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'''Sonal R. Shah''' (born May 20, 1968), is an American economist, former lobbyist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=70884|title=former lobbyist|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> and public official. She served as the National Policy Director for Mayor ]'s run in the ]. From April 2009 to August 2011, she served as the Director of the ] in the ].<ref name="springer">Springer, Richard. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423052722/http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=1080&sid=1 |date=April 23, 2009 }}, "indiawest.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref><ref name="Perry">Perry, Suzanne., "philanthropy.com", accessed May 5, 2012.</ref> '''Sonal R. Shah''' (born May 20, 1968) is an American economist and public official. She is the CEO of '']'', a politics and public policy-specific nonprofit news organization headquartered in Austin, Texas.<ref name="tt">{{cite news |last=Schachter |first=Jim |date=October 26, 2022 |title=T-Squared: Sonal Shah is The Texas Tribune's next CEO |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/26/sonal-shah-texas-tribune-ceo/ |work=] |access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> Shah served as the National Policy Director for Mayor ]'s run in the ]. From April 2009 to August 2011, she served as the Director of the ] in the ].<ref name="springer">Springer, Richard. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423052722/http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=1080&sid=1 |date=April 23, 2009 }}, "indiawest.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref><ref name="Perry">Perry, Suzanne., "philanthropy.com", accessed May 5, 2012.</ref>


Shah is the founding executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at ].<ref></ref> Previously, Shah was a member of the ] and was the head of Global Development Initiatives, a philanthropic arm of ].<ref name="people">People Sonal Shah. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130419055910/http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/user/3018/friends |date=April 19, 2013 }}, "changemakers.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Shah was the founding executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at ].<ref></ref> Previously, Shah was a member of the ] and was the head of Global Development Initiatives, a philanthropic arm of ].<ref name="people">People Sonal Shah. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130419055910/http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/user/3018/friends |date=April 19, 2013 }}, "changemakers.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>


==Early life== ==Early life==
Sonal Shah was born in ], India. She moved to the US in 1972 at the age of 4, and grew up in Houston, Texas.<ref>Indiacorps publication. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202306/http://www.indicorps.org/docs/INDIA_ABROAD_12-19-2003.pdf |date=August 28, 2008 }}, December 19, 2003.</ref> She graduated from the ] with a B.A. in Economics in 1990 and received a master's degree in Economics from ].<ref name="bahree">Bahree, Megha., "forbes.com, May 8, 2006, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Sonal Shah was born in ], India. She moved to the US in 1972 at the age of four, and grew up in Houston, Texas.<ref>Indiacorps publication. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828202306/http://www.indicorps.org/docs/INDIA_ABROAD_12-19-2003.pdf |date=August 28, 2008 }}, December 19, 2003.</ref> She graduated from the ] with a B.A. in economics in 1990 and received a master's degree in economics from ].<ref name="bahree">Bahree, Megha., "forbes.com, May 8, 2006, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=May 19, 2023 |title=Sustaining News Media |url=https://dukemag.duke.edu/stories/sustaining-news-media |work=Duke Magazine |location= |access-date=}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==

===Public service=== ===Public service===
Shah held a variety of ] positions from 1995 until 2001. She was the director of the office overseeing strategy and programs for ], which included debt relief, development programs and ]/] strategies. She worked with the Ministries of Finance in ] and ] to design the ] banking system. During the ], she served as a senior adviser to U.S. Treasury officials who were coordinating the U.S. response.<ref name="watson">Lecture Series on South Asia., Watson Institute for International Studies, "watsoninstitute.org", February 1, 2007, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Shah held a variety of ] positions from 1995 until 2001. She was the director of the office overseeing strategy and programs for ], which included debt relief, development programs and ]/] strategies. She worked with the Ministries of Finance in ] and ] to design the ] banking system. During the ], she served as a senior adviser to U.S. Treasury officials who were coordinating the U.S. response.<ref name="watson">Lecture Series on South Asia., Watson Institute for International Studies, "watsoninstitute.org", February 1, 2007, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>


