OUR TEAM

Our team at the WAI Foundation is dedicated first and foremost to having a positive impact on the community. Though we all have different specified roles, we all have one common goal: to raise awareness about issues that are important to us!

Board Members 

Zeba Khan

Co-founder and Director of Operations 

SABA VATANPOUR

DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

Saba is a second year Sciences student at UBC. Besides research and editing papers, she volunteers for the community and provides medical help in St. John Ambulance Brigade. She’s the co-president of Smiles without Limits Foundation, an organization striving to build/renovate all inclusive playgrounds in cities of BC.

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IMAD AHMAD

Co-founder and Fundraising Director 

The ability to work hard is the most valuable trait one can have.

Imad is a second year student at UBC  studying Biochemistry.

He has spent many hours volunteering at the Special Olympics, and loves spending time with the kids he teaches at . After completing his undergraduate degree, he hopes to pursue his dreams of becoming a doctor.

NIKI OVEISI

DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

Niki is a second year Biology student at the University of British Columbia. She hopes to pursue medicine in New York City after she completing her Bachelor’s degree.

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Niki is also an Equity Ambassador at UBC, she practices the art of calligraphy and plays the Iranian instrument, “Tar”.

Executive Team