Noorain Khan

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Noorain Khan is a nonprofit executive and attorney who currently serves as National President of the Girl Scouts of the USA. She is the first Muslim American to hold this position and has previously held senior roles at the Ford Foundation and the White House National Economic Council. She is also a Rhodes Scholar. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Khan was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University. She went on to study Migration Studies at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. [4] She received her J.D. from Yale Law School. [5]

Career

After starting her legal career at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Khan moved into public policy and philanthropy. She served as a senior policy advisor at the White House National Economic Council during the Biden administration. [1] She also served as Director of the Office of the President at Ford Foundation. [5] [6] Khan was elected National President of the Girl Scouts of the USA in 2023. [1]

Awards and recognition

Personal life

Khan is married to K. Sabeel Rahman. [10]

  1. 1 2 3 4 Harris, William (2023-07-21). "Girl Scouts of the USA Elects Noorain Fatima Khan to National Board President". citybiz. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Girl Scouts board proposes 240% membership dues increase amid growing deficits - UPI.com". UPI. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  3. ↑ Ellingrud, Kweilin; Yee, Lareina; Martinez, Maria del Mar (2025-03-11). The Broken Rung: When the Career Ladder Breaks for Women--and How They Can Succeed in Spite of It. Harvard Business Press. ISBN   978-1-64782-719-9.
  4. ↑ "Student from Grand Rapids among latest Rhodes scholars". Midland Reporter Telegram. November 19, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "What It's Like to Give Up a Six-Figure Job". ELLE. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Riz Ahmed wants to end Hollywood's misrepresentation of Muslims. Here's how". Los Angeles Times. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  7. ↑ "Noorain Khan". Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  8. ↑ "Noorain Khan | Watch This Face | Real Lives | May 2008 | emel - the muslim lifestyle magazine". www.emel.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  9. ↑ "Noorain Khan, 29 - 2015-05-01 - 2014 30 Under 30: Law & Policy". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  10. ↑ Joutz, Marguerite (2018-10-12). "How Noorain Khan, of the Ford Foundation, Spends Her Sundays". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-06-04.
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