Nina Sharma

Biography

Nina Sharma has dedicated her career empowering others. She is currently the Managing Director of Project X-ITE, the innovation, tech, and entrepreneurship initiative at the University of Denver, where she also a guest lecturer and is working toward her Executive MBA. At Project X-ITE, she launched the Colorado Solutions Summit to accelerate social entrepreneurs working on the SDGs, as well as Pioneering Summer, an accelerator for student-led ventures.

In 2016, Nina co-founded The Whole Truth Booth, a tech company that aims to bridge social, political, and cultural divides through a mobile storytelling platform. In 2017, she co-founded Kahani, a software company that enables companies and causes to collect user generated video content from their constituents. In 2018, she launched The Sh*thole Project, an online platform to highlight the beauty and boost the reputation of countries in the developing world.

Nina spent 15 years working in institutional fundraising and partnership development, at the New York Public Library, Carnegie Hall, Yale University, and the Ad Council. After getting her MPA from the NYU Wagner School of Public Service, she worked for Millennium Villages Project. In 2012, moved to Denver where she worked for various nonprofits including First Descents and Global Education Fund, launched her own consultancy, and worked for a boutique reputational consulting firm building collaborative partnerships between companies and international nonprofits.

Nina is a co-founder of +Acumen, serves on the board of directors of Global Dental Relief, and is on the Hamilton College Alumni Council. She was nominated for the Denver Business Journal 40 under 40 in 2018, and is an active alumni of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation. She was selected as a mentor for the German Marshall Fund's Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative, and is an acceleration partner of the United Nations Solutions Summit.