Eh Tah Khu

Term: June 2025 to January 2028

Eh Tah Khu is co-executive director of the Karen Organization of Minnesota (KOM), where he started in 2011 as a youth development coordinator just months after arriving in the United States. In his current role, Eh Tah Khu oversees program operations, community outreach, and organizational management. Beyond his work at KOM, he remains deeply engaged in the Karen community in Minnesota.

Originally from Burma, Mr. Khu fled to Thailand due to political unrest. There, he pursued higher education and earned a four-year degree from Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College. After graduation, he spent two years teaching and managing schools supported by the Burmese Migrant Workers Education Committee. In 2010, he resettled in Minnesota with his wife and son and proudly became a U.S. citizen in 2015. He has served on the Board since 2025.

About the Karen Minnesotan community:
The Karen, or K’nyaw, are the second-largest ethnic nationality group from Myanmar (formerly Burma). Since 1949, many K’nyaw areas have been subject to government insurgency and, often, persecution. Today, an estimated 15,000 K’nyaw make Minnesota their home, and secondary migration continues to bring more K’nyaw from elsewhere in the United States to Minnesota to reunite with their families.
Photograph of Eh Tah Khu
Community: Karen