Raji Kalra

Raji Kalra has been the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer for multiple organizations since 2007. In this role, she has led the organization’s financial strategy, financial planning and analysis, budgeting and general accounting, and overseen its grant reporting, information technology systems and global operations. She has also served as the staff liaison to the Board of Directors’ Finance and Audit Committees. 

Raji brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience as a chief financial and accounting officer for growing U.S.-based nonprofits and social enterprises. Most recently, she served as chief financial officer of Action Against Hunger, the International Refugee Assistance Project, and the Center For Reproductive Rights. Additionally, she has experience working at Fortune 500 companies, including Accenture and American Express. 

Throughout Raji’s career, she has developed strategies to help organizations grow and created systems and plans for efficient, effective operations while implementing policies and procedures to mitigate risk and enhance governance. She has been a change leadership consultant for the National Football League and an organizational design consultant for Global Outreach International. Raji also worked at the David Lynch Foundation, Harlem RBI/DREAM, KIPP NYC, Ascend Charter Schools and the Museum for African Art. 

Raji has a diverse range of experiences. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a consultant for Accenture, then as Sr. Project Manager at a niche consulting firm. After graduate school, Ms. Kalra made the switch to nonprofit after a bridge job, a year at American Express. She worked for Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) as their 1st Director of Finance for 5 separate entities in NYC. Raji worked as a freelance consultant for educational nonprofits & start-up charter schools in New York, Pittsburgh, & New Orleans. As CFO/CAO, at Harlem RBI & DREAM Charter School, she had overall responsibility for the fiscal, facilities, HR, IT, legal & administrative functions of both organizations. At the Museum For African Art, Raji had fiscal responsibility for their operations as well as their $135M capital project.

Raji received an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MA from John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She currently serves on four nonprofit boards, including roles as a board chair and vice chair.