Giving Thanks

Last week, the Upaya team and Board of Directors gathered in Seattle for a week of strategic planning. It’s impossible to think about where we see Upaya going in the future without recognizing the people who have helped get us to where we are today.

This Thanksgiving, were sharing our gratitude with the individuals and organizations who make our work possible. Together we have accelerated 31 companies, made investments in 14 small businesses, and created over 10,000 dignified jobs for the poorest of the poor. Thank you for your ongoing support!

 
 
 

Our Board Members

Patricia Devereux
Sharmila Rathinam
Anurag Chandra
Asawari RaoRane Agrawal
Nathan Byrd
Bulbul Gupta
Dipika Matthias
Abhilash Mudaliar
Steve Schwartz
Bina Shukla
Robin Wolaner 

Accelerator Support

Gwen Straley
Caroline Vance
Brooke Randall
Global Action on Poverty
KIIT Technology Business Incubator
Impactpreneurs
UnLtd India
LABS Indigram
Villgro

 

Opening Up Your Venues for Upaya

 Global Washington
The University of Chicago Center in Delhi
Seattle Women’s Show
Seattle Art Museum
Kendra Scott

 

Lending Your Skills to Upaya's Mission

Orrick
K&L Gates
Sandeep Farias
Deepika Mogilishetty
Hayley Dale Mickelson
Owen Mattison
Pascha Scott
David Prindle

 

Expansion Committee

Abhilash Mudaliar
Asawari RaoRane Agrawal
Bina Shukla
Dipika Matthias
Patricia Devereux
Richard Wardell
Robin Wolaner
Sharmila Rathinam

 

Gala Sponsors

Vasudev & Shobha Shenoy
Seattle University
The Satya & Rao Remala Foundation
Indian Association of Western Washington
Armoire
Ashmita Gulati
Hair Fairy
JM Cellars
Kalpana Bentler
Karen Dahl & Randy Smith
Meesha
Pogo Rides
Seattle Wine Co.
Sudara


Gala Committee

 Laurel Curran
Karen Dahl
Dipika Matthias
Priya Nagar
Yashodhra Painumkal
Mona Puri
Meenakshi Rishi
Elyse Rowe

 

Gala Volunteers

Matt Cochran
Matt Wittress
Emily Garrett
Kirsten Gradel
Olivia Osseiran
Mehr Luthra
Izza Sahoo
Colleen McNamara

Gala Chair

 Sharmila Rathinam

 

 Gala Table Captains

 Vivek Nayak
Remala Foundation
Sharmila Rathinam
Robin Wolaner
Dipika Matthias
Jeff Cochran
Meenakshi Rishi
Brian Arbogast
Sachi Shenoy
IAWW
Steve Schwartz
Patricia Devereux
Bina Shukla
Kate Thorson Camber Collective
Bulbul Gupta
Abhilash Mudaliar & Niketa Kulkarni

 

Expert Speakers for our Accelerator

 Mansi Kasliwal
PK Gopalakrishnan
Sandeep Farias
Amrut Joshi
Sunitha Viswanathan
Sayani Mukherjee
Alok Chauhan
Amit Agarwal
Shreyansh Singhal
Subhro Chakraborty
Saloni Mittal
Rohit Behera
Dhruv Pandey
Aritra Bhowmik
S.R.Ramesh
Nitin Chaudhary
Berta Argente
Anilkumar SG
Bryan Lee
Hardika Shah
Chakravarthy AB
Priya Shah
Aarti Mohan
Nagaraja (Naga) Prakasam
Rajiv Rao
Akshay Gajria
Balaji Chakravarthi
Anil Nair
Vipul Thakkar
Swapnil Agarwal
Archana Thomas
Rahul Balakrishnan
Satyam Vyas
Anchal Kakkar
Shashank Teolia
Shehzia Lilani
Ajit Singh
Wilma Rodrigues
Ashmeet Kapoor
Bryan Lee
Suvankar Mishra
SK Gautam
Dr. Ravi Chandra
Amit Jain