Sandhya joins WomenLift Health after 15 years of managing programs for international non-profits. She has a human rights, social justice, and education background and is a skilled facilitator of intercultural dialogue. Sandhya manages the cross-regional alumnae program at WomenLift Health, where she leads on the design and implementation of the alumnae strategy.
Prior to WomenLift Health, Sandhya spent a decade with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change where she managed government partnerships while based out of New Delhi, India. As Senior Education Advisor for Asia, she oversaw several projects focused on mainstreaming dialogue skills into national government curricula. She trained the Ministries of Education of Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malyasia and the Philippines on the prevention of violent extremism through education and managed a network of several hundred schools across South Asia engaged in dialogue training.
Other previous roles include Program Officer for South Asia at America Jewish World Service, where Sandhya managed a portfolio of human rights and social justice grants. Her grant making experience spans a variety of fields including sexual and reproductive health and rights, natural resource rights and gender justice.
Sandhya graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in history and holds an M.A.L.D. in International Conflict Resolution and Negotiation from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She currently lives in Northern Virginia where she enjoys the beautiful hiking and walking trails of the region.
