Anita Bhat Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

General management of $120M portfolio of primary and specialty care clinics in Greater Los Angeles Area. Overall responsibility for financial and clinical performance, marketing & growth strategies, new business, and team development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Advisor on strategic partnerships to businesses with products/services offering significant social and environmental impact, including pricing strategy for ThrdPlace (Los Angeles) and social impact metrics for Chaitanya Microfinance (Bengaluru, India)

Greater Los Angeles Area

Managed relationships with strategic partners to thoughtfully distribute shoes and support the local jobs through in-country shoe production. Resolved supply chain challenges; identified cost savings of over 10%; leading partner cooperation efforts and oversaw multi-million dollar budget for comprehensive India strategy.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led business planning and partnership development for first co-working space in Downtown LA. Advised founders on fundraising strategy, customer segmentation, and membership recruitment via salesforce.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Selected as MBA summer intern for the Office of Public Engagement to develop and manage new partnerships
• Strengthened partnership with the Office of Social Innovation to identify over 120 mission-driven ventures for government investment in technology and scale
• Organized recovery claims totaling for victims of BP oil spill disaster, including job skills training and micro-lending within Small Business Administration’s $10M portfolio
• Recommended investment in Government 2.0 initiatives within $2B small business funding
• Coordinated Next Generation Leadership Summit to convene young leaders at The White House to encourage alliances with local government initiatives

Jaipur Area, India

• Spearheaded project execution and reviews to improve lives of rural and urban poor of India's largest state- Rajasthan- through livelihoods and financial inclusion programs.
• Led innovative social development reform for state of 60 million citizens by identifying and facilitating unique partnership opportunities across public and private sectors
• Initiated first partnership between state government and $65M social enterprise (FabIndia), increasing state revenue and improved quality of life for over 80 rural weavers
• Reformed and reviewed public bank regulation and training methods to provide over 60,000 migrant laborers access to their first bank accounts.

Dausa Area, India

• Partnered with UN Development Program and State of Rajasthan to pilot two key livelihoods projects:
• Rural employment exchange: Understood local needs of unemployed youth through extensive interviews, actively recruited first set of corporate partners, developed training programs, and interfaced with government.
• Rural tourism program: designed marketing strategy, NGO partnership contract, and implementation plan for first rural tourism outfit in Abhaneri, Dausa

Hyderabad Area, India

• First US team member on the ground to assist in the formulation of Wells Fargo's first major international technology operations.
• Coordinated local efforts and international consultants to help expand team from 4 to 100 employees for Business Process Outsourcing unit
• Led 40-member cross-functional team and presented weekly progress to senior management
• Spearheaded and implemented Corporate Social Responsibility Program to support rural artisans and microfinance; which later resulted in creation of full-time CSR position team

Scottsdale, Arizona

• Recruited from campus to join Leadership Development Program in Technology & Operations of bank.
• Procured tracking system for Supplier Diversity Program to achieve $1M goal
• Selected as top of 25 associates in competitive Leadership Development Program

Mba, Social Entrepreneurship

Business Administration, Political Economies

International Baccalaureate