Meet the Team
New Vision Foundation staff, from the Founder & Executive Director, to Software Developers that teach the coding classes, are members of the minority community themselves.
Hussein Farah is the Founder and Executive Director of the New Vision Foundation, a nonprofit organization that engages, motivates, and inspires disadvantaged youth through coding classes and digital inclusion programs.
A social entrepreneur and a strategic business developer, Farah has extensive experience leading local, national and global efforts to create community-centered, asset-based solutions that advance community economic development and social justice. He co-founded the African Development Center, a nonprofit that provides guidance and financial success to African immigrants in Minnesota, and has received a number of local, national and international awards recognizing his vision, leadership and community contributions.
Farah is passionate about increasing the participation of minority communities in the high-tech industry as a means of solving income and racial disparities in Minnesota. He is a 2018 Bush Fellow at the Bush Foundation, and a 2017/2018 Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Eric Kibisu has the task of designing and rolling out the digital literacy coursework for New Vision Foundation globally, working with instruction teams in the US and the developing countries where the foundation sets up programs. He also specifies software builds for the business-class laptops and other IT equipment that New Vision Foundation provides to support its classes.
A native Kenyan, Eric holds an MS degree in Software Engineering from the University of St. Thomas and twin BS degrees in Computer Information Science and Computer Engineering Technology from Minnesota State. His professional background includes nearly 20 years of application development, network engineering, and college-level teaching. Eric is an avid club soccer player and a youth coach for the Coon Rapids Soccer Association.
Skilled professional with strong knowledge of marketing practices, communication development and strategies. In addition to her marketing experience, Muna holds a B.S in Human Resources from the University of Minnesota and has strong background knowledge of HR policies, organizational development, HR systems management expertise, and data analysis as well as leadership experience and enterprise consulting.
“I thought learning code would be impossible, but this program showed me that I was more than capable.”
Board of Directors
Anil Hurkadi
Strategic leader with vast experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy and executive management.
Stacey Nelson-Kumar
Director of Community Impact for Comcast, manages multiple charitable organizations to bridge the digital divide across communities