Premal Shah
Premal Shah is an entrepreneur and social innovator who helped transform charitable giving through technology. As co-founder and former president of Kiva, he pioneered online microfinance by creating a platform that connects individual lenders directly with entrepreneurs around the world. Kiva has facilitated billions of dollars in loans supporting small businesses, education, and community development. […]
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani
Dr. Romesh Wadhwani is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist whose career has combined business success with large-scale social impact. After founding and leading several enterprise software companies, he established the Wadhwani Foundation to promote entrepreneurship, workforce development, healthcare innovation, and economic opportunity. The foundation has launched initiatives supporting millions of students, entrepreneurs, and job […]
Edda Sehgal
Edda Sehgal is a philanthropist and co-founder of the S.M. Sehgal Foundation. Working alongside Dr. Suri Sehgal, she has helped guide programs supporting rural development, education, community leadership, water security, and women’s empowerment. Her leadership has strengthened the foundation’s mission of improving quality of life through sustainable, community-based solutions. By combining philanthropy with long-term institutional […]
Dr. Suri Sehgal
Dr. Suri Sehgal is an agricultural scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose career spans scientific innovation and rural development. After building one of the world’s leading seed businesses, he founded the S.M. Sehgal Foundation in 1999 to improve the lives of rural communities through sustainable agriculture, water management, education, and women’s empowerment. His philanthropy reflects a […]
Sonal Shah
Sonal Shah is an economist, entrepreneur, and public policy leader whose career has bridged government, technology, philanthropy, and civic innovation. She served in the Obama White House, where she helped establish the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, strengthening partnerships among government, nonprofits, and the private sector. Shah has also held leadership […]
Deepak Bhargava
Deepak Bhargava is a social justice leader whose career has focused on expanding economic opportunity and strengthening American democracy. As Executive Director of the Center for Community Change for nearly two decades, he built one of the nation’s leading grassroots advocacy organizations, advancing campaigns on immigration reform, racial justice, affordable housing, and workers’ rights. He […]
Rajiv Shah
Dr. Rajiv Shah is an American physician and global development leader who served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015. At the time of his appointment, he became the highest-ranking Indian American in the federal government. He directed American humanitarian and development programs across the world, leading responses […]
Kavita Ramdas
Kavita Ramdas is a global development leader and advocate for women’s rights whose career has reshaped international philanthropy. As President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women from 1996 to 2010, she expanded one of the world’s leading foundations supporting grassroots feminist organizations across more than 170 countries. She later held senior leadership roles […]
Manish Bapna
Manish Bapna is an American environmental leader and Chief Executive Officer of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Under his leadership, the organization has pursued landmark environmental litigation, including NRDC v. DeJoy, which helped reverse plans for a 165,000-vehicle gas-powered U.S. Postal Service fleet in favor of electric vehicles. He has also led the NRDC’s legal […]
Preet Bharara
Preet Bharara is an American lawyer and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. From 2009 to 2017, he led one of the nation’s most influential federal prosecutors’ offices, securing more than 80 insider trading convictions while prosecuting terrorism, cybercrime, and public corruption. Dubbed the “Sheriff of Wall Street” and featured on […]