Author Biography
Neesha is CEO of Impact Stars, LLC, a business incubator and strategy consultancy based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has a Master's Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University. As an executive at boutique direct marketing firms to global advertising agencies, Neesha has advised clients in industries as diverse as banking, telecommunications, retail, technology, and consumer goods. She is equally skilled at helping scrappy startups and small businesses with tiny budgets. Neesha authored Wisdom Song: the Life of Baba Amte (2006), and produced FosteRevolutionaries: Rise Above It - The No Excuses 90 Day Power Journal (2016). Her social enterprise venture, #hotskillspaysbills, is a 21st-century workforce development program with a revolutionary purpose: to give young people who have experienced foster care the courage and game plan they need to take care of themselves financially. The program leverages the network effects of social media, online learning, and technology whenever possible.
