Civil Society Leadership

Corporate Accountability, US and Global

Chief Research and Policy Officer

August 2024-Present

Managing Director: Research and Policy | Food Campaign Lead

March 2024-July 2024

Director, Research and Policy | Food Campaign Lead

September 2022-February 2024

Research Director | Food Campaign Lead

August 2018-August 2022

Geneva Global Health Hub [G2H2], A network for democratic global health governance, Global

Steering Committee Member

June 2023-Present

Core Member

May 2024-Present
Stop the Pushback on Women’s Rights, G2H2 Initiative

Second Nature, American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), US

Director of ACUPCC Initiatives

January 2013-December 2013

Director of Development and Strategic Initiatives

August 2010-December 2012

Program Manager – Advancing Green Building in Higher Education Program

January 2009-July 2010

Nova Institute for Health for People, Places, and Planet, US

Affiliated with the University of Maryland – School of Medicine

Invited Faculty

June 2024-Present

Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET), US

Executive Director

January 2014-January 2016

Other leadership and contributions:

Expert Member

May 2024-Present
The Independent Expert Group [IEG] on Corporate Accountability to develop an alternative corporate accountability framework for global health

UN University, International Institute for Global Health [IIGH]

Working Group Member

September 2023-Present
Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism [CSIPM]

Global Food Governance Committee, Women and Gender Diversities Working Group

Expert Advisor and Research Contributor

January 2024-January 2025
Development of the Framework for Just Transition from Industrial Animal Production to Equitable, Humane and Sustainable Food Systems

[A consultative process]

Sustainability Coordinator – High Performance Building Design Consultant

September 2008-December 2008
Office for Sustainability (OFS), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US

Principal and Co-founder – Sustainable Design Practice

February 2008-Present
Artha Studio, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Director – Board of Directors

November 2015-December 2018
Lexington Community Farm Coalition, Inc. (LexFarm), US

Board Secretary – Executive Office, Board of Directors

March 2016-March 2018
Lexington Community Farm Coalition, Inc. (LexFarm), US

Town Committee Member

August 2014-August 2016
Town of Arlington – Sustainable Arlington (Vision 2020 Environment Task Group Committee, Chapter of MCAN), US

Research and Design Associate – Architectural Research and Conservation Design

July 2002-September 2004
Vastu-Shilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India