In November 2008, Shah was appointed a member of the ] to prepare ] Obama to assume the presidency on January 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 6, 2008 |title=Obama announces transition-team staff |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2008/11/obama-announces-transition-team-staff-015341 |work=Politico |location= |access-date=}}</ref> After her appointment to Obama's team, Shah rejected reports that linked her to Hindu nationalist groups.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 11, 2008 |title=Sonal Shah denies links with VHP, RSS |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/sonal-shah-denies-links-with-vhp-rss/story-IJYmMfDeVHi0475jobUUiL.html |work=Hindustan Times |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
===Private sector===
From 2001–2003, Shah served at the ] as Director of Operations and Programs, helping set up all aspects of the strategy, infrastructure and operations.<ref name="people"/>


⚫ In April 2009, Shah was appointed director of the newly created White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.<ref name="global">]., The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "philanthropy.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> The objective of this office is to coordinate governmental efforts to aid innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs to address pressing social problems.<ref name="PTI">PTI Houston., "dnaindia.com", April 23, 2009, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Shah is also working with the ] to bring a global perspective to these efforts.<ref name="global"/>
⚫ From 2003–2004, she worked at the ] as an Associate Director, advising current and former Congressional and government executives on a wide variety of issues including trade, outsourcing and post-conflict reconstruction.<ref name="thaindian">Thaindian News., "thaindian.com", November 7, 2008, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>


⚫ In July 2019, Shah joined the presidential campaign of South Bend Mayor, Pete Buttigieg as national policy director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/buttigieg-hires-former-goldman-sachs-executive-as-policy-director.html|title=Pete Buttigieg hires former Goldman Sachs executive as national policy director|last=Higgins|first=Tucker|date=2019-07-18|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
⚫ In 2004, Shah joined ] as a vice president, where she worked on green initiatives, which included informing clients and bankers on alternative energy opportunities and advising them on how to implement environmental, social and governance criteria for all investments.<ref name="ferdinand">Ferdinand, Andrea. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030125024/http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/news/pressreleases/SonalShah06.asp |date=October 30, 2008 }}, McCombs School of Business, Univ. of Texas at Austin, November 7, 2006,accessed August 3, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/person/sonal-shah/}}</ref>


After ] secured the nomination in the ], Shah served on the Biden-] Unity Task Force.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nilsen |first=Ella |date=May 13, 2020 |title=Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are building new, policy-focused task forces |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/13/21257078/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-joint-unity-task-forces-democratic-policy |work=Vox |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
⚫ In 2007, Shah joined ] as the head of Global Development Initiatives, and worked closely with Executive Director ] in guiding global economic development efforts.<ref name="brilliant">Brilliant, Larry., "The Official Google Blog", April 6, 2007, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> She also worked extensively on the growth of ] in partnership with the ] and the ].<ref>, "emurse.com", January 30, 2009, accessed August 5, 2009.</ref>


In February 2022, Shah was sworn in as Chief Commissioner of the newly created President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (PACAANHPI).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fair360.com/vice-president-kamala-harris-swears-in-presidents-advisory-commission-on-asian-americans-native-hawaiians-and-pacific-islanders/ |title=Vice President Kamala Harris Swears In President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders |last= |first= |date=February 9, 2022 |website= |publisher=Fair360 |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> In March 2022, Shah was appointed as a member of the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/03/17/secretary-mayorkas-announces-new-homeland-security-advisory-council-members |title=Secretary Mayorkas Announces New Homeland Security Advisory Council Members |last= |first= |date=March 17, 2022 |website= |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/photo/29209 |title=Sonal Shah |last= |first= |date=March 17, 2022 |website= |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
⚫ In July 2019, Shah joined the presidential campaign<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/buttigieg-hires-former-goldman-sachs-executive-as-policy-director.html|title=Pete Buttigieg hires former Goldman Sachs executive as national policy director|last=Higgins|first=Tucker|date=2019-07-18|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> of South Bend Mayor, Pete Buttigieg as


