Sushma Sheth
Template:TOCnestleft Sushma Sheth is an Organizational Strategy and Human Capital Development consultant at Accenture consulting firm, Washington DC, where she supports executives in addressing organizational and leadership challenges. Sushma works with clients across the consumer products, pharmaceutical, international development, philanthropic, and government industries with experience in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. Recent projects include advising clients to orchestrate cross-regional leadership alignment, journey management for global operating model transformations, as well as redesigning workforce and leadership development programs to establish learning cultures and succession pipelines.
Sushma earned her MPA at Harvard Kennedy School and MBA at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She served as Teaching Assistant for Professor Ronald Heifetz during the semester-long Exercising Leadership course as well as his Adaptive Leadership seminar at The White House. Prior to graduate studies, Sushma co-founded community-based social justice organizations in Miami, Florida where she first learned of leadership as a verb - and not just a noun – organizing with low-income black and immigrant communities.[1]
At Brown University, Sushma Sheth helped develop grassroots leaders as well as build coalitions around such issues as affordable housing and economic development. Since 2007, she has also been active in building a national coalition of similar organizations, Right to the City Alliance.[2]
Miami
In 2001, Sushma Sheth returned to her hometown to join the Miami Workers Center, an emerging grassroots organizing and progressive strategy center. She jump started the strategic communications program, directed staff and programs, as well as convened regional coalitions to move progressive initiatives in Miami. Sushma was awarded the 2002 New Voices Fellowship and named 2007 Miami Fellow and “Top 25 Power Women of Miami” in 2006. Currently, Sushma is a graduate student.
Organizing Upgrade
Initiated by Sushma Sheth, Harmony Goldberg and Joseph Phelan, Organizing Upgrade was founded in 2009.
Miami comrades
Sarai Portillo November 2005;
- My first pininos organizing a community event centuries ago almost 9 years ago... after meeting rent - tired but happy of the outcome... how time flies...
- — with Sushma Sh, Tony Romano, Joseph Phelan, Cindy Wiesner and Gihan Perera in Miami, Florida.
Soros fellowship
Sushma Sheth was awarded a 2009 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, to support work towards an MBA in Business at Northwestern University.[3]
Murthy connection
Palak Shah March 20, 2014 ·
JOIN THE FIGHT: WWW.STANDWITHVIVEK.COM — with Alpen Sheth, Rashmi Murthy, Jessica Shah Patel, Keyur Shah, Shalini Pammal, Sarah Johnson, Sushma Sheth, Anjali Chelliah Sawe, Chris Lillis, Sunny Kishore and Purvi Shah.
Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing
Revolutionary Strategies to Beat the Rising Right Wing, was a nationwide conference call organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Sunday October 30, 2016.
- What's the nature of this right-wing threat? What has this election cycle changed about the political terrain we're fighting on? How do we need to prepare for whats coming after the election? Hear about these crucial questions from our panel of top political strategists, including Nelini Stamp, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Linda Burnham, and Sendolo Diaminah.
Those indicating interest in attending, on Facebook included Sushma Sheth.[4]