Parvathi (PAR-vuh-thee) “Parv” Santhosh (SUN-dhoshhh)-Kumar is Senior Director of Impact at StriveTogether, a national movement of 70 regions working to advance equitable outcomes for children and families from cradle to career. She is a Results Count leadership practitioner who coaches teams of cross-sector leaders to dismantle structural barriers to opportunity and achieve impact at scale towards economic mobility for 10.5 million youth. She also serves as managing director for StriveTogether’s Chicago office. She is Vice Curator of the Chicago Global Shapers Community and she was selected as one of 50 young leaders to participate in the 2018 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where she contributed to dialogues with world leaders on creating a shared future in a fractured world. Parv previously served Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on executing his education policy agenda. Parv earned a BA in American Studies from Northwestern and an MPP from Harvard’s School of Government.