Dr. Zia Khan is the Vice President for Strategy and Evaluation at the Rockefeller Foundation. He oversees strategic planning for the Foundation and its initiatives. He leads the Search function to surface and explore new areas for future work. He also leads monitoring and evaluation for the Foundation to ensure impact from its work. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Khan was a management consultant and advised senior leaders on strategy and organizational performance. He is a frequent writer and speaker on strategy, innovation, leadership, and organizational change. Dr. Khan is the co-author of Leading Outside the Lines: How to Mobilize the Informal Organization, Energize your Team, and Get Better Results.

As vice president for Initiatives and Strategy, Dr. Khan oversees the Foundation’s approach for achieving impact and realizing the organization’s mission and goals. He leads the program team in New York, Bangkok, and Nairobi and their work in searching for new opportunities, developing strategies, and executing initiatives. He also provides direction for the Foundation’s commitment to supporting new innovations and capacities in the sector.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Khan was a management consultant who advised senior leaders in different sectors on strategy and organizational performance. His previous experience includes being a partner at Booz & Company and a principal at Katzenbach Partners where he founded and led the San Francisco office. Dr. Khan is the co-author of Leading Outside the Lines.

He is frequent writer and speaker on strategy, innovation, and topics related to the Foundation’s goals, focus areas, and work.

Dr. Khan holds a B.S. from Cornell and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford.