Meera Raja is the Manager of Solution Design and Program Development at City Tech Collaborative. In this role, Meera works as a member of the City Solutions team to design and execute new initiatives, programs, and services. Meera also leads the team’s efforts to include resident voices in early-stage technology development through programs like City Tech’s ~2,000-member Civic User Testing Group (CUTgroup).
Prior to joining the City Tech team, Meera was the Associate Director of Research Innovation at University of Chicago, where she developed strategies to advance nascent and complex research. Meera was previously a consultant for ZS Associates, working on data-driven solutions for the pharmaceutical space.
Meera completed her Ph.D. and Postdoc in Chemistry from Northwestern University and received her undergraduate degree in the same field from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.