Previously Aparna was the Executive Director at Social Venture Partners (India), a global network of engaged philanthropists, where she led the Bangalore chapter and worked with the National Board to grow SVP’s presence pan-India. She is experienced in starting things from scratch, grant-making, strategic stakeholder management, program development, & capacity-building for social businesses and nonprofits. With two decades of experience in business responsibility, philanthropy, social enterprise, and nonprofit management, Aparna is passionate about meaningful growth and scale. She is the Executive Director at the Impact Catalyst Foundation responsible for programming, academic partnerships, and fundraising. Aparna leads the US operations of the Catalyst Group of institutions which work on strengthening community health systems, livelihood avenues, and social protections to achieve well-being and dignity for the most vulnerable in the Global South.