We are drivers of social impact
Founded on 25 years of practicing, funding and advising, Revolution Impact works with a select group of skilled consultants, facilitators, and analysts to support client engagements. Our staffing approach ensures clients are getting the right team for the right work at the right time.
Pranav G. Kothari | Founder & CEO
Pranav is the Founder & CEO of Revolution Impact, LLC and an Adjunct Lecturer of Social Enterprise at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He teaches both MBA and executive education courses on the education sector, social sector performance measurement, and board governance. He speaks nationally on measuring social impact, education data, education philanthropy, and nonprofit effectiveness.
Prior to founding Revolution Impact, Pranav served as Vice President, Strategy & Innovation for KnowledgeWorks, where he oversaw business strategy for StriveTogether, EDWorks, and StrivePartnership. From 2013 – 2015, he served as Senior Director, Innovation for StriveTogether where he led development of new strategies and partnerships to support Cradle to Career Network members as well as financial and business planning for the growing, national organization.
Previously, Pranav co-founded and served as Managing Director of Mission Measurement. He advised leading funders, corporations, educational organizations, and nonprofits on measurement and program strategy. While at Mission Measurement, his clients included Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cristo Rey Network, Education Pioneers, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lynch Leadership Academy, School Leaders Network, USA Funds, and Vulcan Productions.
Prior to Mission Measurement, Pranav served as a Program Director at KnowledgeWorks focusing on college access and success as well as growth initiatives, and previously held market research and product development positions with Student Loan Funding and ACNielsen BASES.
He holds an A.B. in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA in Corporate Strategy and Organizational Behavior from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. In August 2019, Pranav was appointed to the Illinois Board of Higher Education and in October 2023 was appointed Chair by Governor JB Pritzker. Pranav is an Illinois Commissioner to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact and is an appointed board member of the State Universities Retirement System. Pranav previously served on the board of directors of the National College Attainment Network and MORTAR and is a member of the UChicago Consortium on School Research Steering Committee.