Biography
Preethi is a social impact entrepreneur who specialises in building ecosystems for positive social change. She is transitioning out as Global Executive Director of the Change.org Foundation to set up a new social impact organisation - Nguvu Collective - to support emerging leaders from marginalised communities to unleash their leadership and social change making powers across Asia and Africa.
Preethi is an Obama Fellow for global civic leadership and Senior Skoll Fellow. Preethi established Change.org as the people's platform in India. She then founded She Creates Change - a leadership accompaniment program that combines civic organizing with online technology to create and sustain powerful women leaders.
At Change.org Foundation, she has led a team engaging over 100 million people in citizen-led campaigns across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Her vision is to catalyze a global women's movement that brings together the reach of technology with the power of community organizing.
Regional Focus
Central and Southern Asia, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia