Rishi Shukla is the CEO and a founding member of Fitness Forward. Rishi has devoted his career to developing entrepreneurial initiatives aimed at empowering children. Prior to joining Fitness Forward, Rishi managed Boston Medical Center's Division of Pediatric Nutrition, where he played a leading role in designing and establishing a first of its kind pediatric obesity treatment clinic for Boston’s underserved communities.

Rishi is an alumnus of Boston University (BU), where he pursued a self-designed major in neuroscience. At BU, he was a Program Coordinator and Counselor for Project HEALTH, a clinical researcher, an EMT, and a member of the Boston Marathon medical response team. He also earned honors from the U.S. Army and Navy for his novel research on thermal sensitive resistors. Rishi is an avid tennis player and photographer and enjoys working out, graphics design, and spending time with family and friends.