Parvathi “Parv” Santhosh-Kumar is a future-oriented and collaborative systems change leader working to measurably improve well-being outcomes of children and families furthest from opportunity. As Vice President of Community Impact at America's Promise Alliance -- a practitioners’ community for youth-supporting organizations – she co-leads programming to build the capacity of executive leaders to address their most pressing organizational challenges and work together on collective action to advance better and more equitable outcomes.

Parv is based in Nashville, where she serves as a Commissioner for the city’s anti-poverty agency, Metro Action Commission. She also serves on the Board of the National Youth Leadership Council and mentors students through the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University’s Center for Innovation. She is an advanced Results Count leadership practitioner and a certified advanced practitioner in emergent learning. Parv earned a BA in American Studies from Northwestern and an MPP from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter.

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