SFUSD is one step away from state takeover. It faces difficult choices over the next several years and requires strong leadership. Endorsed by State Senator Wiener, United Educators of San Francisco, GrowSF, School Board Commissioner Jenny Lam, State Assembly Member Matt Haney, Supervisor Melgar, Supervisor Mandelman, Supervisor Dorseywww.paraggupta.org

Elected member of the SF DCCC, the governing board of the the San Francisco Democratic Party which consists of 320,000+ registered Democrats. The DCCC endorses candidates and ballot measures in citywide elections and sets the policy platform for the local Democratic Party (65% of registered voters). My candidacy was endorsed by State Senator Scott Wiener, Mayor London Breed, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, and School Board Commissioners Jenny Lam and Lisa Weissman-Ward. I'm also endorsed by SF YIMBY and SF Parent Action among many others. I received 24,000 votes in AD-19, the most votes out of any first time candidate.

The Stupski Foundation is a spend-down foundation that will have invested $300M in food insecurity, early childhood health outcomes, postsecondary success, and serious illness care in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii by 2029. I architected programmatic strategies and hired most of the team increasing diversity seven-fold - both in staff and consultants. Under my leadership, and with a great team, we:- Partnered with UCSF health system in two counties to scaffold early brain development for 13,000 infants, including 80% of infants from low-income families in Oakland by 2029- Supported the coordination of NGO-school district navigation and university predictive analytic efforts for students of color at Bay Area educational institutions. Integrated efforts will improve career outcomes for 42,000 BIPOC students by 2029- Partnered with 7 out of 10 local health systems to coordinate and improve serious illness care. By 2029, efforts will improve care for the 11,000 residents at the end of life every year- Oversaw a community-driven equitable food security approach to weave together safety net programs (e.g., WIC, SNAP) with local food systems for 840,000 Bay Area individuals.

Profitable company with 100+ employess that environmentally processes 2,000 tons of waste annually for the world's largest companies while improving livelihoods for 6,000+ waste pickers, the poorest of the poor. Efforts also reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 5,000 tons of CO2-equivalent annually.Highlights of our development include: - Selected as an advisor to the Foreign Minister of India as a notable member of the Indian Diaspora- Successfully working with companies such as Google, Infosys, Coca-Cola, Heritage, Parle Agro to environmentally process their waste in the Hyderabad/ Telangana region- Cultivating a high performing team with backgrounds from Harvard, IIT, and experience at the Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum among others- Named best solid waste management system in Andhra Pradesh

Incubator and field-builder for environmental processing of waste and creation of green livelihoods for waste pickers.Adviser to the Government of India regarding solid waste managementSuccessfully advocated for changes to municipal waste policy and foreign capital to solid waste management projects

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the country, regional and global levels that highlight social entrepreneurship as a key element to advance societies and address social problems in an innovative and effective manner.- Architect for Base of Pyramid Programming at the World Economic Forum- Created inaugural Global Agenda Councils on Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship- Headed operations in nine countries across South Asia and Central and Eastern Europe

Fostered the specialty coffee market in Nicaragua through managing Technoserve's operations in the Cup of Excellence, a specialty coffee competition that invites international cuppers from around the world. According to a McKinsey & Co. report, the 2004 competition achieved the highest price per pound for competition winners of any Cup of Excellence at the time of the study.