M. Yaqub Mirza is President and CEO of Sterling Management Group and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Amana Mutual Funds. He is a member of the Board of Directors, University Islamic Financial Corporation, a banking subsidiary and a member of the Board of Trustees, George Mason University Foundation, Inc. Dr. Mirza is President and Trustee of Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University. He is also a member of the Council of Advisors, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University. He is the author of Five Pillars of Prosperity: Essentials of Faith-Based Wealth Building (White Cloud Press, 2014). He holds a PhD in Physics and MA in Teaching Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Mirza lives in Herndon, VA.
