The Team
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PFF is led by a multidisciplinary team of Pakistani-American professionals spanning journalism, entrepreneurship, media, and the wider corporate America space — bridging academic and corporate worlds.
Guided by Vision.
Driven by Purpose.
Guided by a shared commitment to elevating the Pakistani-American diaspora and amplifying its cultural influence, we convene dialogues and shape initiatives that nurture a generation of leaders, innovators, and changemakers.
The founding team behind PFF's programs, partnerships, and operations.
Wajahat S. Khan — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Wajahat S. Khan is an Emmy-nominated journalist, author, and strategic communications executive whose two-decade career spans NBC News, the Atlantic Council, Columbia Journalism School, and the Harvard Kennedy School. As former NBC News Bureau Chief for South Asia, he led coverage from Islamabad, Kabul, London, and New York. As Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, he advised senior institutional leadership on regional policy and produced research distributed to U.S. government stakeholders. He is the co-author of Game Changer: Being Shahid Afridi (HarperCollins, 2019), an international bestseller, and the founder of Mahaaz — The Frontline, one of YouTube's most-watched South Asian news platforms with six million monthly viewers. As Founder and CEO of Pak Futures Foundation, he produced the inaugural Ivy Future of Pakistan Conference at Yale University in 2025 — recognized as Yale's Asian American Cultural Program of the Year — and IFOP at Georgetown the same year.
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Amna Khilji — Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Amna is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Pak Futures Foundation and Vice President, North America at Audeliss Executive Search, where she has built a career placing senior executive leaders and board directors across corporate America within public, private, and private equity contexts — with a particular focus on transformation. She leads specifically on AI innovation and transformation across industries. At PFF, she directs day-to-day operations across programs, partnerships, and finance, as well as mentorship and advisory — translating executive search discipline into the institutional infrastructure of a fast-growing nonprofit.
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Thought Partners.
PFF's Advisory Board brings together distinguished Pakistani-American professionals who advise on strategy, open doors, and help ensure our programs remain rooted in the real challenges and opportunities facing the community.
Advisory Board members to be announced. If you're interested in supporting PFF in this capacity, we'd love to hear from you.
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We're always looking for passionate, driven individuals who believe in the power of the Pakistani-American community. If you share our vision, we want to hear from you.