Kareem Irfan became Chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago ( CIOGC) in January 2001 and held the position until December 2007. The CIOGC is a broad-based federation that serves over 400,000 Muslim Americans. Prior to 2001, he was involved in a number of council projects, co-chairing its Bosnian Refugee Relocation Project and chairing its Media Relations Committee. He has worked together with the

Islamic Society of North America The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a nonprofit organization based in Plainfield, Indiana. It provides a number of programs and services to the Muslim community and broader society. ISNA holds an annual convention which is generally re ...

(ISNA) in many areas including program development, presentations, and media relations for ISNA's annual conventions, and was a founding member of the ISNA Wills & Living Trusts Initiative. He now sits on the board of directors of the Islamic Center of Naperville and continues to do pro bono work for non-profit, religious, and professional institutions. Mr. Irfan works as Assistant General Counsel for the North American Division of Square D Co. - Schneider Electric, a French global manufacturer of

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, automation and control products. He has a master's degree in

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from

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and a J.D. from

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. Recently he has served as Secretary and Board Director of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago and as Chairman of its Inventor Services Committee.

Awards

Mr. Irfan has earned the Distinguished Community Leadership Award from the

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; the Distinguished Interfaith Collaboration Award from Mayor Richard Daley of

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

; the Outstanding Religious Services Award from Imam W.D. Mohammed’s

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Muslim Community; and the Community Service Award from the Muslim Bar Association.

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CNN Newsnight Transcript, October 9, 2002 - 22:00 ET
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