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Founder and managing director of Houston's leading public relations firm, Mustafa Tameez has had a diverse career in public relations. He is widely regarded as a pioneer in ethnic marketing, advertising and political consulting with a breadth and depth of experience matched by few. With an unparalleled understanding of global challenges and an uncanny ability to craft effective local solutions, he has positioned Outreach Strategists as a recognized leader in public affairs and strategic communications.
Mustafa Tameez has advised members of congress and state legislatures, big city mayors and federal agencies, on how to fight and win political battles. He has skillfully guided clients through the most perilous communication challenges of the last decade.
Dubbed as one of the most influential members of his generation by the press, his name has appeared alongside other luminaries. Mustafa's numerous successful campaigns on behalf of Democrats in the south have garnered accolades from both the regional and national press. His standing as an expert in the field of communications and political strategy is based on an extensive body of knowledge.
In the 2006 election cycle, Tameez played a pivotal role in recruiting and launching the winning congressional campaigns for Nick Lampson and Ciro D. Rodriguez, providing the first two-member increase in Texas' Democratic delegation in 14 years. In 2005, he served as the campaign manager to Mayor Bill White of Houston, whose 91% represents the highest vote share of any big city mayor in 25 years.
Randall Butler is a highly trained expert at using peaceful conflict resolution to avoid potentially violent situations. In order to ameliorate cultural and societal violence Randall has dedicated his life's work to the belief that building a sustainable peace is possible and that conflicts can be overcome through collaborative interaction between hostile groups. Randall's work has transcended borders, languages, and historic cultural divides and has led to powerful breakthroughs for the individuals and groups involved.
Randall's expertise and accomplishments building rapprochement and progress stretch from communities in the Balkans, to the Sudan, to the United States. Under his careful supervision members of the warring Serbian and Croat communities have been able to resolve their historical enmity and emerged stronger for the experience. His efforts to guide members of the Sudanese Diaspora toward reconciliation have been a major step in easing hostilities and moving this group toward stability. Randall has also fostered productive dialogue between Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States, creating ripples in the struggle toward peace overseas. The cumulative effect of Randall's work is to reorder the way groups in conflict manage differences so they do not erupt into violence, bloodshed and chaos.
Randall's previous work as a partner and litigator at Fulbright and Jaworski and Cook, Butler, Doyle has given him the necessary insights into the diplomatic process of arbitration. While his extensive background as an ambassador for and master practitioner of peaceful, non-violent dispute mediation led him to found the Institute for Sustainable Peace.
Dan Grant is an expert in post- and continuing-conflict areas around the globe, particularly in the Islamic world. He has had extensive experience in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and worked on the stabilization and democratization of each of those countries. Dan's experience was put to good use as an advisor to the John Kerry Presidential campaign as an Afghanistan policy advisor, and his ability to reach out Arab, Kurdish, Christian, and Muslim communities was demonstrated when he helped lead the largest Iraqi out-of-country voting program in the world in 2005.
Dan has consulted for the United States Defense Department on cultural and political training for American forces en route to Iraq and Afghanistan, and, at the direction of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, has worked for the Unites States Department of State as a specialist on the 2009 Afghan elections. His expertise and deep professional assistance have aided him in over a dozen international elections. He is a graduate of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and The London School of Economics.
Huma comes to Outreach Strategists with over 20 years of experience in the area of environmental law and policy. As an environmental attorney, she represented government entities and corporate clients on environmental regulatory, liability, and public policy issues. Her area of concentration includes work with the Clean Air Act and air quality control measures. While working in Washington, D.C., Huma worked with Congressional members to reform New Source Review legislation and reforms to the 1996 CERCLA legislation. After Hurricane Katrina, Huma served on a 10-member panel made up of leaders from Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas who sought to implement better environmental planning into the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast Region. Her extensive government involvement on a municipal, state, and federal level offers a unique insider perspective in areas of regulatory law.
In addition to her environmental work, Huma has logged countless hours in the area of community outreach and engagement with disenfranchised communities. Her language skills include French, Spanish, Arabic and fluency in Urdu.
Huma Ahmed has a Masters Degree in Public Administration and a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School and is licensed to practice law in Texas. She currently serves as the Director of Program Development and General Counsel for Outreach Strategists, LLC.
Joseph Emmett is a longtime expatriate resident of India since 1997 with considerable experience in conducting trade delegations and economic development activities in both India and Houston. As a student of Indian culture in both American academia and a traditional Indian ashram, he brings a unique familiarity and comfort to working in South Asia.
His experience in exposing a start-up and two consultancies to the Indian market have created a wide ranging network for him with both the government and the private sector. Working on behalf of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce as the lead organizer of their 2008 trade mission to Mumbai and Pune further deepened his ties at the highest levels of “India Inc.”.
Joseph's reach in the Houston community is also extensive in terms of governmental and corporate access. He is a proud board member of the dynamic South Asian Chamber of Commerce and works extensively on behalf of the non-profit Vedanta Cultural Foundation, USA.
He currently resides in Mumbai.
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