Senior Associate, Integrated Capitals
Nisha Prasad is a Senior Associate on the Integrated Capitals team at Heron. Prior to joining Heron, she worked in corporate finance at Intel Corporation, working closely with the manufacturing and supply chain departments. Nisha has also completed projects for Veris Wealth Partners, Nonprofit Finance Fund, and The Educational Foundation of America. Nisha co-founded Columbia Business School’s Impact Investing Initiative and served as Chief Investment Officer for Microlumbia, a student-run impact fund. Nisha received her BS in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business and her MBA from Columbia Business School, where she won the Nathan Gantcher Prize for Social Enterprise.
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