Usha Pasi

Usha Pasi (BWBH Board President) has extensive experience in development, constituency engagement, and governance at universities, arts institutions, and nonprofits. During the course of her career, she has held leadership positions at Yale, the MFA, Facing History and Ourselves, and the Cambridge Community Foundation. She has also held consulting assignments with Stanford University, the InterAcademy Partnership, the Perimeter Institute, and other organizations. In her professional roles, Usha has worked with organizational leadership and teams to establish and strengthen philanthropic and community relationships, and to build organizational capacity and infrastructure. She has a particular interest in governance and strategies that build on excellence and inclusion to achieve organizational mission. Usha serves on the Boston Book Festival Board, the largest pubic literary event in New England, and is a member of the HGSE Alumni Council. She also has been active with Women in Development and AFP Massachusetts.