Nisha Arora

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Elected Board Member, Town of Greenwich, CT

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Education

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director

Yale School of Management

MBA, Finance & Operations

Rutgers University

B.S., Chemical Engineering & Mathematics

Professional Experience

Board Member, Board of Estimate & Taxation

Town of Greenwich, CT, Jan 2022 - Present

Elected member of the town’s finance board. The Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) is responsible for the proper administration of the financial affairs including the issuance of the annual recommended Budget and setting the Town tax mill rate. Member of Budget Committee, Chair of Investment Committee.

Chief Operating Officer

AlphaStrat LLC, Mar 2021 - Present

Managing Member and COO, quantitative commodity investment fund.

Chief Operating Officer

Northlander Commodity Advisors LLP, Feb 2012 - Dec 2019

Chief Operating Officer for a commodities hedge fund specializing in European energy.

Chief Operating Officer

ARCIM Advisors LLC, Mar 2006 - Dec 2016

Oversee operations, compliance, and investor relations for a diversified commodities hedge fund.

Morgan Stanley

Institutional Securities, 2004 - 2005

Goldman Sachs

MBA Internship, 2003

Morgan Stanley

Investment Management Technology, 1999 - 2002

Nonprofit Board Experience

Board Member

CT Mirror, Jan 2024 - Present

Connecticut’s largest nonprofit publication focused on government and public policy. Board members are philanthropists, government, and/or academic leaders.

Board Member, Chair - Audit Committee

YWCA Greenwich, Jul 2016 - Dec 2021

Member, Strategic Committee. Chair, Audit Committee.

Co-Founder, Board Chair & President

India Cultural Center of Greenwich, Oct 2012 - Dec 2017

Co-founded non-profit organization in 2012 to promote Indian culture and arts in the Lower Fairfield and Westchester counties. Developed operations, strategic mission and board structure and led organization for the first five years. ICC today is recognized as a leading South Asian organization in CT and NY with a diverse & accomplished Board.

Board Member

India Cultural Center of Greenwich, Oct 2012 - Present

Advisory Board Member

Avon Theatre Film Center, Inc., Jan 2014 - Present

Board Member

Teach For India U.S., Jan 2020 - Dec 2022