Shilpa has been a finance and accounting professional for more than 20 years in the United States and her native India. Her experience includes working for startups and Fortune 500 companies in finance and accounting.  She is also on the board of the Bay Area Glass Institute, a non-profit that provides public demonstrations of glass working and hosts renowned artists to conduct free lectures and demonstrations.  Also, Shilpa is on the CalCPA scholarship committee, working to help students become CPAs.  Shilpa finds passion in making nonprofit boards more inclusive.  She earned an MBA from San Francisco State University and has a CPA license in California. Shilpa has completed Center for Excellence in Nonprofits' Building Representative Boards program as part of Cohort 3.