Pranav Kothari

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As co-founder and Managing Director of Mission Measurement, Pranav is an expert on measuring the social impact of organizations and programs. Pranav advises leading funders, education initiatives and nonprofit organizations on measurement and program strategy. His current and past clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Education Pioneers, Cristo Rey Network, USA Funds and School Leaders Network.

Pranav has been working in the philanthropic sector for 14 years. In addition to his consulting work, he speaks and conducts workshops on measuring social impact, national nonprofit effectiveness and education philanthropy. Pranav also serves as a guest lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management Executive Education and MBA programs at Northwestern University.

Prior to joining Mission Measurement, Pranav served as a Program Director at KnowledgeWorks, a Cincinnati-based education enterprise. There, he worked to ensure that philanthropic dollars were reaching those most in need of support to succeed in postsecondary education. The Ohio College Access Network and the Ohio Appalachian Center have recognized his distinguished work in postsecondary education access.

Pranav is board president of the National College Access Network and is a board member of the Educational Policy Institute and Associated Colleges of Illinois. He also serves on the Chicago Advisory Board of Education Pioneers. He holds an A.B. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Organizational Behavior from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.