The Iranian-American Scholarship Fund www.iasfund.org held its 15th Anniversary Gala on May 18th at the USD Joan B. Kroc Peace and Justice Center. Guests enjoyed an outdoor reception at the Garden of the Sea, followed by a seated dinner indoors.

Attendees included many IASF supporters and community leaders including several scholarship recipients who welcomed guests and thanked them for their support. Susan Missaghieh-Motlagh was the master of ceremonies, KPBS’ General Manager, Tom Karlo was guest speaker.

For several months, Kourosh Mehrayin, as chair, led an energetic event committee (Shahri Estakhry, Sarah Aghassi, Gita Khadiri, Goli Golshan, Shahrokh Golshan and Susan Missaghieh-Motlagh) plan the logistics of a very successful event.

Awards were presented by past and present scholarship recipients to honor donors who supported 10 or more scholarships in the past 15 years, including:

Drs. Behrooz and Nasrin (Owsia) Akbarnia

Dr. Mahmood and Mrs. Fereshteh Mahdavi

Dr. Massih and Mrs. Haleh Tayebi

Mr. Shahyar and Mrs. Laley Zayanderoudi

The Association of Iranian-American Professionals (AIAP)

The Persian Cultural Center (PCC)

Event Committee and Student Recipients

From L to R (seated): IASF Board Member Sarah Aghassi, IASF Board Member Shahri Estakhry, Goli Golshan,(standing) IASF Scholarship Recipient Vahid Niki, Shahrzad Julazadeh, IASF Scholarship Recipient Roya Soleimani, IASF Board Member Kourosh Mehrayin, Gita Khadiri, IASF Board Member Susan Missaghieh-Motlagh, Shahrokh Golshan, IASF Scholarship Recipient Omid Yousefian, IASF Scholarship Recipient Pouya Jamshidi