Fahad has over 23 years of youth development, public policy, organizational leadership, fund development, strategy and program design experience.. His expertise is creating policy solutions in partnership with youth, community members, elected officials and philanthropic leaders, and has led incredible collaborative efforts that span intersecting issues, including health equity, financial and economic justice, transportation justice and education reform. He has led the design and implementation of nationally recognized youth leadership programs and is also an expert trainer/facilitator, building the capacity of community-led coalitions across the country.
Fahad has a longstanding relationship of over 17 years at yli, spanning from his time as a program participant in tobacco prevention efforts to serving as a regional director supporting the Bay Area offices. Through this trajectory, he has been at all levels of the staffing experience, which he leverages in his current role as Chief Program Officer. In his role as CPO, he oversees the fidelity, impact and outcomes for all programs across the state, strategies on sustaining movement/power building, and supports a diverse team of managers across our respective sites.
Prior to rejoining yli in 2022, Fahad served as the Senior Director of Strategy at MyPath – the national nonprofit seeding youth economic opportunity. With MyPath, he led efforts to scale programs that integrate financial capability into emerging guaranteed income projects and credit building products for foster youth, leading policy and advocacy efforts and supporting the organization’s youth development model and leadership work.
Fahad has a B.A. from San Francisco State University in political science and is a 2016 Urban Habitat Board and Commissions Leadership Institute graduate. He is a proud parent and currently lives in San Joaquin County. He is deeply committed to amplifying youth voice, community power and the ability to change community conditions.