Practice Areas: Executive Coaching; Board Governance; Leadership Development; Fundraising Support; Strategic Planning; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Select Support Center Experience: NYC Health + Hospitals

Kalpana Bhandarkar ​has nearly 20 years of experience in health care and civic engagement. ​Within health care, ​Kalpana has dedicated her professional career to improving access to quality health care​ for people living in low-resource settings, having held leadership positions at ​three New York City hospitals and having worked in health care consulting. She has also long been engaged in advancing child and adolescent advocacy initiatives in New York State and the United States.​

Kalpana has advised non-profits throughout her career and is currently an active Board member of three non-profit organizations: ERASE Racism, a civil rights organization focused on fair housing and educational equity; Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, a statewide child advocacy organization working to advance policies for children and families in low-resource settings; and She Is the Universe, a global leadership development organization for teen girls.

Kalpana serves as Principal of Spring Bhee Advisory, delivery advisory and consulting services for health care and non-profit organizations. She holds a Masters of Public Health and Masters of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors of Arts from Tufts University.

Certifications: Coaching Certification from Upbuild

Networks/ Affinity Groups: Association of Nonprofit Specialists; South Asian Public Health Association