Membership of the Regional Baha’i Councils
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To all believers in the United Kingdom
Dearly loved Friends,
The National Spiritual Assembly sends you its warmest greetings.
It is delighted to share with you the names of those who will serve on the Regional Bahá’í Councils for the coming year, commencing on 26 November, the Day of the Covenant. Those serving on the Council for England were elected, and those serving on the Councils for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales were appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly, in consultation with Counsellor Shirin Fozdar-Foroudi, and having due regard for the confidential nominations of the members of Local Spiritual Assemblies and the confidential nominations received from the Auxiliary Board members in those regions. The members of the Regional Councils are as follows:
England:
Naghme Adab-Fozdar, Stephen Agahi-Murphy, Christopher Lee, Talieh Mann‑Kapoor, Marco Milone, Farshid Taleb, Stephen Vickers, Natasha S. Wilkinson, Ronnie Y. Bindra
Northern Ireland:
Jamie Anderson, Rhianna Giffin, Maria Graham, Patricia Irvine, Patricia Jamshidi
Scotland:
Diane Edwards, Allan Forsyth, Richard Fusco, Arlette Manasseh, Sean Morrissey
Wales:
Tessa Abbas, Bernardo Kerr, Fleur Missaghian, Munyaradzi Mumvuma, Tristan O’Neill
The National Assembly would like to take this opportunity to express its deep appreciation to Venus Alaee-Carew, Wendy Borrill, Ian Fozdar, Lorraine Fozdar, Andrew Goodwin, Mina Sheppard, Farhad Varjavandi (all Scotland), and Omid Behi (Wales) who will no longer serve as members of Regional Councils. Undoubtedly they will continue their distinguished efforts to advance the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh and our love and prayers are with them and their dear families who have supported them during their service.
In the year ahead, we pass through the remaining months of the period of special potency between the bicentenaries of the Births of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb. The services of Regional Councils in guiding, supporting, stimulating, and lending strategic coherence to the overall efforts of the friends across the United Kingdom are vital in enabling each region to advance and make their contribution to the achievements of the current Plan. The National Assembly invites you to join it in ardent prayers that their endeavours may be richly blessed and confirmed.
With loving Bahá’í greetings,
Patrick O’Mara
Secretary