Rajiv Kumar

Rajiv is deeply committed to improving the health of Rhode Island citizens. His superior leadership skills and his extraordinary interpersonal relationships and communication skills are unmatched in a person so young … This young man has the ability and the potential for having a significant positive influence on the health of our entire country.

Community Health Leaders
2009

Area(s) of Expertise:
Obesity Prevention

Leader's Biography 2009:
Rajiv Kumar, chair and cofounder of Shape Up RI, in Providence, Rhode Island, developed and successfully implemented a strategy to reduce obesity among Rhode Island residents through exercise and healthy eating. Since 2005, he has brought Rhode Islanders together within their trusted social networks to accomplish this. Peer networks support and provide reinforcement to them in their encouragement of friends, family members and colleagues to join them in eating healthily, losing weight or exercising together. Now a nonprofit organization, Shape Up RI engages participants—including more than 40 corporations—in 8- or 12-week challenges, in teams that compete by tracking weight, exercise hours and/or pedometer steps.

Where this Leader can be reached today:
Chair and Cofounder
Shape Up RI
150 Chestnut Street, 4th Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 421-0608
Fax: (401) 421-0676
E-mail: Rajiv@ShapeUpRI.org
Website: www.ShapeUpRI.org