===Return to public service=== ===Private and nonprofit sector===
From 2001–2003, Shah served at the ] as Director of Operations and Programs, helping set up all aspects of the strategy, infrastructure and operations.<ref name="people"/> In 2001, with her siblings Roopal and Anand, Shah founded the nonprofit Indicorps, which, akin to the ], is a service fellowship for young ] to perform grassroots and community volunteer work in India.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 13, 2003 |title=Sonal Shah is the India Abroad Person of the Year 2003 |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/dec/12sonal.htm |work=Rediff.com |location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=December 19, 2003 |title=Humanity that works |url=https://issuu.com/indiainny/docs/poy2003_2008-dl-poy-2003-2008/118 |work=India Abroad |location= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=October 14, 2012 |title=Sonal R. Shah |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2012/10/14/iop-fellow-sonal-shah/ |work=The Harvard Crimson |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
⚫ In April 2009, Shah was appointed director of the newly created White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.<ref name="global">]., The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "philanthropy.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> The objective of this office is to coordinate governmental efforts to aid innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs to address pressing social problems.<ref name="PTI">PTI Houston., "dnaindia.com", April 23, 2009, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Shah is also working with the ] to bring a global perspective to these efforts.<ref name="global"/>


⚫ From 2003–2004, she worked at the ] as an associate director, advising current and former congressional and government executives on a wide variety of issues including trade, outsourcing and post-conflict reconstruction.<ref name="thaindian">Thaindian News. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081110081916/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/obama-picks-indian-american-sonal-shah-as-adviser_100115970.html |date=November 10, 2008 }}, "thaindian.com", November 7, 2008, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
Shah had served on Biden’s Unity Task Force. In 2021, she was left out from being appointed in the ] after more than a dozen Indian-American organisations raised concerns about Shah's link with right wing Hindu nationalist ]/].<ref name="TribuneRSS">{{cite news |title=Biden keeps out Democrats with RSS links |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/diaspora/biden-keeps-out-democrats-with-rss-links-201707 |access-date=22 January 2021 |agency=Tribuneindia News Service |date=21 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pak-origin Salman Ahmed part of foreign team |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/779445-pak-origin-salman-ahmed-part-of-foreign-team |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>


⚫ In 2004, Shah joined ] as a vice president, where she worked on green initiatives, which included informing clients and bankers on alternative energy opportunities and advising them on how to implement environmental, social and governance criteria for all investments.<ref name="ferdinand">Ferdinand, Andrea. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030125024/http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/news/pressreleases/SonalShah06.asp |date=October 30, 2008 }}, McCombs School of Business, Univ. of Texas at Austin, November 7, 2006,accessed August 3, 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/person/sonal-shah/ |title=Sonal Shah, Founding Executive Director |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608225437/https://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/person/sonal-shah/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
==Hindu nationalist activism==
Her father Ramesh Shah was the President of Overseas Friends of BJP-USA and is the founder of RSS-run ].<ref name="TribuneRSS" />


⚫ In 2007, Shah joined ] as the head of Global Development Initiatives, and worked closely with Executive Director ] in guiding global economic development efforts.<ref name="brilliant">Brilliant, Larry., "The Official Google Blog", April 6, 2007, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> She also worked extensively on the growth of ] in partnership with the ] and the ].<ref>, "emurse.com", January 30, 2009, accessed August 5, 2009.</ref>
In 2001, Sonal Shah worked with the ] (VHP) of America, a branch of the ] organization based in India, as the National Coordinator during the ].<ref name="vhpa">VHPA Update., "vhp-america", February 3, 2001, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> The VHP in India has been classified by the ] as a militant religious organization as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cia-classifies-vhp-bajrang-dal-as-millitant-religious-outfits-1260635-2018-06-14|title=CIA classifies VHP, Bajrang Dal as millitant religious outfits|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24|agency=Ist}}</ref>


