Geetha Rao Ramani

Geetha joined MassDevelopment in 2022 as the Vice-President for Business Development in the North region. She leads new engagements with small businesses, manufacturers, real estate developers and nonprofits that are seeking support for their economic development projects. Prior to joining MassDevelopment, Geetha was an economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury focused on international economic development. Her role involved analyzing different funding tools for development proposals to spur job creation and economic growth in emerging markets. Earlier, she worked on public private financing in infrastructure at the World Bank and evaluated microcredit projects in Asia. Geetha holds a Masters in International Economics and Southeast Asian studies from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor's in Economics, Business and French from the University of Pittsburgh. She volunteers her time as a Commissioner on the Essex County Commission on the Status of Women, at the Entrepreneurship-for-All based in Lowell, MA and as an Advisory Board member for the Center for Women and Work at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.