Naaima Khan

Education: BA in Government & English from The University of Texas at Austin; MPA from The LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin

Recent projects include: Sandy Hook Promise

Personal interests include: writing, discovering great halal restaurants, baking, and reading nonfiction

Naaima is a consultant with Public Equity Group and Owner and Principal of Create Good consulting, where she consults with organizations to help them achieve more effective, equity-centered strategy and evaluation planning.

Naaima has worked with nonprofits for 10+ years as a strategic planner/facilitator, content creator, grant program manager, evaluator and equity/inclusion leader. She holds a master’s in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Naaima specializes in helping clients center their strategic planning and evaluation on equity and antiracism by using principles of human-centered design and restorative practice.

Naaima currently serves on the board of the Minnesota Evaluation Association. In the past, she has served as an advisor to St. Olaf College’s Lutheran Center for Faith, Community and Values. She has also been board chair of Islamic Resource Group and vice chair of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of the Twin Cities.

She facilitates restorative justice circles to help divert community members from going through the court system for misdemeanors.