Director, Center for Social ImpactUniversity of Michigan
Rishi founded the University of Michigan’s (U-M) Center for Social Impact at the Ross School of Business. He’s created practical learning programs across a dozen schools and colleges including the Social Impact Challenge with the City of Detroit; a regional Social Innovation Summit for cutting edge concepts for social progress; social entrepreneurship competitions and pipeline support; and an Impact Corps of mission-driven consultants.
As a social entrepreneur, Rishi founded the K-grams (“Kids Programs”) mentoring and tutoring agency that served 2,000 youth annually across the U.S. He also ran the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest (now MI Quest), the first statewide new venture competition of its kind. He later coached and built programs for MBAs at the U-M Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and led the U-M Nonprofit and Public Management Center.
Rishi has consulted with educational institutions on financial strategy at the Huron Consulting Group and on venture philanthropy at the Chicago Public Education Fund. He’s advised social enterprises including urban arts organizations, and produced and directed films to inspire social change. Rishi earned both a BBA and MBA from the U-M Ross School of Business and MA in educational leadership at the U-M School of Education.