The United Fund of Talbot County (UFTC) announced the unanimous election of Dr. Zuleika Ghodsi as a new member to its governing board, Class of 2012, at a recent board of directors meeting.

Dr. Ghodsi serves as a full-time surgical and medical physician at her privately-owned Ophthalmology practice, Delmarva Laser Eye Center. An active participant in the community, she is a member of the County School Parents Association, the Lions Club, and served on the 2009 United Fund’s Agency Review Committee. She has a BA in biology, with emphasis in neurobiology and physiology from Northwestern University, and a medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. She resides in Easton with her husband, Ali Soulati, and their three children.

Fellow United Fund board members with whom she will serve include Joe Anthony, Pat Casgar, Bill Corace, Jane Kasper, Henri LaMotte, Pam Reynolds, Al Silverstein, Chris Spurry, and Leslie M. Westbrook.