Shamina Singh

Shamina Singh is a globally recognized leader at the intersection of business, policy, and social impact, with a career spanning four U.S. presidential administrations and three Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder and president of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and executive vice president of sustainability at Mastercard, where she leads the company’s global social and environmental impact strategy. She also serves on Mastercard’s Management Committee.

Since launching the Center in 2014, Shamina has harnessed the power of Mastercard’s data, technology, capital, and expertise to advance inclusive and sustainable growth around the world. Under her leadership, the Center was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. Her work has also been recognized by American Banker and the Financial Times for driving systemic change through bold leadership and innovation.

A lifelong public servant, Shamina has held senior roles in the White House and the U.S. House of Representatives. She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a Presidential Leadership Scholar, and an alumna of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leadership Fellows Program.

Currently, Shamina serves on the boards of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and data.org, and on the advisory boards of Okta for Good, the Aspen Institute’s Civil Society Fellowship, and the CGAP Financial Inclusion Initiative.

Shamina holds a Bachelor of Science from Old Dominion University and a Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School at the University of Texas at Austin. She has received Alumni of Distinction honors from both institutions and is a contributor to MIT Sloan Management Review on the topic of responsible AI.