baharak Shademan
Shahla Salah
Marshia Hashemi
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
Shahla Salah
Fariba Babkhani- Ghazi
Shahrzad Julazadeh

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

Hamid Rafizadeh (Head)

Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi
Hamid Beikzadeh
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Shahla Salah
Ali Sadr

Soheil Bigdeli (Head)

Fariba Babakhani- Ghazi
Tayebeh Bahmani
Sara Taghavi
Sara Alavi
Ali Sadr
Shahrzad Julazadeh

Fariba Babakhani-Ghazi (Head)

Farideh Fazel

Ali Sadr (Head)

Shahri Estakhry
Saeed Jalali
Shaghayegh Hanson
Shahrzad Julazadeh
Reza Khabazian
Ali Sahebzamani
Rachel Tait
Hooshyar Afsar