Minhaal M. Nathani moved to California in December 2004, a few months after graduating from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing with a minor in Business Administration. He is currently the Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Program Specialist at the University of Southern California where he is responsible for increasing the alumni participation rate by securing restricted and unrestricted gifts through the USC Phone Program. Prior to this, he had represented several organizations in their advertising, fundraising, and/or marketing efforts such as the MSU Annual Fund in Mankato, Minnesota as well as Standard Chartered Bank (T) Limited and Meadows Promotions Limited in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Some of his affiliations include the Golden Key International Honor Society and the Annual Giving Professionals Network.