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The Board of Trustees was established by the Sufi Ruhaniat International to serve the living stream that flows from the life and teachings of Murshid Samuel L. Lewis (Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti). The Board is responsible for the development, accomplishment, and safeguarding of the Ruhaniat’s programs, projects, and fiscal health, with guidance from the Murshids' Circle.

Board of Trustees members are Pir Shabda Kahn (President), Jilani Prescott (Meeting Facilitator), Abraham Sussman, Arjun Jorge Calero, Diana Lyon, Gauri Johnson, Maitreya Jon Stevens, and Rahimah Sweeney.

Staff members supporting the Board are Waduda Welsh (Treasurer), Basira Beardsworth (Secretary), and Farrunnissa Rosa (Recording Secretary).

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Photo from November 2019, the last in time the board met in person:
(from left) Pablo Iturralde, Guy Benintendi, Karim McIntyre, Leilah Be, Sabura Perry, Pir Shabda Kahn, Bryn Morgan, Rashid Beurskens, Munira Reed, Abraham Sussman, Waduda Welsh, Basira Beardsworth.