As Director of Media Development, Ahmed is responsible for the construction and management of In the Running's core marketing and communications media, including intherunning.org and promotional print material. Ahmed is President and founder of Y INTERACT, an integrated media studio specializing in interactive + print design, custom application development, animation and video. Ahmed also serves on the Board of Directors of the Financial Communications Society, a non-profit media group whose annual Race for Kids ski event benefits three children's charities ñ The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Vermont, Downey Side adoption agency, and the Hope and Heroes Children's Cancer Fund of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Born and raised in Manhattan, Ahmed has also lived and studied in London, England, where he spent a semester studying at University College, London University, as well as two years at the Financial Times. Ahmed was graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1995.