Aparna is a newsroom leader with 20+ years in operations, strategy, and product roles across public, private, and philanthropic sectors. Currently CPO at Resolve Philly, she is shaping the future of local journalism. Her past includes roles at global media giants Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and CNBC. At The New York Times, she led online education initiatives in collaboration with top universities and foundations. She was also McKinsey's first social media editor. A global citizen, she's lived in New York, the Bay Area, and internationally, including covering Hong Kong’s handover in 1997 and serving as a Bosch Fellow in Berlin. Aparna holds a dual MA/MBA from Columbia and has been published by Businessweek and the New Yorker.