PACSI is indebted to many friends and acquaintances for their contribution in time and funds. In today’s economic market, a greater amount of hard work and dedication is needed in order to move forward with the programs we have set out to develop. The challenges are great, but our dedication and perseverance is forthright and that is the beginning of a successful organization. We hope you will visit us often and support PACSI where it is needed most. However, we could not have come this far without the support of dedicated workers. We have many community friends who work behind the scenes; however, below is a list of our team.
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Khalida Q. Kareemi
Founder & CEOKhalida Kareemi is the founder of PACSI. She is also a professor of English at De Anza College, in Cupertino. She has over sixteen years of teaching experience at several community colleges, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, and Stanford University.
Seema Kareemi
Co-Founder, Executive DirectorSeema Kareemi is the co-founder and Executive Director of PACSI. She has a degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of California at Davis. She has worked on Capitol Hill in Washington DC for a member of Congress.
Ms. Kareemi has organized conferences at various universities to attract Pakistanis to issues relating to social and political issues affecting young Pakistani-Americans. At PACSI, she has invigorated the enthusiasm amongst the younger and older generations of Pakistani-Americans.
Dr. Naghmana Bajwa
Outreach CommitteeNaghmana Bajwa, M.D., has been Head of Drug Safety Biological at Bayer HealthCare since 2005. Dr. Bajwa has over fifteen years of experience and is a trained General Surgeon. Dr. Bajwa enjoys community work and is a member of Bayer Diversity Council, American Muslim Alliance (AMA), Association of Physicians of Pakistani-descent of North America (APPNA), She supports Pakistani programs and has often taken her issues up at the Capitol in Washington D.C. in order to promote Pakistani concerns.
C.J. Callen
Nominating DirectorCJ comes to us with several years of non-profit experience and has worked in the capacity of program director and developer of programs. She earned a JD from Stanford University of Law. She has also earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science (and awarded magna carta) from New York University where she earned the Dean’s list, and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.
Sarah Khan
Membership committeeSara has worked in non-profit for many years. She comes to PACSI as a web support professional..
Seema Shams
Fundraising CommitteeSeema is the Chief Development Officer for the Carter Center. Her expertise is in fundraising.


