Meet The Team
Adnan Bokhari
Position: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 202-464-2705
Email: abokhari@ncrc.org
Adnan Bokhari is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and plays a key role in advancing NCRC’s strategic priorities, including building organizational resiliency through the combined power of people and systems.
Adnan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 20 years of finance and operations experience in the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining NCRC in November 2021, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the National Immigration Law Center, and the CFO and COO for Prosperity Now; each a nationally recognized movement leader in their respective issue areas of immigrant rights and economic justice. Through decades of experience, Adnan has gained expertise in leading change and garnered a reputation for building resilient organizations.
Adnan has lived experiences as a low-income, asset poor, first-generation immigrant, and is passionate about creating opportunities for others. He was the first Pakistani-American to be elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Key International Honour Society (2016-2020), the world’s largest collegiate honor society. In 2018, Adnan was appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to the Board of the Virginia Community Colleges System (VCCS) overseeing all 23 Community Colleges across the Commonwealth. He also serves on the Boards of the National Housing Trust (NHT) and the Indivisible Project; working to preserve affordable housing and to protect our democracy.

Adnan Bokhari is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and plays a key role in advancing NCRC’s strategic priorities, including building organizational resiliency through the combined power of people and systems. Adnan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 20 years of finance and operations experience in the nonprofit sector. Prior to joining...
Adnan Bokhari
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Cypriana Hicklen
Cypriana Hicklen comes to NCRC with 17 years of nonprofit experience. Prior to NCRC, Cypriana worked at the Textile Museum for 17 years, where she served as Accounting Manager. Cypriana also brings with her 20 years of tax professional services experience. She is currently enrolled in University of Maryland Global Campus pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

Cypriana Hicklen comes to NCRC with 17 years of nonprofit experience and is currently enrolled in University of Maryland Global Campus pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
Cypriana Hicklen
Grant Accountant
DeWayne Johnson
DeWayne Johnson is NCRC’s Staff Accountant. DeWayne has over 24 years of progressive accounting experience. During his accounting voyage, he has assisted IBM, SAIC, Wachovia, Citrin Cooperman and a host of others in streamlining processes, value-adding report content and increasing efficiency. He has constantly kept an eye on decreasing expenses, more efficient spending and cutting costs through a myriad of measures, including automation. DeWayne has excellent initiative, quick to assist other team members, has high expectations for himself, and holds himself accountable. He is always willing to roll his sleeves up and assist in any accounting task.

DeWayne Johnson is NCRC’s Staff Accountant. DeWayne has over 24 years of progressive accounting experience. During his accounting voyage, he has assisted IBM, SAIC, Wachovia, Citrin Cooperman and a host of others in streamlining processes, value-adding report content and increasing efficiency. He has constantly kept an eye on decreasing expenses, more efficient spending and cutting...
DeWayne Johnson
Staff Accountant
Dotun Akinsade
Accounting Manager
Mark Eden
Mark Eden is NCRC’s Controller. His career spans both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors for over twenty years, with exposure to organizations operating in U.S., UK and European business environments
Initial experience in the software sector with Applied CAE, BIX and Optimad Media Systems lead to the opportunity to specialize in education, which included GM and Charter Schools, together with adult, elementary and early childhood education establishments.
The focus on mission-driven organizations continued as the Director of Finance at Behavioral Ideas Lab overseeing five-fold growth during his tenure and as a nonprofit specialist with CliftonLarsonAllen’s business outsourcing division.
Mark is a graduate from the University of Sheffield where he majored in Accountancy and Financial Management, and is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Mark Eden is NCRC’s Controller. His career spans both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors for over twenty years, with exposure to organizations operating in U.S., UK and European business environments Initial experience in the software sector with Applied CAE, BIX and Optimad Media Systems lead to the opportunity to specialize in education, which included GM...