Lakshmi Karan Speaker and Booking Agent Information

Dr. Lakshmi Karan is Director, Global Strategy, at Riders for Health, a social enterprise that delivers health services to over 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Most recently, she was Director of Impact Assessment at the Skoll Foundation where she led program strategy and review of grant investments. Within the social sector, Lakshmi served as a strategy consultant to a variety of organizations including Reebok Human Rights program, Oxfam America and the Alchemy Foundation. In the private sector, she was a management consultant to fortune 500 companies working with senior executives around the world in the finance, health and retail industries. Her expertise was in systems design and knowledge management. Lakshmi grew up in South India, where she completed a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in computer science. Subsequently, she earned a master’s and Ph.D. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Her doctoral dissertation was in the fields of nonprofit effectiveness and organizational learning.

Multi-sector, global expertise: Proven track record in the business, non-profit and philanthropic sectors. Led global projects, with multiple internal and external stakeholders to create large-scale outcomes. Strong networks in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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