Sushma Sheth

Sushma Sheth joined Civic Consulting Alliance as Civic Fellow in 2011 while completing a concurrent MBA/MPA degree between Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School. Sushma is focused on public-private-nonprofit partnerships and social innovation in state and local governance.

At Civic Consulting, Sushma worked on long-term strategic planning for the City, assessing jobs, safety, education and housing policy opportunities.

Prior to graduate studies, Sushma co-founded the community organizing non-profit Miami Workers Center. Named one of Miami's 25 Power Women in 2006 and a Miami Fellow in 2007, Sushma was passionate about making Miami a world class city for all. Later, Sushma became a founding member of the Right to the City Alliance, a national alliance of non-profit, legal, and academic organizations expanding social justice and human rights in eight U.S. cities.

Sushma received her B.A. in Development Studies from Brown University. She is a Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellow as well as a Glenn Dubin Emerging Leader Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership.