Sheila Badwan was born in Raleigh, NC and was raised in Greenville, NC. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelor’s in business administration with a concentration in Management from East Carolina University. She has worked in the healthcare industry in many specialties doing medical billing and coding for the last 10 years.
Sheila has extensive community collaboration experience volunteering and developing projects with refugee, immigrant, and differently abled populations. Sheila is a cofounder of an Interfaith group of women in Milwaukee called Open Arms. Sheila is currently the Vice President for the Hanan Refugees Relief Group. She is the Director for Wisconsin chapter. She works heavily with refugees and immigrant populations in the Milwaukee, WI community. She is married and a devoted mom of 2 kids. One of her kids is partially deaf and has Epilepsy. Sheila believes it is important in building bridges among various communities. She has worked in the Milwaukee, and across Wisconsin in cities establishing relationships with many various cultures, communities, and religions on refugee/immigrant issues. She serves on an advisory board with Our Peaceful Home a culturally specific domestic violence program with the Milwaukee Muslim Womens Coalition in Wisconsin. She also is on a steering committee for the Home program, which celebrates refugees and helps plan the World Refugee day through Lynden Sculpture Garden.
Sheila constantly does interviews to discuss the refugee and immigrant issues locally and nationally. Sheila is the recipient of numerous recognitions. In 2019, she was part of 100 most influential people in a piece This is Milwaukee, a piece that chose people that contributed to the public life of the Milwaukee community. She was named Hero of the Month by a local Milwaukee Magazine Shepherd Express in July 2022.

Dr. Awadallah is a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician currently residing and practicing in Nebraska.

He completed his Bacherlor’s and UNC Chapel Hill, his medical degree at St George and his Internal medicine and Pulmonary/critical training at ECU. He is also a devoted husband and a father for 2 beautiful children.

He is currently active in establishing a tele-medicine program for hospitals in the West Bank.

Throughout his career, Dr. Awadallah has volunteered with several organizations locally abroad. In addition to Humanitarian assistance abroad, he is involved in medical outreach programs in the US.

Assistant professor at several universities in Gaza strip specializing in Education. Received PhD in the philosophy of education at Tanta university in Egypt. Dr Raed has been volunteering with Hanan RRG since its establishment, implementing projects in the Gaza strip. He then became one of Hanan RRG staff members in 2023. He continues to oversee and implement different projects in Gaza in collaboration with other international organizations on the ground.