cwendt@suradacademy.org

Cheryl is passionate about helping others with their personal and educational goals. Cheryl has spent the majority of her career as a public educator, in various roles including School Social Worker, Special Education Director, and Executive Director. As a Faribault community member, she is excited to offer Surad Academy as a school choice for students to learn, grow, and soar.

twieand@suradacademy.org

Tom Wieand is a member of the Global Investment Staff at the MIT Investment Management Company since August 2008.  His team manages the endowment, pension, and other financial assets for MIT.  Mr. Wieand focuses on external investment manager relationships and capital allocation decisions across all asset classes and geographies. 

Prior to joining MITIMCo, Mr. Wieand was Director of Research at Flagg Street Capital, where he analyzed global equity and debt investments.  Previously, he was an Analyst at Lakeway Capital, specializing in value-oriented equity investments.  He started his career at Fidelity Investments as a Research Associate focused on fixed income securities.  Mr. Wieand received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA/MA in mathematics, summa cum laude, from Boston University where he was a Trustee Scholar.  He is a CFA charterholder. 

Mr. Wieand serves on MIT’s 401(k) Plan Oversight Committee and on the investment committees of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

amadar@suradacademy.org

Dr. Madar is the Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is the medical director of the Utilization Management of Hennepin HealthCare and an academic hospitalist in Internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.

Dr. Madar previously held positions include Medical Director of Inpatient Medicine and Surgery at Hennepin
HealthCare hospital-care ring.

Dr. Madar received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine (School of Medicine) Le Sapienza, Mugadisho (
Somali National University); he completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Hennepin County Medical
Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He completed leadership in Healthcare training offered by the Society of
hospital medicine and subsequently, the “LEAN in Healthcare” from Belmont University Massey, Pennsylvania,
USA.

Dr. Madar received a Master's in health economics policy and Management from the London School of Economics
and political science (LSE), London, United Kingdom.
In his work in improving healthcare quality, Dr. Madar established a Quality Improvement (QI) program in
Somaliland by incorporating the QI course into the curriculum for the College of Medicine and Health Science,
University of Hargeisa. Dr. Madar founded the Somalilander-American health association (sahainfo.org), an a501-
3-c non-for-profit Medical Charity organization based in the USA.

sahmed@suradacademy.org

Humanities Teacher - Surad Academy