Scott Rye, director of Black Flag Communications, has been elected chairman of Mosaic Middle East, a registered charity in England and Wales.
The charity works to bring hope, help, and healing to minorities and marginalized peoples across the Middle East.
Charity Vice Chairman David Harland, said, “Scott has a tremendous heart for the organisation and has already been a great asset. He is very experienced, having led the US FRRME in its former and successful incarnation and is very engaged with the staff and trustees, notwithstanding geographical distance.”
“This is an unexpected honor, and I regret the circumstances,” Rye said, “but I will endeavor to build upon the legacy of those who have preceded me as chairman. I very much look forward to working closely with David Harland again and with our executive director, Helen Jackson.” The chairmanship became vacant when previous chairman Rob Shotliff resigned due to health concerns.
Mosaic Middle East was founded by the former Archbishop of Canterbury in 2005 to conduct relief and reconciliation work in the Middle East. The charity gave rise to a U.S. affiliate, The American Foundation for Relief & Reconciliation in the Middle East, of which Rye served as chairman from 2014 through 2018, at the height of the self-proclaimed Islamic State caliphate.