Khadijah Abdullah

Vice President, Economic Development & Social Impact- Shipt | Member since 2021

Khadijah Abdullah is the Vice President of Economic Development and Social Impact at Shipt, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Target corporation that provides same-day delivery of groceries and household essentials to consumers’ doorstep. In her role at Shipt, she leads Shipt’s national community strategy and champions Shipt’s mission to “spark the connections to show why every person counts.” She and her team work alongside business leaders across the company and community partners to ensure Shipt is a strong corporate citizen via philanthropy, employee engagement, and volunteerism. Specifically, her team partners to invest in and create catalytic initiatives with a focus on food insecurity, families in crisis, and increasing economic opportunity for marginalized and often disenfranchised communities.

Abdullah is a “reformed attorney” and brings nearly 15 years of experience and expertise in rural and urban non-profit leadership, fund development, diversity, equity and inclusiveness, and community building. Previously, she was the executive director for both Teach For America Alabama and Teach For America Metro Atlanta where she scaled and stabilized both organizations in order to equip high-need communities with educators and leaders in order to increase student achievement and access. Abdullah is a committed and passionate advocate for increasing educational and economic access and opportunity across the communities she is privileged to lead alongside. Abdullah is a community leader and has been tapped to engage in a number of initiatives. In 2021, she was appointed by Birmingham City’s Mayor Woodfin to serve as co-chair for the Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Transition Committee. Additionally, Abdullah is a member of Leadership Birmingham Class 2015, Leadership Huntsville Class 28, and the Alabama Leadership Initiative. She was named Birmingham Business Journal’s 2015 Woman to Watch and was named Top 40 under 40 for the decade in Birmingham in 2021. Most recently, Abdullah was named one of Women We Admire’s Top 50 Women Leaders in Georgia for 2022. Abdullah serves on a number of boards, including the Birmingham Education Foundation, Birmingham Promise, New Schools for Alabama, Prosper Birmingham Core Team, The Penny Foundation, and The World Games.

Abdullah grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and received her Bachelor’s of Arts from Tuskegee University. She obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law and completed the Young American Leadership Program at Harvard Business School in 2108.