The LOEB Fellowship

Arif has managed disaster relief projects that supported thousands of people in Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa with food, water, sanitation, and shelter.

In the US, has planned and designed hundreds of miles of bikeways and trails, and he founded Depave, an award-winning organization that helps communities transform parking lots into greenspaces and gardens. He also spearheaded the creation of the first-ever community food garden on international territory in the “backyard” of the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

After completing his Loeb Fellowship in 2016, he moved to a rural area of the New York Hudson Valley with his wife Sabeen (GSD MArch 2009) where they bought an abandoned biker bar and transformed it into a profitable restaurant and community gathering place. He now advises nonprofits, businesses, and public agencies and is a volunteer firefighter. He and Sabeen also have a fennel seed snack company called Chikka Chikka, available in over 125 stores across the US.

Arif Khan talks about his work.