April 11, 2016

Joy Basu is The Rise Fund’s Impact Sector Lead for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining TPG, Joy was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she focused on agricultural development. Ms. Basu served as Project Manager to the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture, a collaboration amongst multinational companies to improve the social, environmental and economic impact delivered by the private-sector. Ms. Basu also advised the Agricultural Transformation Agency in Addis Ababa, a special-delivery unit focused on better enabling the agricultural sector as a driver of economic growth and social opportunity. Ms. Basu earned a JD/MBA from Stanford University with a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation. While at Stanford, Ms. Basu served as an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow and the President of the Women of Stanford Law. Ms. Basu earned a BA in Public Policy and Economics from Duke University. She serves as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project.