FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Nov. 2, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

MU grad from Iran who founded medical services company
to make presentation Monday at Marshall

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Shahin Mafi, a Marshall University graduate and founder of Home Health Connection, Inc. (HHC), a medical services company in the Washington, D.C., area, will give a presentation Monday, Nov. 5 at Marshall as part of the Ruth Butler Executive in Residence Program.

Mafi, a native of Tehran, Iran, will speak at 11 a.m. in the Alumni Lounge, located on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus. She will show two short films as part of her presentation, and a question-and-answer session will follow. The event is free to the public.

“Shahin Mafi’s presentation is a wonderful opportunity for all Marshall students and faculty to learn about the success of one of our alums,” said Dr. Lorraine P. Anderson, associate dean of Marshall’s Lewis College of Business.

“Ms. Mafi’s story has a broad appeal to the entire campus,” Anderson said. “As a person who came to the United States and learned to speak English living in our dorms, Ms. Mafi went on to become a highly successful female entrepreneur.  Today she embodies the concept of giving back to her community through the time she devotes to many nonprofit organizations.”

HHC was incorporated in 1992 with a focus on therapy services in the home. Its first office was located in Chevy Chase, Md., and the company has since expanded to Baltimore, Md., and Alexandria, Va. HHC’s focus has shifted to private duty nursing for children with longstanding and complex medical problems, although providing adult care still remains an important part of its services.

Mafi recently created The AZAR Foundation for Children of the World, the goal of which is to fight teenage pregnancy. All proceeds from the foundation benefit mothers and babies.

Mafi earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Advance Institute of Accounting in Tehran. She then came to the United States and earned an MBA in Business Administration from Marshall. She earned another degree, equivalent to a Master’s in Management Information Systems, from a university in Paris.

Mafi is a natural born artist, and has a passion for interior design.  She designed her own home interior, and often gives tours of her home.  She enjoys painting portraits in her spare time as well.

Marshall’s Executive in Residence Program was created in 1984 by Dr. Robert P. Alexander, then dean of the Lewis College of Business, with the purpose of providing students with the opportunity to hear and interact with successful business executives.

The program provides role models with outstanding business experience related to students through lectures, discussions and informal dialogue.

For more information on Mafi’s visit, contact Anderson at (304) 696-2611.

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