Kareeshma Ali

Director of Community Investment

Kareeshma Ali is the Director of Community Investments at the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. She is committed to equitable community development and the design of human-centered tools, programs, services, and experiences through active listening and engagement, empathy and intersectionality. Prior to joining the Foundation, Kareeshma was the Director of Design Strategy at Greater Good Studio, and worked exclusively with non-profits, foundations, and public agencies on projects such as improving street design to reduce traffic fatalities, building child-centered communities, increasing access to sustainable open spaces, increasing homeownership for Black and Latinx households, and improving quality of life for older adults and people with disabilities.

Kareeshma holds a Masters in Architecture and Urban & Regional Planning, and a Post-Professional Certificate in Social and Environmental Design from Archeworks.

When she is not working or spending time with her husband and two young girls, she is an avid student of eastern healing philosophies, and you can often find her eagerly learning about sustainability, health and wellness, and in movement through dance and yoga.