Sonal Shah (economist)
| Sonal Shah | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 20, 1968 Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | Economist |
| Alma mater |
University of Chicago,B.A. Duke University Masters |
| Employer | White House |
| Known for | Promoting private sector philanthropy |
| Title | Director of Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation |
| Term | April 2009 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Awards | Henry Crown Fellowship Aspen Institute (2006) Next Generation Fellow, The American Assembly, Columbia University (2007) India Abroad Person of the Year (2003) |
Sonal R. Shah (born May 20, 1968), is an American economist and public official. From April 2009 to August 2011, she served as the Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation in the White House.
Shah is the founding executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University. Previously, Shah was a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project and was the head of Global Development Initiatives, a philanthropic arm of Google.org.
Sonal Shah was born in Mumbai, India. She moved to the USA in 1972 at the age of 4, and grew up in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics in 1990 and received a master's degree in Economics from Duke University.
Shah held a variety of U.S. Department of Treasury positions from 1995 until 2001. She was the director of the office overseeing strategy and programs for sub-Saharan Africa, which included debt relief, development programs and World Bank/International Monetary Fund strategies. She worked with the Ministries of Finance in Bosnia and Kosovo to design the post-war banking system. During the Asian financial crisis, she served as a senior adviser to U.S. Treasury officials who were coordinating the U.S. response.
From 2001-2003, Shah served at the Center for Global Development as Director of Operations and Programs, helping set up all aspects of the strategy, infrastructure and operations.
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