South Asian Network Inc

Profile Not Current (Last updated: Jan 09, 2026 )

MANAGEMENT

CEO/Executive Director

Shakeel Syed

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Shakeel serves as the Executive Director of SAN. Syed comes to SAN with decades long leadership experience having led the Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development (OCCORD) and the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California as its Executive Director. For more than two decades Syed has organized minority communities in protecting their civil rights & civil liberties, fostered interfaith solidarity, advocated for the rights of immigrant & low wage workers and the political empowerment of the minority communities. Syed continues to speak and write on these and other issues, such as police abuse, mass incarceration and for the human rights of all people. Syed has served the boards of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American Friends Service Community (AFSC), Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) and Death Penalty Focus (DPF) and continues to serve as a volunteer chaplain in the prisons.

Staff Information

Number of Full-Time Staff 13
Number of Part-Time Staff 3
Number of Volunteers 80
Number of Contract Staff 2

Staff Demographics

Ethnicity
Other 0
Caucasian 0
Hispanic/Latino 0
African American/Black 0
Asian American/Pacific Islander 16
Native American/American Indian 0
Gender
Male 3
Female 13
Not Specified 0

CONTACT

South Asian Network Inc

18173 Pioneer Blvd
suite i
artesia, CA 90701

hina@southasiannetwork.org

Phone: 5624030488

southasiannetwork.org/