Raj moved to Charlotte from Boston in 2015 but has deep roots in the Carolinas, having grown up in Greenville, SC and Greensboro, NC. He got his first exposure to Social Venture Partners when he attended an event at the Bechtler in February 2019. Shortly after joining SVP Charlotte, Raj joined multiple nonprofit boards including Families Forward Charlotte (a SEED20 and Investee alum), and he is the Board Chair of Feeding Charlotte, a nonprofit in our current Investee portfolio. In his professional life, Raj is a Director in the Data Solutions group at Perficient, a global technology consulting firm. Outside of his work and nonprofit leadership pursuits, Raj has also mentored and advised entrepreneurs through his affiliation with the Carolina Angel Network and RevTech Labs. His other interests include traveling, playing golf, and cheering on Clemson football. Raj holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives in Charlotte with his wife Leigh Ann and son Thomas.