Board of Directors & Officers
Naimat A. Khan - Founder of A G Khan Foundation, Chairman & President of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
Naimat is the nephew of Abdullah G. Khan, and son of Taus Khan and Sahib Jaan. He emigrated to the United States from Pakistan at the age of 17, with the support of Abdullah G. Khan. Naimat graduated with a Bachelors degree from California State University Sacramento (CSUS), worked as a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA), as well as founded N A Khan & Associates, a real estate business that he ran for years. Naimat recently retired as the Associate Vice President of Budgeting and Planning at the Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer.
Born and raised in Barazai, Pakistan, Naimat is passionate about supporting access to resources to propel intergenerational change. He understands through his own experience how education alone can be critically transformative for an individual and family. Through founding the A G Khan Foundation in his uncle’s name, Naimat hopes to honor his late uncle’s memory and continue his legacy of fostering lasting impact for those in need.
Yasmine M. Khan, MA - Treasurer of Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer
Yasmine's professional background lies in fund development and program management for higher education institutions. She is currently the Associate Director of Development Communications & Donor Relations at San Francisco State University.
She previously worked at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), an accredited private university in San Francisco. CIIS operates six counseling centers and two acupuncture clinics providing low-cost psychotherapy and acupuncture to more than 6,000 individuals across San Francisco each year. As Development Manager, Yasmine served as the Development Office’s database module administrator, engaged with prospects and stakeholders, managed events and online campaigns, and produced custom reports and analysis for executive management and the Advancement team. While at CIIS, she also served as a staff trustee with full voting rights on the Board of Trustees; as a member of the Staff Council; and as a member of the Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Committee. Prior to CIIS, Yasmine worked in fund development, marketing communications, and program management at the Berkeley-based Zaytuna College, the first accredited Muslim liberal arts college in the U.S., and at the Islamic Networks Group (ING), an educational nonprofit in San Jose that promotes interfaith understanding, cultural literacy, and pluralism.
A native Californian, she holds a Master's degree in Educational Leadership from Mills College in Oakland, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from the University of California at Davis. Yasmine lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their two daughters.
Nasser A. Khan - Secretary of Board of Directors
Nasser is the grand-nephew of Abdullah G. Khan and the son of Naimat & Husan Khan. He spent a formidable part of his childhood living in Barazai, Pakistan, which has always held a special place in his heart. Nasser has joined the A G Khan Foundation Board of Directors as a founding member, with the goal of helping provide the Chach Valley and its citizens with access to a wide variety of services that will not only enrich their quality of life, but also inspire them to build a better future for all.
Shereen Khan-Amrikani, MA, LMFT - Member of Board of Directors, Chief Operating Officer
Shereen is the grand-niece of Abdullah G. Khan, and daughter of Naimat A. Khan & Husan F. Khan. Shereen graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelors degree in Integrative Biology, and from Santa Clara University with a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and emphasis in Health Psychology.
As a Muslim, psychotherapist, and daughter of immigrants, Shereen is passionate about mental health, spirituality, social justice, immigration, and multicultural issues. She has provided community-based mental health services to low-income populations in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2007, currently works as Director of Administration at a nonprofit mental health agency, and also has a psychotherapy private practice based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has entailed serving at-risk youth and families involved with the child welfare system impacted by intergenerational trauma, domestic violence, substance abuse, chronic homelessness, and/or placement within the foster-care system.
Shereen grew up visiting the village of Barazai frequently in her youth, and has joined the A G Khan Foundation Board of Directors as a founding member to support sustainable access to social services, healthcare, and education within Barazai and the Chach region of Pakistan. Shereen believes that with one’s internal drive and support from one’s community, intergenerational transformation is possible. Through the A G Khan Foundation, Shereen strives to create a brighter future for Pakistanis in need, supporting them to become self-sustainable to create the change they desire in their lives.
Ruhksana Khan, Member of Board of Directors
Ruhksana is the grand-niece of Abdullah G. Khan, and daughter of Sania Khan & the late Mamreez Khan. She joined the Board in 2022.
Mohammad Yaser Khan, Member of Board of Directors
Yaser is the grand-nephew of Abdullah G. Khan, and son of Aisha Khan & Zareen Khan. He joined the Board in 2022.
Ahbid Khan, Member of Board of Directors
Ahbid is the grand-nephew of Abdullah G. Khan, and son of Gul Dawood Khan & Kaneez Khan. He joined the Board in 2022.
Adil Khan, Member of Board of Directors
Adil is the grand-nephew of Abdullah G. Khan, and son of Shameem Khan and the late Tariq Khan. He joined the Board in 2022.