Ritika Kurup is Senior Director of Learning and Activation at StriveTogether, where she leads the organizational strategy to gather and share learning, tools, and resources to support better, more equitable outcomes for each child.

Over her two-decade career in the US and India, Ritika has led several large-scale community-wide efforts serving children and families that have delivered measurable results. Before joining the StriveTogether team, Ritika was Director of Early Learning for Learn to Earn Dayton where she led the launch and development of the community’s race equity agenda and established the region’s first out-of-school system serving over 900 students. She also led Montgomery County’s Grade-Level Reading Campaign that was recognized as an All-America City Award winner in 2017.  

Previously, Ritika facilitated establishment of a crisis helpline for homeless children in New Delhi, India as its first coordinator, served as the Executive Director of Miami County’s CASA/GAL program, and established Edison State College’s grants office. She has master’s degrees in social work from the University of Delhi and The Ohio State University and a master’s in public policy from Ohio State. In 2016, Ritika was named a Children and Family Fellow by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and in 2021 she was inducted in her alma mater’s hall of fame in recognition of her outstanding professional accomplishments. She lives in Dayton, Ohio with her family.