
OUR TEAM

SARAH CADY
Chief Executive Officer
Sarah Cady, LICSW, brings over 20 years’ experience working with foreign-born populations in the education, health, and refugee resettlement arenas. She has been a refugee case manager, job developer, and director of programs at both the national and local levels. Prior to joining REACT DC, she served as the Executive Director of the Refugee and Immigrant Services Department at Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) overseeing large-scale employment and initial resettlement programs for refugees, SIVs, and Afghan and Ukrainian Parolees. Additionally, she opened and directed the LIRS Alexandria Field Office which resettled over 1,400 Afghan Allies after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Sarah is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in DC and Virginia and speaks French. When she is not working you can find her chasing around her 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. She is an avid reader and loves riding her bike, practicing yoga, running, and gardening.
Directors
Staff
Ahmad Tamim Ahmadi "Tamim"
Refugee Support Services Employment Program (RSSEP) Intake Coordinator
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Freshta Ansari
REACTlegal Specialist
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Ahmad Fawad Azizi
REACTresettlement Lead Case Manager​​​
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Amanullah Chamkani
REACTlegal Specialist
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Belqees Hurmat
Women's Empowerment Program Digital Literacy Instructor & Sewing Workshop Assistant
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Omid Kamal
REACTlegal Specialist
Khalid Massoudi
REACTlegal Specialist​​​​​​​
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Terry Modglin
Refugee Support Services Employment Program (RSSEP) Coordinator
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Javed Naseer-Ahmed
REACTlegal Specialist
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Mohammad Zareef Nizami
REACTlegal Specialist
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Nasira Oraal
REACTlegal Specialist
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Tammy Ross
Mentoring Youth in Virginia (MYVA) Coordinator
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Mirza Rafat
REACTlegal Specialist
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Hosay Sadat
Virginia Refugee Student Achievement Project (VRSAP) Coordinator
Zuhra Rahimi Safi
Women's Empowerment Program Child-Minding Instructor​
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Hayatullah Sherzad
REACTlegal Specialist
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Shoaib Khan Shinwari
REACTlegal Specialist
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Mansora Sultani
Women's Empowerment Program Sewing Workshop Instructor
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Zeynep Timmester
Employment Coordinator
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Samina Yousofi
Women's Empowerment Program English Language Instructor
Board of Directors
AMY MARDEN
Founder | Board Chair Emeritus
Amy has dedicated thirteen years to giving voice and agency to at-risk and transitional populations. She served six years as a resource and referral liaison for the U.S. Navy domestically and in Japan, where she worked with military families facing reintegration hardships after multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at sea. On the heels of the Afghanistan evacuations, Amy founded REACT DC to assist Afghan allies with their resettlement. She is currently the Chairman of the Board of that organization, which serves over 800 Afghan and Ukrainian newcomers per month. Amy is a practicing attorney and former federal law clerk for the Northern District of Florida, where she assessed the validity of prisoners’ last right appeals. She is also the author of The Parts We Lost, which she published on the eve of the last evacuation flight out of HKIA.

Key Volunteers
Molly Sepulvado
Founding Member
Caroline Bello​
Employment Assistance
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Kaylan Brett
Grants Acquisition Specialist
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Sarah Hawkes
Grants Acquisition
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Sofia Joucovsky
Summer Intern 2023​​
Tomoko Kawasumi
Inventory Manager
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Betsy Keenan
Community Engagement
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Caroline Lavin
Summer Intern 2022
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Kim Lundberg
Community Engangement​​
Kim Mestre
Workflow Specialist
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Jackson Sepulvado
Youth Engagement​
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Kelly Smith
Public Relations Manager
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Amy Zheng
UMD Impact Intern Summer 2024