Abdullah Pat Aylward
abdullahaylward@sscboard.org
North Central region rep., Board Chair, Executive Committee, Outreach Committee, Fundraising Committee
Abdullah Patrick Aylward, Board Chair, is a Muqaddam Murrabi Ruhi and founder of Sufi Center Minnesota. He took bay’ah with Sidi Muhammad al Jamal in 2002. He graduated from the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism in 2005. He has been a board member and officer of a number of non-profits. He was a Board member of Project for Pride in Living (PPL) from 1985-2010 and served as its Chair from 2001-2007. PPL is a large Minnesota non-profit organization whose mission is to provide housing, job training and education for poor and moderate income people. He served as Treasurer of Shadhiliyya Sufi Communities (SSC) from 2005-2009. He served as Co-Chair of the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism from 2009-2015.
Ruhayyah Andrea Ferrante
ruhayyahferrante@sscboard.org
Rep. temporarily assigned through the currently unassigned slot in Northern CA & Hawaii region, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Governance Committee, Outreach Committee
Rahim Jon Bushard
rahimbushard@sscboard.org
Midwest region rep., Treasurer, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Beloveds In Need Committee, Projects Committee
Rahim Jon Bushard represents the Minnesota community on the SSC board. He was first exposed to the Sufi path through his beloved Yasmine Cindy Libman when she and he hosted our Guide Sidi in their home in 2011. He took hand at that time but only since 2018, has he stepped more fully onto the Path. He is presently serving as tech support for the Institute for Spiritual Healing and as a participant in the Advanced Sufi Walking Three class with Ibrahim Jaffe and Salima Adelstein.
Aziz Jack Sanford
azizsanford@sscboard.org
South Central region rep., Secretary, Executive Committee, Outreach Committee, Fundraising Committee, Land Committee
Jannah Betty Godlas
jannahgodlas@sscboard.org
Southeast region rep., Beloveds In Need Committee, Governance Committee
Halwa Tracey Panuschka
halwapanuschka@sscboard.org
Northern CA & Hawaii rep., Projects Committee, Land Committee
There is nothing, only Allah (swa).
Hassan Roy Martin
hassanmartin@sscboard.org
Northwest region rep., Finance Committee, Fundraising Committee
Kamila Carolyn Shenmen
kamilashenmen@sscboard.org
South Central region rep., Governance Committee, Projects Committee
Rahima Susan Schmall
rahimaschmall@sscboard.org
Southwest region rep., Programs Committee
Rahima Schmall, Ph.D., RN, became a student of Sidi’s in 1999. She then moved to the Land in Pope Valley where she became the lead teacher of the zawiyyah retreat and then Director of the Healing Intensive, an SSC program she still leads today.
In 2004, Rahima was one of the founding faculty of the University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism. She served as the department chair of the Spiritual Healing and Counseling Master’s until her resignation in 2019. Today, Rahima lives in Santa Fe where she works as a clinical psychologist and Sufi healer and teacher. She remains passionate about helping people walk and heal in the Sufi way.
Abdul Rashid Mark Klarich
abdulrashidklarich@sscboard.org
Northeast region rep., Finance Committee
Majid Mark Hoch
majidhoch@sscboard.org
Mid-Atlantic region rep., Liaison between the SSC Board and Ma’rifa Foundation
Majid Mark Hoch, MD, MDiv., was introduced to the teachings of our Guide, Sidi Muhammad, when he was gifted with a copy of Music of the Soul by Kamil David Nash in 1998. He went to his first Shadhdhuliyyah Sufi gathering with Ibrahim Jaffe at Salima Adelstein’s place in 1999. He took bay’ah with Sidi in 2006 in Chicago. Majid is a 2009 graduate of the 3-year University of Sufism (UoS) program and received his Masters of Divinity in Spiritual Healing and Sufi Ministry in 2022, also from UoS.
Majid has been very involved with the holistic medical movement since the late 1980’s. He is a past President of the American Holistic Medical Association and a founding diplomate of the American Board of Holistic / Integrated Medicine in 2000. He has been active in the Minnesota and Asheville Shadhiliyya Sufi communities.
Majid’s passion is helping each person find their True self, to live in full integrity, and optimal health in body, mind, community, and spirit. Ya Allah!