RCUSA Promotes Mariam Sayeed to Communications Manager

Washington, DC – Mariam Sayeed, who joined Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) in May 2024 as Program Associate, has been promoted to the newly created position of RCUSA’s Communications Manager, effective May 13, 2025. 

Mariam has been the staff lead responsible for RCUSA’s Communications Committee as well as the Anti-Racism Working Group. She has led in many coalition-wide campaigns across platforms, expanding RCUSA’s social media engagement and reach and strengthening partner relations. In her new position as Communications Manager, Mariam will continue her management and leadership role with respect to RCUSA’s communications, further build out RCUSA’s strategic messaging and campaigning capacities, and continue strengthening relationships with coalition members and external partners.

Prior to joining RCUSA, Mariam worked in refugee resettlement, contributing to the success of Operation Allies Welcome (which brought Afghan refugees to the United States) through a staff role at the International Organization for Migration. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School at the University of Michigan. 

“Over the past year, Mariam Sayeed has become an essential member of the RCUSA staff, making numerous contributions to the success of our work.” said RCUSA Executive Director John Slocum. “Mariam’s well-deserved promotion to Communications Manager – to which she brings great skill, energy, and intelligence – will help ensure that our staff team and the RCUSA coalition are well-positioned to meet the demands of an extraordinary moment, when we must vigorously defend refugee resettlement and asylum while reimagining the future of humanitarian protection and welcome.”  

Media Contact: Mariam Sayeed, msayeed@rcusa.org

RCUSA is a diverse coalition advocating for just and humane laws and policies, and the promotion of dialogue and communication among government, civil society, and those who need protection and welcome. Individual RCUSA members do not all address all refugee-related issues, nor do all individual members approach common refugee-related issues identically.

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