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Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim
"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." - Confucius
A committed youth advocate, Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim brings over 10 years of combined youth development, non-profit management, and capacity-building experience as Executive Director of Future Foundation. She serves on the board for the South West Atlanta Youth Foundation and assists various non-profits with organizational development. She has been invited to the White House to discuss her work in non-profit capacity building, contributed to a national best practice manual on non-profit capacity building, and served as a keynote speaker and panelist on the topic at local and national leadership forums. Qaadirah also served eight years as a U.S. Air Force Reservist and received several meritorious service awards for her non-combat duties during the September 11 attacks.
Since taking the helm at Future Foundation in 2005, Qaadirah's leadership inspired growth from one program serving a dozen children to nine programs reaching more than 4,000. A native Atlantan, she is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of San Francisco. Qaadirah's results-driven approach to leadership and uncompromised standard of excellence has earned her a seat at the table of Atlanta's most influential professionals, most recently as a 2010 L.E.A.D Atlanta class participant and in 2007 as a Power 30 Under 30 finalist. Qaadirah is currently pursuing an M.B.A. at Emory's Goizueta Business School.