Sushma is currently a Consultant with Accenture in Washington, D.C. Prior to that she was an Impact Investment Fellow with the MacArthur Foundation. Prior to that she was a Fellows with the Civic Consulting Alliance. She completing a concurrent M.B.A./M.P.A. degree between Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School. Sushma is focused on public-private-nonprofit partnerships and social innovation in state and local governance. At Civic Consulting, Sushma worked on long-term strategic planning for the City, assessing jobs, safety, education and housing policy opportunities. Prior to graduate studies, Sushma co-founded the community organizing non-profit Miami Workers Center. Named one of Miami's 25 Power Women in 2006 and a Miami Fellow in 2007, Sushma was passionate about making Miami a world class city for all. Later, Sushma became a founding member of the Right to the City Alliance, a national alliance of non-profit, legal and academic organizations expanding social justice and human rights in eight U.S. cities. Sushma received her A.B. in Development Studies from Brown University. She is a Paul & Daisy Soros New American Fellow as well as a Glenn Dubin Emerging Leader Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership.