Nancy Boyda was defeated for re-election in 2008 by the founded of what political action committee?
Nancy Boyda Nancy Boyda (born August 2, 1955) is a former Democratic congresswoman representing  's 2 congressional district . On November 4, 2008, Boyda was defeated for re-election by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, after serving one term. Following her term in Congress, Boyda was named by President Barack Obama as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Personnel at The Pentagon, and was sworn into the position on July 20, 2009.
Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, acronym : PAAIA (Persian: "Pāyā" ; پایا‎ ‎ ), Inc., is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, nonreligious membership organization that aims to "serve the domestic interests of Iranian Americans and represent the community before U.S. policymakers and the American public at large." PAAIA Inc. and its affiliated 501(c)(3) organization, PAAIA Fund, were founded by a group of Iranian-Americans including many notable individuals such as Goli Ameri, Rudi Bakhtiar, Firouz Naderi and Omid Kordestani. The term PAAIA, however, is used to refer to both entities without distinction.