Sachi Shenoy

Co-Founder

Sachi Shenoy co-founded Upaya Social Ventures along with Sriram Gutta and Steve Schwartz in 2011. She served as Upaya’s Executive Director for the first five years, its Chief Impact Officer for the next five, and now serves on its Board of Directors. She has over 15 years of experience in developing social enterprises to meet the needs of the poor and marginalized, designing and implementing field interventions, and conducting impact assessments and investment advisory for a variety of organizations globally. She also serves on the Boards of Global Washington and Global Leadership Forum, and on the Advisory Boards of the Chicago Booth Rustandy Center and Pacific Community Ventures. Her work has been featured in Wall Street Journal – India, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Impact Alpha, and NextBillion. In 2014, she was named to the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list, an honor that "spotlights the top business leaders under the age of 40 who excel in their industry and show dynamic leadership."

Sachi spent three years at Unitus, where she served as Director of Global Programs and led the Social Performance Management Implementation Project (SPM IP) and Sorenson / Unitus Ultra Poor Initiative. Prior to Unitus, Sachi served as Area Manager at SKS Microfinance Pvt. Ltd., leading the organization's entry into the New Delhi urban microfinance market. In 2005, Sachi authored the business proposal for the SKS Ultra Poor Program, designed to uplift rural, destitute populations. Sachi has also worked at New York-based CDVCA, where she evaluated seed-stage social enterprises and constructed investment recommendations for its Central Fund; JP Morgan Chase, where she worked in the Sales & Trading division; and Price Waterhouse LLP, where she served as a management consultant for the financial services industry.

Sachi holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurship with High Honors from the University of Chicago.