Sushma Raman

Sushma Raman

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Philanthropic & Social Change Strategist

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About Sushma

Sushma Raman is a social change strategist with three decades of experience at the intersection of philanthropy, human rights, and nonprofit leadership. She is currently the Waldemar A. Nielsen Fellow in Philanthropy at Georgetown University's Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, and founder of Sitara LLC, a strategic advisory practice. She served as Executive Director of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School, Program Officer at the Ford and Open Society Foundations, and President of a family foundation and philanthropic association. Sushma is the co-author of two books — The Coming Good Society (Harvard University Press, 2020) and Holding Together (New Press, 2022) — and has taught at Harvard, Tufts, UCLA, and USC.

Previously at
Harvard University
Ford Foundation
Open Society Foundations
UCLA
USC