In 2021, Shah became the founding president of ] (TAAF).<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 May 2021 |title=Sonal Shah Tapped to Lead the Asian American Foundation |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/sonal-shah-tapped-to-lead-the-asian-american-foundation |work=The Chronicle of Philanthropy |location= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210507195031/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/sonal-shah-tapped-to-lead-the-asian-american-foundation|access-date=|archive-date= May 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=May 3, 2021 |title=Asian-American Business Leaders Fund Effort to Fight Discrimination |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/dealbook/asian-american-donation-philanthropy.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
Later in 2001, she co-founded the non-religious, non-profit ] which recruits young people of Indian origin from all over the world to volunteer in India working for Indian NGOs.<ref name="programoverview">Indicorps.,"indicorps.org", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> Indicorps volunteers have worked in the areas of education, health and sanitation, rural development, tsunami relief, and microfinance.<ref name="ourprojects">Indicorps., "indicorps.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> She gave the key note address in 2004 talking about her work with Indicorps for the US's branch of the India-based ] (EVF). The EVF in India has been accused of running schools that pursue a Hindu-nationalist agenda and generate hatred towards minorities.<ref name="tehelka1">{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws200411HINDUTVA.asp|title=Sangh owns one of the fastest growing education projects|last=Vishnu|first=G|date=20 April 2011|newspaper=]|accessdate=23 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="Chaterjee20070719">{{cite web|url=http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/aicu-president-suspects-hindu-charitable-trust-of-forming-antichristian-schools-for-indian-tribals/156.htm|title=AICU president suspects Hindu charitable trust of forming anti–Christian schools for Indian tribals|last=Chaterjee|first=Jacob|date=19 July 2005|work=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824032549/http://in.christiantoday.com/articles/aicu-president-suspects-hindu-charitable-trust-of-forming-antichristian-schools-for-indian-tribals/156.htm|archive-date=24 August 2013|accessdate=5 March 2012}}</ref> The EVF in 2005 lost public funding after the Indian federal government deemed it was "spreading hatred" against India's non-Hindu minority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/centre-stops-grants-to-one-teacher-schools/article27369243.ece|title=Centre stops grants to 'one-teacher schools'|date=2005-05-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


On January 1, 2023, Shah became the CEO of the nonprofit newsroom ''The Texas Tribune''.<ref name="tt"/><ref name="nyt-TT">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=October 26, 2022 |title=The Texas Tribune Names a New C.E.O. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/business/media/texas-tribune-ceo-sonal-shah.html |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
When she was appointed to the President Obama's transition team, leaders of the VHP and another Hindu nationalist organization, the ], issued a statement calling her a "proud member of the VHP, the daughter of Ramesh Shah, a very senior VHP leader."<ref name="Prashad">{{cite book |first=Vijay |last=Prashad |authorlink=Vijay Prashad |title=Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today |publisher=The New Press |year=2012 |isbn=978-1595588012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h9ImLEPR-4QC}}</ref> After her appointment to Obama's team and criticism of her links to India's Hindu nationalist movement, Shah disassociated herself from the VHP and condemned its role in the ].<ref>, The Hindu, 12 December 2008.</ref>


==Board Memberships== ==Board Memberships==
Shah is a board member of ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://philanthropynewyork.org/news/century-foundation-welcomes-new-trustees-sonal-shah-and-damon-silvers |title=The Century Foundation Welcomes New Trustees Sonal Shah and Damon Silvers |last= |first= |date=September 25, 2015 |website= |publisher=The Century Foundation |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/our-people/our-board/sonal-shah/index.htm |title=Sonal Shah |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Consumer Reports |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://internews.org/about/board/ |title=Board & Global Leadership Council |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Internews |access-date=September 26, 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
Shah is a board member of ] America and of ]'s organization ]{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}


==Awards and recognition== ==Awards and recognition==
*Henry Crown Fellowship, ], 2006<ref name="aspen">2006 Great Xpectations Class., "aspeninstitute.com",accessed August 3, 2009.</ref> *2003: '']'' Person of the Year<ref name="personofyear">India Abroad.,"rediff.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
*2006: Henry Crown Fellowship, ]<ref name="aspen">2006 Great Xpectations Class., "aspeninstitute.com",accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
*, , Columbia University, 2007.<ref>National Assembly., "nextgenerationproject.org", May 16, 2006</ref> *2007: {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220221356/http://americanassembly.org/project/next-generation-project-us-global-policy-and-future-international-institutions |date=December 20, 2012 }}, , Columbia University<ref>National Assembly., "nextgenerationproject.org", May 16, 2006</ref>
*India Abroad Person of the Year, 2003<ref name="personofyear">India Abroad.,"rediff.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
* 2012: Fall Fellow, ] ]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/sonal-shah |title=Sonal Shah |last= |first= |date=September 13, 2023 |website= |publisher=Harvard Institute of Politics|access-date= |quote=}}</ref>


==Papers and articles== ==Papers and articles==
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American economist For the actor, see Sonal Shah (actress).

