Ara Khatchadourian is the Executive Editor of Asbarez Daily Newspaper. He joined the staff as the English Editor in 1992 and has worked there intermittently since. He has served as Media Director of Rock the Vote, a non-profit that worked with the entertainment industry to empower young people to vote. Khachatourian has been involved in community activities for more than 40 years. He spearheaded multiple iterations of the very successful ANCA-WR Grassroots Conference, has served on numerous committees, and was part of the team that organized the March for Justice in April 2015, which drew more than 160,000 people to the streets of Los Angeles demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide. Born in Iran, Khachatourian moved to the United States with his family in 1979. While on the East Coast, Khachatourian joined the AYF and the ARF. He served two terms on the AYF Central Executive, one of them as chairman. He received a Bachelors in Arts in Journalism from Northeastern University in Boston.