Meeta Kothare is the Managing Director of the Social Innovation Initiative and adjunct professor at McCombs School of Business and LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin. Previously, she founded Neeva Solutions, a management consulting firm assisting nonprofits and for-profit organizations dedicated to social impact. Kothare holds a Ph.D. in Finance and an M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of Rochester, and an MBA from the University of Georgia.

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Kothare has over two decades of academic, business, and social sector experience. She began her career in sales and marketing before pursuing graduate studies in business. After completing her doctorate, she joined the finance faculty at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has taught in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Business Honors programs. Her research on corporate finance, governance, and securities markets has appeared in leading academic journals. Kothare’s current interests include social innovation and the use of financial tools for social impact. Her areas of expertise include: impact investing, impact measurement, social entrepreneurship and social enterprise. She is also actively engaged in community service and philanthropy in Austin.

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