Taharah Saad
By SUE SUCHYTA
Times-Herald Newspapers
DEARBORN – Taharah Saad of Dearborn was appointed to the State Board of Ethics March 21 by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, subject to the advice and consent of the state Senate.
The State Board of Ethics is authorized to determine the ethical conduct of classified and unclassified state employees and public officers of the executive branch of the state government who are appointed by the governor or another executive department official. Her term runs through Feb. 7, 2028.
Saad is the incoming senior director of small business services of TechTown Detroit. Previously she served as a global diversity, equity and inclusion manager and as executive director and president of the Arab American Women’s Business Council.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management from Lawrence Technological University.