Naseem Qader has enjoyed a decades-long career in media and marketing. Her work experience included a seven-year engagement as a strategic marketing planner for the Los Angeles Times. She also served six years as Director of Marketing for Valassis Communications. Other roles included a Product Development Manager role at Gemstar Corp. and a marketing planner with Knight-Ridder Newspapers. Naseem’s specialties include strategic planning, business development, marketing research, CRM, multi-cultural marketing, and nonprofit branding and governance.

Naseem currently serves as Chair of Public Relations and Marketing at the World Affairs Council of Orange County and is a member of the group’s executive board. She’s an advocate for special-needs children. She was a global ambassador for Special Olympics World Games and has been a volunteer at the Shea Therapeutic Riding Center. And, is active with New Ground: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change. She’s passionate about resolving global conflicts.

Originally from Hyderabad, India, Naseem now resides with her husband Tom in Lake Forest, CA. She enjoys hiking, travel, art, history and foreign-language films.

She holds a B.S. in Behavioral Sciences and an M.B.A. from California Polytechnic University, Pomona.