Meet the AMC Executive Board

Joshua Salaam has strong roots in the American Muslim community. He started attending national Muslim youth camps at the age of 12 and continued as a participant, counselor and speaker for over 30 years. Joshua entered the U.S. Air Force in 1995 and served as a Police officer for four years. He was a key contributor in establishing Friday prayer services on base for Muslim military members and went on to serve as an Imam in Goldsboro, NC for several years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies with a focus in Christian/Muslim relations from Hartford Seminary and a Doctorate of Ministry.

Zahra M. began working as an Associate Muslim College chaplain in 2023. She has been serving as the Interim Education Chaplain at AMC since September 2024.

Chaplain (Major) Ryan Carter was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He is a military chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces currently posted to Ottawa, Canada. His chaplaincy career has allowed him to experience and be directly involved in operations in Canada and abroad in addition to being part of muslim communities across the globe. His passion is to serve the community in developing capacity to better support the mental and spiritual fitness of youth and young adults. He is a nationally recognized leader in Anti Racism programming and education in the workplace and has developed a number of diversity focused initiatives across Canada including the initiative; "Talking About Race" which is a national platform for discussions on race and discrimination in the workplace. As a chaplain, Ryan is a member of the Male Allies group with Peaceful Families, and is the co-author of the Muslim Abusive Patterns Intervention program rolled out by Peaceful Families this year.

In addition to being traditionally trained in the Islamic sciences, he holds a BA (Hon) in Criminology and Social Policy from Ontario Tech University Canada, a MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Durham University, UK, and a MA in Muslim-Christian Relations from Hartford International University, USA.

Samra Ali is an accomplished educator and management professional with a robust background in arts, nonprofit work, and volunteerism. Over the past 15yrs, Samra has been instrumental in the Accreditation, development and expansion of one of the leading Islamic private schools in North Texas, and then as the Housing and Procurement Manager at the Texas Muslim Women's Foundation, where she was dedicated to supporting and empowering victims of domestic violence through her expertise in multi-level operations.

Bio forthcoming.

Jaye is a graduate of Hartford International University's Islamic Chaplaincy Program and an ICU chaplain at Michigan Medicine where she also serves on the ethics committee and focuses on Muslim staff care. She underwent CPE training with ACPE and was previously an AMC board member and a co-editor of Mantle of Mercy: Islamic Chaplaincy in North America.

Usama Malik is based in Austin, Texas, and serves primarily as the Resident Chaplain at Muslim Space. He also serves as a chaplain with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Trinity University. Usama works full-time as Senior Associate for Student Affairs and Communications at Austin Seminary.

Ustadh Nadeem Siddiqi grew up in Knoxville where he has lived since 1977. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in Economics in 2002 and from Tayseer Seminary in 2016 in its first class. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Muslim Community of Knoxville, Annoor Academy of Knoxville, Tayseer Seminary, and the Association of Muslim Chaplains. He serves as adjunct faculty for Tayseer Seminary where he teaches a course in community governance and service. Ustadh Nadeem serves as a Muslim Chaplain in the local prisons and at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for the Muslim Student Association.

Lauren Schreiber is the co-founder and Executive Director of Center DC, a Muslim third space in Washington DC. She is currently pursuing her masters in chaplaincy at Hartford Seminary, with a specialty in Islamic Studies. Under her leadership, Center DC launched a community chaplaincy project in January 2021, where they offer pastoral care to the broader community, free of charge. She is a convert to Islam, the wife of a youth director and mother of a wonderful little year old girl.

Salahuddin A. Muhammad comes from rich religious traditions on both sides of his family and is a third-generation Muslim American. He is married with three children; two girls and one boy. He has a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a Clinical Chaplain for the Bureau of Prisons. He also serves as Vice President of Corrections for the Association of Muslim Chaplains. He authored the book America’s Imam: Warith Deen Mohammed’s Interpretation of Islam in the Milieu of American Society. Salahuddin A. Muhammad also serves as an Associate Imam at As-Salaam Islamic center of Raleigh, NC.