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'''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 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>
==Education==

Shah moved to the ] at the age of 4 in 1972. She graduated from the ] with a B.A. in Economics in 1990 and received a Master’s degree in Economics from ].<ref> http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2006/0508/043.html</ref>
==Early life==
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==
=== Early career === ===Public service===
Shah held a variety of US ] positions from 1995 until 2001. She was the director of the office overseeing the strategy and programs for ], including debt relief, development programs and ]/] strategies. She worked with the Ministry of Finance in ] and ] to design the post-war banking system. She also served as a senior advisor to the Secretary and Under Secretary on the US response to the Asian financial crisis. <ref>http://www.watsoninstitute.org/events_detail.cfm?id=855</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>
From 2001-2003, Shah joined the ] as Director of Operations and Programs, helping set up all aspects of the strategy, infrastructure and operations. <ref>http://www.changemakers.net/es/user/3018/view</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, Shah joined the Center for American Progress as an Associate Director, advising current and former Congressional and Government executives on a variety of topics from trade, outsourcing and post conflict reconstruction issues. <ref>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/obama-picks-indian-american-sonal-shah-as-adviser_100115970.html</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, focusing on their environmental strategy and implementation. Sonal worked on green initiatives, including advising clients and bankers on alternative energy opportunities and how to implement environmental, social and governance criteria for all investments. <ref>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/news/pressreleases/SonalShah06.asp</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>
== Links to radical Hindu groups ==
Sonal Shah has been accused of being a member of VHP which is a radical Hindu group active North America.<ref>http://www.france24.com/en/20081115-united-states-politics-obama-indian-slammed-with-extremist-link-accusations</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>
=== Google.org ===
⚫ In 2007, Shah joined ] as the head of Global Development Initiatives. She worked closely with Executive Director ], guiding global economic development efforts.<ref> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-team-members-for-googleorg.html</ref> She has also worked extensively on the growth of ] in partnership with the ] and the ].<ref> http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2008/03/googleorg-initi.html</ref>


=== Obama administration === ===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>


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>
⚫ On ], Shah was appointed as the head of the newly created White House "Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation"<ref name="appt"></ref>. The objective of this office is to promote government efforts to help innovative nonprofit groups and social entrepreneurs expand successful approaches to tackle pressing social problems<ref></ref>. Shah is also working with the ] to bring a global perspective to these efforts <ref name="appt"/>.


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>
==Relief and development work==
In 2001, Ms. Shah has worked closely with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America as the National Coordinator during the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake.<ref>http://www.vhp-america.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13</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>
Later that year Shah co-founded a non-profit initiative called ]. This is a non-religious, non-political US based organization that describes its mission as being to create a "profound personal experience and an opportunity to understand participatory development through intense voluntary service." <ref>http://www.indicorps.org/volunteer-work.php?page_id=18</ref> Its projects include education, health, rural development, Tsunami relief, health and sanitation projects, and microfinance.<ref>http://www.indicorps.org/ourprojects.php</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>

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>

==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>


==Awards and recognition== ==Awards and recognition==
⚫ *2003: '']'' Person of the Year<ref name="personofyear">India Abroad.,"rediff.com", accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
*Henry Crown Fellowship, Aspen Institute, 2006<ref>http://www.aspeninstitute.org/site/c.huLWJeMRKpH/b.611979</ref>
*2006: Henry Crown Fellowship, ]<ref name="aspen">2006 Great Xpectations Class., "aspeninstitute.com",accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
*Next Generation Fellow, American Assembly, Columbia University, 2007<ref> http://www.nextgenerationproject.org/</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>http://www.rediff.com/news/iapoy2003.htm</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==
*Guiding Principles and Design of the MCA<ref>http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14158</ref> *Guiding Principles and Design of the MCA<ref>Center for Global Development. </ref>
*Trading Views<ref>http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/05/b80308.html</ref> *Trading Views<ref>Podesta, John., Center for American Progress, 2004</ref>
*Served on Commission for Weak States and National Security, Center for Global Development<ref>http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_archive/weakstates</ref> *Served on Commission for Weak States and National Security, Center for Global Development.<ref>Commission Report. Center for Global Development, June 2004, accessed August 3, 2009.</ref>
*Social Finance: A Primer, Center for American Progress<ref></ref>


==Footnotes== ==References==
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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

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  28. "Asian-American Business Leaders Fund Effort to Fight Discrimination". The New York Times. May 3, 2021.
  29. "The Texas Tribune Names a New C.E.O." The New York Times. October 26, 2022.
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