Aparna Shrivastava

Aparna Shrivastava serves as the Executive Director, Strengthening Human Infrastructure Project (SHIP) at AGCI.

As Executive Director, SHIP, Aparna drives SHIP’s vision and strategy, recruits and oversees the project’s management team, and stewards its coalition of partners and funders. Critically, Aparna is responsible for growing and managing SHIP’s sizable grantmaking portfolio, ensuring an impactful and inclusive investment of these critical resources.

Aparna comes to helm SHIP’s management team after 14+ years of leadership at the intersection of climate, development, and finance. Most recently, she led the climate office at the US Government's development bank (the Development Finance Corporation) where she scaled its annual climate investments to nearly $4 billion across a portfolio focused on clean energy, resilient infrastructure, agriculture, and circular economy. Prior to her Federal service, her career has centered on shaping high-impact climate and development strategies, mobilizing diverse partners, and building teams that deliver results. She has built climate programs from the ground up within complex organizations and designed talent, funding, and operational systems that helped teams scale quickly and effectively. Across roles, she has supported efforts ranging from subnational clean energy deployment and climate-resilient infrastructure to community-driven development and environmental justice initiatives.

Having worked across dozens of countries in government, industry, and civil society, she is known for bringing strategic clarity, operational discipline, and a deeply collaborative approach to complex efforts. Her work consistently focuses on turning ambition into implementation — aligning people, resources, and partnerships to accelerate impact at scale. Aparna earned her Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State and an MBA from the University of Oxford. In her free time, Aparna enjoys cooking, hiking, camping, embroidering, and making music.