Our Team

Reflection Park is nurtured by many hearts and hands.

Serving Families

Basil Eldadah

Founder and Executive Director

Basil is a co-founder of Reflection Park. He was motivated to help start Reflection Park after going through an unpleasant experience with his father's burial. Basil's professional training is in internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, and neuroscience, and recently retired from a career in biomedical research administration. Basil loves spending quality time with his wife and four children and enjoys running, playing piano, and time spent outdoors. He is also deeply drawn toward personal growth and transformation.

Susan Wright

Family Services and Operations Manager

In her role, Susan guides families through meaningful end-of-life choices. With a background in Human Development and Family Studies from Colorado State University, service in the U.S. Peace Corps in Benin, and training with the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA), she brings both compassion and structure to her work. Outside of her work, she finds joy spending time with her partner, John, and planning their next ski or scuba diving adventure.

Board

Haroon Mokhtarzada

Founder and Board President
Haroon is a co-founder of Reflection Park. He was drawn to this effort after learning how unaffordable burials had become and how a large part of that cost is driven by unnecessary burial practices. Haroon is a serial entrepreneur who has created and scaled multiple successful technology startups. He fundamentally enjoys searching for elegant and sustainable solutions across a range of human problems. He envisions Reflection Park as a pioneer for a new model of burial ground whose service to its community can be an example to cemeteries nationwide.
Nzinga E. Abdullah- Aziz

Founder and Board Secretary
Nzinga, a co-founder of Reflection Park, brings with her a unique blend of expertise and experience. With a background in both religious studies and nursing, she holds a Master of Science degree in Nursing Education and has over eighteen years of experience as a registered nurse and clinical educator, predominantly serving in Community Health Nursing. Nzinga's passion lies in promoting the holistic wellness of individuals, bridging the realms of spirituality and physical health. As an interfaith consultant, certified Hospice and Palliative care nurse, and end-of-life doula, she is dedicated to providing compassionate care and guidance to those navigating life's most profound transitions.
Meredith Bowers

Board of Directors
Meredith has worked with and for many nonprofits in the region and currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth, and Families. She was called to Reflection Park due to a personal passion and desire to lend her nonprofit skills to support Montgomery County's first natural burial cemetery. Meredith loves learning new things and is a trained lawyer, postpartum doula, children's yoga instructor, and hospice volunteer. Her greatest passion is the time she spends with her family including her husband and four daughters, preferably by water when it's warm and by fire in the winter.

Teammates and Collaborators

Mona Eldadah

Project Manager

Mona serves as the Project Manager of land development, coordinating a team of architects, engineers, contractors and other consultants to bring our vision to reality. Her professional training is in architecture with an interest in Sustainable Design. Her work is fueled by her passion for environmental stewardship and reverence for the land as part of her faith practice. She looks forward to the community that will form at Reflection Park to enjoy the land and tend it with care. Mona loves to play soccer and pickleball with her husband, Basil, and cherishes time with their four children.
Nicole Sroka

Operations Team
Nicole Sroka serves as a part-time Operations Manager for Reflection Park, with a background in organizational change, operations management, communications, and outreach. Nicole is dedicated to creating a cultural shift towards holistic and regenerative burial practices that benefit both people and the planet. She is a creative mobilizer who brings a diverse perspective as a Registered Yoga Teacher, environmentalist, and government consultant in medicine and health. Nicole enjoys outdoor activity, time in nature, meditation, and healthy life transformation.
Genevieve Croteau

Operations Team
Genevieve is Founder of Theory Y, a consultancy that helps startup teams reach their full potential. She has studied end-of-life planning with the Conscious Dying Collective and human energy consciousness with the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Drawing on 20+ years as a right-brained Right Hand to founders, she acts as a “startup sherpa,” setting standards and pace, and helping teams reach their goals without leaving anyone behind. Her two children, family, and friends bring her daily joy and inspiration.