The Afghan Education Peace Foundation, a New York City based not-for-profit, seeks to strengthen the security of the United States by rebuilding the economic and social infrastructure of Afghanistan. We sponsor the education of Afghanistan’s best and brightest students in American high schools, community colleges and universities who will return to Afghanistan to contribute their new skills to the reconstruction. A stable and prosperous Afghanistan is key to American national security.

We seek to sponsor students interested in receiving associates, bachelors, and postgraduate degrees in civil and electrical engineering, mining and geological engineering, telecommunications, agriculture, education, pre-med, medicine, nursing, pre-law, law, accounting, finance, and business administration.

Upon the completion of their degrees in the United States, sponsored students will then be required to commit a minimum of five years working in Afghanistan on projects, identified by the Foundation with the assistance of the Afghan government, deemed critical to the social and economic security of the country.

What We Envision

  • Eliminating ideological extremism and acts of terrorism
  • Reinforcing U.S. national security by ensuring the political, social and economic stability of Afghanistan and the region
  • Equipping Afghan students with the skills they need to contribute to the reconstruction
  • Creating the future business and political leaders of Afghanistan
  • Promoting gender equality in education and the role of women in Afghanistan’s future
  • Broadening the global view of Afghan students and dispelling myths about the West and Westerners
  • Broadening American students’ perception of Afghanistan and its people
  • Building, nurturing and enhancing cross cultural dialogue between the United States and Afghanistan
  • Promoting Afghanistan’s economic prosperity, a higher quality of life, and greater connectedness with the global economy

Learn more about our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors.

Board of Directors

◦ Chairman Ahmad Zubair Sahar Mahjoor

◦ Vice Chairman Jeffrey Takeshi Omura

◦ General Counsel Michael F. Colosi, Senior VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.

◦ Trustee Chet Kane, Founder of Kane Bortree & Associates

◦ Trustee Tim Kleiman, Investment Analyst of D.E. Shaw & Co.

◦ Trustee Ashraf Haidari, Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan

Board of Advisors

◦ John Donnelly, Senior Advisor for US Resource Mobilization at UN-Habitat

◦ John Coonrod, Vice President of The Hunger Project

◦ Richard Iannuzzi, President of the New York State United Teachers, Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers, Vice President of the New York State AFL-CIO

◦ Susan Karp, Chief Development Officer of the Young Women’s Leadership Network

◦ Laura J. Marks, Executive Director of the Louis and Nancy Hatch Dupree Foundation

◦ James Cecil, President of Cadence Communications

◦ Howard Moskowitz, CEO of iNovation Inc. and President of Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.