Dr. Shyama Venkateswar is the Senior Director, Learning Solutions, at Seramount. She heads up the development and design of tailored corporate strategies to tackle complex workplace culture and talent challenges and serves as an Advisor to Seramount’s partners representing a variety of industries. She has more than 20 years of experience in applying research for improved outcomes in organizations and public policy.
Shyama was previously the Director of the Public Policy Program and a faculty member at Hunter College, City University of New York. There, she led the expansion and governance of the program, crafted innovative curriculum, and played an instrumental role in implementing campus-wide initiatives for student and faculty success.
Shyama has wide experience in speaking to a variety of audiences – corporate, academic, nonprofit, and government – within and outside the U.S. She has written opinion pieces on a range of global policy issues and has been interviewed for her expertise by print and broadcast media.
She is a graduate of Smith College and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.