Board Member
Karishma Kiri has supported Upaya for years as a donor, a champion of the Seattle Gala, and a long-time member of the Investment Committee. She brings founder-level business experience and a long-standing focus on emerging markets and social impact to Upaya.
Karishma is a Real Estate Advisor and Broker with Windermere Real Estate in the Seattle area. She also served as an Independent Director on the board of the Seattle King County REALTORS from 2022 to 2023. Before real estate, she was an entrepreneur. As co-owner of Resultrix, a digital advertising agency, she led US operations and grew its client base four times in two and a half years. Resultrix was named one of the Top 10 Places to Work in Washington State and was sold to Publicis Groupe in 2012.
Earlier in her career, Karishma spent more than ten years at Microsoft, where she led strategy and new business incubations for emerging markets. In India, she launched Project Shiksha, a $20 million IT education program that trained 200,000 teachers and reached 5 million students. As a consultant, she also worked with social enterprises and non-profits including Grameen Technology Center and SeeYourImpact.org.