Kant Desai

Kant Desai is a Senior Principal at the CFE Fund, where he oversees the organization’s policy strategy, consumer financial protection initiative, and municipal financial empowerment leadership work. Previously, he served as Chief of Policy for Chicago City Treasurer Stephanie Neely, where he developed and launched the City’s first Office of Financial Inclusion. Prior to that role, Kant spent eight years as an Economist at RCF Economic Consulting where he focused on Energy, Environmental, and Urban Policy research. He has a BA in Chemistry from Kalamazoo College and an MPP from University of Chicago.