May 29, 2022
Paurvi Bhatt is a second generation, Indian immigrant, health care executive and board executive on global and national nonprofit, foundations and councils. She is a leader with a rich set of experiences across three industries – pharmaceutical, retail apparel and medical technology. She is known for creating and executing strategies, shaping global teams and enabling functions that accelerate an organization's capacity to drive greater success when facing uncertainty caused by external social pressures.
During our interview, Paurvi touched on issues such as social determinants of health, finding belonging, using one's voice, how to honor the first immigrant in a family to migrate, the immigrant mentality - the joy of solving for things (using difficulty/challenging situations), adapting food/things to create something new when one is unable to find tradiditonal ingredients from their country of origin. Paurvi honors the legacy of her parents who were the first to migrate from India by sharing the courage and confidence of 1st generation immigrants as they were raised in a majority environment and the influence her parents had in her young life as they encouraged her to "bring people home" as a way of breaking bread to introduce/build bridges and shortening the distance between people of different cultures.
As a recognized leader in healthcare, Paurvi is known for managing risk, creating growth, and improving performance by enabling the nonprofit, private, and government sector that form the value chain delivering social and healthcare services. Her results include improved access to health care delivery, corporate social responsibility results and Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance, creative and effective employee benefit and engagement offerings, and proactive issues management and advocacy that drives societal change.
Paurvi’s deep knowledge of social issues and diverse stakeholders provides a unique line of sight for companies aiming to deliver breakthrough improvements in reputation, trust and measurable social outcomes. She’s led teams in public affairs, human resources, and philanthropy, and is known for her cross functional and multidisciplinary approach to problem solving based on her deep experience working in the nonprofit, government and community sector. Her leadership in the pharmaceutical, retail apparel and medical technology industry has driven improvement in sustainability and diversity rankings and ratings such as Human Rights Council, Diversity, Inc, Asia Society, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and FTSE4Good.
As a board executive, Paurvi is called upon to sharpen an organization’s focus on outcomes, tap creative revenue streams to accelerate growth, and scale improved reputation. She’s a spokesperson and active author, podcast guest and presenter on issues ranging from women's leadership, Asian American and Immigrant issues, health systems and economics, philanthropy, HIV and women’s health, and the role of women as working daugthers and family caregivers.
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