Shanna Khan is the driving force behind the Khan family's diverse development projects and investment opportunities. For more than a decade, Shanna's private investment fund Shanna Capital has been a successful and active lead investor and financing arranger in complex mixed‑use residential and office real estate developments throughout the U.S. In the same period, Shanna's bespoke design house - Shanna Collective - has advanced the practice of timeless value-engineered design and development in the fields of custom and multi-family residential; commercial; aviation and marine; luxury goods; and leisure, sports and hospitality.
Ms. Khan is President and Chief Design Officer of Iguana Investments Florida, LLC. Shanna's responsibilities include building and applying a world-class value-engineering-based design strategy across all components of the Four Seasons properties and the Jacksonville Shipyards, which are presently under construction on the north bank of the St. Johns River. These properties will form the centerpiece to the Shipyards, which will include a new six-story office building, revamped full-service marina, reinvigorated Metropolitan Park, modern marina services building and graceful walking paths connecting to a riverwalk running from Downtown Jacksonville to Metropolitan Park.
Shanna leads the equity investment, financing, vision and design activities at 919 West Fulton, an 11-story, mixed use development representing the first major development in downtown Chicago in years. Through her work, 919 West Fulton recently received a prestigious Co-Star Impact Award for leasing deal of the year. The 919 West Fulton project follows her successful equity investment in Broadway Chapter, a five-story, multifamily community in Fort Worth, Texas.
Shanna is both current president of, and the creative force behind, the recent unveiling of The Resort at Urbana Country Club, a three-level hotel offering world-class dining, incomparable spa and salon experiences, and luxurious suites and amenities, nestled in a charming country club setting unparalleled in Central Illinois or elsewhere the Midwest. She currently oversees an extensive renovation of the Club's classic Tom Bendelow-designed track which made its debut over a century ago.
Ms. Khan also served as an independent director on the board of Yellowstone Acquisition Company (NYSE: YSAC, YSACU, YSACW), which in 2022 completed a friendly successful takeover of Sky Harbour LLC (NYSE American: SKYH, SKYHWS), a developer of business aviation complexes.
A director of the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation and the Khan Foundation, Inc., Shanna has a robust history of charitable donations to institutions in Jacksonville and beyond, unified by her dedication to meaningful social and cultural advancement. In 2020, Ms. Khan and her family made a $5 million gift to the Museum of Science and History Genesis Campaign to help fund a new museum to be relocated to the Shipyards. She followed in 2024 with a $1 million gift to the Museum of Contemporary Art to lead the permanent acquisition of a $4.5M sculpture, Jacksonville Stacked Stars, created by the late and celebrated artist Frank Stella.
Ms. Khan's deep love for animals speaks to her role on the Development Board at PAWS Chicago, a non-profit animal shelter organization based in Illinois. It also inspired her family's recent $15 million donation serving the integrated oncology program at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Ms. Khan holds an honors-level Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following her graduation, she served the U.S. House of Representatives as an Immigration and International Affairs Specialist, advising constituents and organizations on initiatives ranging from uniting families to fostering international business relations. Throughout her tenure, Ms. Khan facilitated joint initiatives between the U.S. State Department, Department of Homeland Security, USCIS, U.S. embassies and consular offices, and other international public service agencies.
Shanna, with her father Shahid Khan and her brother Tony Khan, is an owner of Fulham Football Club of the English Premier League.
