Sharon Nazarian is an American social activist, academic and philanthropist.
19 Facts About Sharon Nazarian
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Sharon Nazarian is currently the Senior Vice President, International Affairs, for the Anti-Defamation League.
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Sharon Nazarian's father, Younes Nazarian, was a businessman, philanthropist, and an early investor in the satellite technology company Qualcomm.
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Sharon Nazarian has two brothers, Sam Nazarian, David Nazarian, and a sister, Shulamit Nazarian.
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Sharon Nazarian graduated from the University of Southern California, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and International Relations.
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Sharon Nazarian then received a master's degree and a PhD in political science from USC.
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In 2017, Nazarian joined the executive team of the Anti-Defamation League as Senior Vice President for International Affairs, taking the responsibility of fighting Antisemitism and racial hatred around the globe, including overseeing ADL's Israel office.
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In September 2019, Sharon Nazarian testified before a joint House committee hearing on the Internationalization of the Global White Supremacy Movement.
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In June 2019, Sharon Nazarian represented the Anti-Defamation League in Mexico City, Mexico where ADL and the Mexican Foreign Ministry signed an agreement to work together to protect people of Mexican heritage living in the United States who are victims of discrimination, bigotry, bullying, and hate crimes.
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In January 2020, Sharon Nazarian testified before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom regarding global efforts to counter Antisemitism.
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Sharon Nazarian taught as an adjunct professor at UCLA in the Department of Political Science, is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and sits on a myriad of foreign policy boards.
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Sharon Nazarian is a major shareholder of Nazarian Enterprises and SBE Entertainment Group.
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In 2021, Sharon Nazarian was considered for an ambassadorship position at the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in the Biden administration.
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Sharon Nazarian serves as the president of the Younes and Soraya Sharon Nazarian Family Foundation, which is dedicated to the promotion of education as the most important catalyst for societal change.
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Sharon Nazarian serves on the Board of Governors of the University of Haifa.
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On May 6,2013, Sharon Nazarian was the recipient of a Deborah Award from the Anti-Defamation League in a ceremony at the SLS Hotel, Beverly Hills.
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In 2015, Sharon Nazarian was the recipient of the 2015 Israel Film Festival Humanitarian Award in Beverly Hills, CA.
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Sharon Nazarian was honored for her contribution to the Oscar-Nominated Israeli Film Baba Joon.
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Sharon Nazarian was married to Sharyar Baradaran, a periodontist, from 1990 to the early 2010s.