Amanda Kamalapuri (she/her) is a Product Manager at Newell Brands building the Direct to Consumer e-commerce experience for a variety of brands from Calphalon to Marmot. She has deep expertise in the retail industry, previously working in merchandising at Newell and Target. Amanda is a first-generation Indian-American who is passionate about furthering the strength and diversity of the South Asian diaspora. She has been volunteering with SAADA for the past 2 years, working on merchandising strategies and overall outreach. Prior to that, she served as Co-Lead for the American Indian Foundation’s New York Young Professional Chapter where she helped organize various fundraising events. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Emory University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). In her free time, she enjoys traveling the world and trekking the outdoors, having summited Mount Kilimanjaro and Annapurna Base Camp.

Neal Dongre (he/him) is the General Counsel of MSC Industrial Supply Co., and leads the company's legal and corporate governance activities. Prior to joining MSC, Neal worked in private practice and later as in-house counsel at a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare technology company. At MSC, Neal also serves as the executive sponsor of the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program and of its inclusion group for individuals with disabilities. Neal holds bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. Neal is a second-generation Indian American and a proud supporter of SAADA and its mission.

Samip Mallick is the co-founder and executive director of SAADA, which he has guided from its inception in 2008 to its place today as a national leader in community-based storytelling. Mallick's background includes degrees in computer science and library and information sciences and work related to international migration and South Asia for the Social Science Research Council and University of Chicago. Mallick currently serves on the Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative advisory board. He also previously served as an archival consultant for the Ford Foundation's Reclaiming the Border Narrative initiative and on the Pennsylvania Governor's Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs.

Dr. Amber H. Abbas is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Nealis Program in Asian Studies at Saint Joseph’s University. She teaches courses on World History, South Asia, South Asian America and Oral History Methodology. She is the author of Partition’s First Generation: Space, Place and Identity in Muslim South Asia, published by I.B. Tauris. She contributes to and collaborates with SAADA, by training oral history fellows and has served as President and Secretary of its Board of Directors and co-chair of its inaugural Academic Council. In addition, she serves on the editorial board of the academic journal Critical Pakistan Studies. Dr. Abbas is also a parent, a cyclist, and an avid traveler who spent a year living in a van and traveling on the PanAmerican Highway!

Dr. Pawan Dhingra is Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank ’55 Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies, at Amherst College. He is also chair of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Program, the first major of its kind for a single liberal arts college. He is also a former president of the board of SAADA and served as a longtime board member. He is a former curator of the Smithsonian exhibition, Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation. He is a multiple-award winning author and teacher whose writings have appeared in The New York Times, CNN, Time Magazine, and elsewhere.

Amit Khanna is the General Counsel of Seed, a microbial sciences company pioneering applications of microbes for human and planetary health. Prior to this, Amit held a number of legal, investment, and operational roles in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, with the latter focused on the intersection between economic and environmental impact. Amit proudly served as SAADA's Treasurer and as a member of the Board of Directors from 2019 through 2023. He has been a long-time admirer of the organization's work, including while documenting his own family's history in the United States. Amit received a J.D. from Columbia Law School and B.A. in Politics & Philosophy from New York University. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Meghan.

Dr. Ashutosh Nandeshwar is a leader in creating effective systems and processes with tools and technology. With his education in systems engineering, artificial intelligence, and design thinking, he has built novel solutions to improve fundraising results at the world’s top nonprofit institutions. He is sought after for his thought leadership about the application of AI in philanthropy. He has been featured in multiple journals and publications, including The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Ashutosh has written multiple books, including a co-authored book titled Data Science for Fundraising. He is also the co-author of AI in Fundraising, which examines the rapidly growing role of artificial intelligence technologies in the nonprofit sector. In addition, Ashutosh has been invited to give keynotes about the power of data at national conferences such as AHP International, Apra, and CASE conferences. Ashutosh earned his PhD and MS in Industrial Engineering, specializing in machine learning, and an MS in design thinking.