Shital C. Shah
Manager of Policy & Partnerships
Coalition for Community Schools
shahs@iel.org
202-822-8405 x 100
Shital C. Shah serves as the Manager for Policy and Partnerships for the Coalition for Community Schools. In this capacity she is responsible for partnership development and partnership management; federal and state policy coordination; and helping with the development of federal policy recommendations and briefs. Shital will also work to expand the field’s and policymakers’ knowledge on community school topics (i.e., early chronic absenteeism, reading by the end of 3rd grade, family engagement, and early childhood, family engagement), through fact sheets, webinars, Hill briefings, newsletter features, and website communications.
Prior to joining IEL, Shital worked at Innovation Network, Inc, where she was on the Consulting and Evaluation Team. She worked with the team to provide foundations and nonprofit organizations with evaluation support and training. Before she joined Innovation Network, she was the director of an East Harlem Out of School-time program with the New York Road Runners Foundation.
Shital holds a Master's degree in Nonprofit Management and Social Policy from Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy, in New York City. She obtained her BS in Environmental Studies and BA in Religion at George Washington University in Washington, DC.