Founder & Principal
Strategy.Creativity.Mentorship
Pradnya Haldipur (she/her) has over 25 years of development and management experience in myriad U.S. and international settings. Throughout her career, she has focused on uniting philanthropists, corporations, and foundations with strategic projects and priorities. She is an experienced and creative development professional who excels at building big ideas and strong relationships.
Pradnya is the founder of Strategy.Creativity.Mentorship, a fundraising consultancy that reflects her professional philosophy and commitment to advancing the philanthropic sector. Through this practice, she partners with nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and healthcare organizations to assess readiness, design sustainable strategies, and secure transformational support. Her expertise is demonstrated in the more than $300 million she has raised to advance research, capital projects, endowments, operations, and programmatic initiatives.
Her career journey also includes leadership roles at Médecins Sans Frontières USA (Doctors Without Borders, the Institute for Sustainable Communities, and Code.org, as well as renowned academic medical institutions such as Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, and Boston Children’s Hospital. She has also contributed to think tanks, global development organizations, and the arts.
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