Humera Khan

Humera Khan is the Executive Director of Muflehun, a think tank specializing in preventing radicalization and countering violent extremism (CVE). Ms Khan designs and implements CVE-specific and CVE-relevant programs for prevention, intervention and interdiction of violent extremism, with a focus on countering the ideology. Ms Khan is the chair of the GCERF IRP & a member of the Atlantic Council Middle East Strategy Taskforce. She contributes in an advisory capacity to governments and law enforcement agencies in several countries (including US FBI, DHS, DOJ, DNI, DOS, NCTC, NSC and TSA). In 2012 she received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for her work.

Ms Khan specializes in scenario planning, strategy formulation and threat assessment using agent-based modelling, morphological analysis and system dynamics. Previously, as principal at a DC area think-tank, she designed and integrated methodologies for threat anticipation and risk assessment for the Singapore government “Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning” initiative. She was also a team member designing energy security strategy for US government clients.

Ms Khan holds four degrees from MIT: MS Technology & Policy, MS Nuclear Engineering, BS Art & Design and BS Nuclear Engineering. She also has an MA in Islamic Studies from the School of Islamic and Social Sciences, an affiliate seminary of the Washington Theological Consortium.