Sharanya Pai, MPP

Program Manager

Sharanya Pai (MPP ’21) is a Program Manager at the Child and Adolescent Data Lab. In her current role, she manages all phases of the SafeCare evaluation, including reporting timelines, data collection, and project deliverables. Pai’s work is at the intersection of design, policy, and activism. Prior to working at the lab, she served as an Engagement and Communications coordinator at the Center for Racial Justice. She was a part of the visioning and development of the Center while managing accessible grants, advisory boards, and facilitation of conversations centering race and ethnicity. She specializes in framing and prioritizing marginalized identities through visual design, project management, and policy analysis. Her areas of expertise are economic development, complex systems and social structures, community engagement, and designing physical and digital experiences. Her ability to synthesize, process, and visualize data while providing concise contextual analysis is the result of her academic and professional achievements.