A graduate of Princeton University (A.B.), Rishi has extensive public interest experience at the intersection of the public, private, and non-profit sectors.
In early 2010, Rishi co-founded Michigan Corps, the premier national investment vehicle for Michigan, providing financial, intellectual, and human capital from across the country to the most sophisticated enterprises in Michigan.
Michigan Corps' Founding Corps Members include: Google Chair and CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt; Emmy Award-winning Sportscaster Dick Enberg; CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jeffrey Eugenides; Former Digg CEO Jay Adelson; Skoll Foundation President Dr. Larry Brilliant; and Sun Microsystems Founder and Former CEO Scott McNealy.
Rishi's leadership of Michigan Corps has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Associated Press, and numerous other local and national media.
From July 2009 through March 2010, he was Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy at College Summit, America's premier non-profit organization partnering with low-income schools nationwide to increase college enrollment rates. There, among other things, he brought together a coalition of cross-sector leaders, including the CEOs of PepsiCo, Google, Deloitte, and Princeton University, to ensure college proficiency is a success measure for the American K-12 education system.
Prior to joining College Summit, Rishi lived in New Delhi, India where he was Head of Government Affairs and Public-Private Partnerships for Google across South Asia. There, he conducted public policy advocacy, overturned Internet censorship in Pakistan and Bangladesh, mobilized India's top political parties to use the Internet for the first time, and led the development of Google's first ever election-transparency and citizen-empowerment product.
Previously, while based in Silicon Valley, Rishi supported Google's worldwide public policy advocacy efforts from Lansing to Paris, led Google.org's philanthropic work with the United Nations, and supported communications for Google's CEO.
Earlier in his career, Rishi has served as Coordinator of Public Policy and Government Affairs at College Summit, Trustee of Princeton University, and Commissioner of the New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education.
Contact Rishi via e-mail at rjaitly@michigancorps.org. |