Sonal Shah
Personal details
Born (1968-05-20) May 20, 1968 (age 56)
Mumbai, India
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Duke University (MA)

Sonal R. Shah (born May 20, 1968) is an American economist and public official. She is the CEO of The Texas Tribune, a politics and public policy-specific nonprofit news organization headquartered in Austin, Texas. Shah served as the National Policy Director for Mayor Pete Buttigieg's run in the 2020 United States presidential election. 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 was the founding executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University. Previously, Shah was a member of the Obama presidential transition team and was the head of Global Development Initiatives, a philanthropic arm of Google.org.

Early life

Sonal Shah was born in Mumbai, India. She moved to the US in 1972 at the age of four, 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.

Career

Public service

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.

In November 2008, Shah was appointed a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project to prepare President-elect Obama to assume the presidency on January 20, 2009. After her appointment to Obama's team, Shah rejected reports that linked her to Hindu nationalist groups.

In April 2009, Shah was appointed director of the newly created White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. The objective of this office is to coordinate governmental efforts to aid innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs to address pressing social problems. Shah is also working with the National Security Council to bring a global perspective to these efforts.

In July 2019, Shah joined the presidential campaign of South Bend Mayor, Pete Buttigieg as national policy director.

After Joe Biden secured the nomination in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Shah served on the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force.

In February 2022, Shah was sworn in as Chief Commissioner of the newly created President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (PACAANHPI). In March 2022, Shah was appointed as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Private and nonprofit sector

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. In 2001, with her siblings Roopal and Anand, Shah founded the nonprofit Indicorps, which, akin to the Peace Corps, is a service fellowship for young Indians in the diaspora to perform grassroots and community volunteer work in India.

From 2003–2004, she worked at the Center for American Progress as an associate director, advising current and former congressional and government executives on a wide variety of issues including trade, outsourcing and post-conflict reconstruction.

In 2004, Shah joined Goldman Sachs as a vice president, where she worked on green initiatives, which included informing clients and bankers on alternative energy opportunities and advising them on how to implement environmental, social and governance criteria for all investments.

In 2007, Shah joined Google.org as the head of Global Development Initiatives, and worked closely with Executive Director Larry Brilliant in guiding global economic development efforts. She also worked extensively on the growth of small and medium sized enterprises in partnership with the Omidyar Network and the Soros Foundation.

In 2021, Shah became the founding president of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF).

On January 1, 2023, Shah became the CEO of the nonprofit newsroom The Texas Tribune.

Board Memberships

Shah is a board member of The Century Foundation, Consumer Reports, and Internews.

Awards and recognition

Papers and articles

  • Guiding Principles and Design of the MCA
  • Trading Views
  • Served on Commission for Weak States and National Security, Center for Global Development.
  • Social Finance: A Primer, Center for American Progress

References

  1. ^ Schachter, Jim (October 26, 2022). "T-Squared: Sonal Shah is The Texas Tribune's next CEO". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  2. Springer, Richard." Sonal Shah served as Deputy Assistant to the President for President Obama and founded the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation" Archived April 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, "indiawest.com", accessed August 3, 2009.
  3. Perry, Suzanne."Leader to Step Down From White House Social-Innovation Office", "philanthropy.com", accessed May 5, 2012.
  4. New Social Impact and Innovation Center Funded With $10 Million Gift, February 10th, 2014
  5. ^ People Sonal Shah."Sonal works for google.org Global Development" Archived April 19, 2013, at archive.today, "changemakers.com", accessed August 3, 2009.
  6. Indiacorps publication."India Abroad" Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, December 19, 2003.
  7. Bahree, Megha."Offshoring Aid", "forbes.com, May 8, 2006, accessed August 3, 2009.
  8. "Sustaining News Media". Duke Magazine. May 19, 2023.
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