Industry leaders and innovators bringing cutting-edge insights to TALTalks

Meet Our Speakers

Speakers TALTalks Mumbai 2026

Dr. Rashmi Ardey

Director Programmes Health
Smile Foundation

Speakers TALTalks San Diego 2025

Charles Day

President & CEO
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego

Elektra Fike-Data

Executive Director
Tree San Diego

Melinda Forstey

President & CEO
Serving Seniors

Dr. Cristina Aguirre

Chief Programs Officer
Barrio Logan College Institute

Shreya Suresh

Founder
Lift The Spirit

Laura Deitrick

Executive Director and Professor of Practice
The Nonprofit Institute

Staci Reidinger

Executive Directorr
Cause San Diego

Alex Mow

Director of Marketing
A Bridge For Kids

Sunny Chang

Youth Programs Senior Manager
Outdoor Outreach

Arden Pala

Founder
Sports4Kids

Elsa Morales-Roth

Executive Director
Emilio Nares Foundation

Tina Rose

Chief Executive Officer
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County

Rachael Orose

Executive Director
Words Alive

Lisa Stout

Executive Director
Project Next

Muskan Seth

Fundraising & Strategic Partnerships Coordinator
Saloni Heart Foundation

Speakers TALTalks San Diego 2024

Barry Rudolph

CEO
TALLeaders

Wyatt Hinshaw

Founder and CEO
Fundamental Health

Nita Kurmins Gilson

Co-Founder
Produce Good

Laura Bellizzi

Fundraising Chair
GiGis Play House

Swathi Nuli

Senior Change Manager
Ashoka

Deepa Prahalad Abhyankar

Social Innovator

Bob Kamensky

CEO
Feeding San Diego

Prasad Kaipa

Co-founder
Institute of Indic Wisdom

Pratiksha Gandhi

Founder & CEO
at CoCardio Inc

Dr. Sudhi Gautam

Mentor, Coach, Consultant

Srinivas Sukumar

President, Chinmaya Mission San Diego

Cortney Wallace

Founder, We Strive for Literacy

Dr. Sachin Deshmukh

Integrative Medicine & Wellness Consultant

Kardam Sharma

Founder of MKA Tutors

Ajit Chandorkar

Chapter Chair, Akshayapatra San Diego Chapter

Dr. Nitin Bajaj

Founder, Host, The INDUStry Show

Heathere Evans

CEO & Founder of Pivot, Inc. | Consciousness Advisor and SuperHabits Co-Creator

Courtney Snyder

Development Director at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI)

Speakers TALTalks T-HUB Hyderabad 2024

Bhanu Chandra

Manager Operations
MOHAN Foundation

Rajesh Soundararajan

Executive Director & CEO

Kiran Verma

Founder
Simply Blood

Sanjay Anandaram

Co-founder
NICEorg

Padmashree Dr. Manjula Anagani

Cofounder
Pratyusha Support

Ankit Agrawal

City Director
Teach for India

Kadri Raghu Vamsi

Founder
MARPU

G. Karthikeyan

Founder, Director & CEO
Sristi Foundation

Joginder Tanikella

CEO, T-Works, Govt. of
Telangana

Annie Vijaya

Director
WE-Enable, WE-Hub

Apoorva Bhasker Dasyam

CEO,
Y-Hub, Govt. of Telangana

Archana Suresh

Director, Telangana Social
Impact Group (T-SIG)

Dr. Bharatendu Swain

Founder
Aakar Asha Hospitals

Ravindranath Chava

Regional Head
DATRI

Jagan Kothacharla

Co-Founder
Chezuba

Shravya Mandadi

Founder
WE & SHE Foundation

Raaga Vaishnavi


Marpu Foundation

Speakers Osmania University | Hyderabad 2024

Chandra Mishra

Founder & CEO
Beggars Corporation

Veena Gundavelli

Founder & CEO Emagia
Co Founder of Touch-A-Life Foundation

Shailu Tipparaju

Founder
Magna Education

Harsha Poloju

Lead, Social & Inclusive Innovation
Telangana State Innovation Cell

Vishwajit Kashid

Chief Evangelist Officer
TALBloodAid

Chaithanya Kothapalli

Co-Founder
Yunikee

Rekha Srinivasan

CEO
United Way of Hyderabad

Meera Shenoy

Founder
Youth4Jobs

Dr.Padmanabha Reddy

CEO & Founder
Nice Foundation

Yatindra Yadav

Joint Director & Acting Incharge, TS & AP
Helpage India

Ina Bahuguna

Program Manager
Hasiru Dala

Dr. Sampath JM & Dr. Kalpana Sampath

Program Manager
MD, EFIL & Director, EFIL

Usha Choudhary

Founder
Vikalp Sansthan

Kiran Kumar

City Representative
Robin Hood Army

Satya Aravind Pandavula

Former President & Mentor
YOUVA

Jyothi Bezawada

Project Manager
Youth 4 jobs

Speakers University of Colorado | Denver 2023

Christopher Salem

Executive Coach
CRS Group Holdings LLC

Tej Gundavelli

Founder & CEO
Touch-A-Life Foundation

Eudelia Contreras

Chief Executive Officer
Full Circle of Lake County, Inc.

Dr. Ratnam Chitturi

Founder
North South Foundation

Ruthe Farmer

Founder
Last Mile Education Fund

Denise Rehner

Co-Founder and President
CureGRIN Foundation

Prasad Kaipa

CEO Advisor & Coach
I Kaipa Group

Kishore Gadiraju

CEO
TALHospitals

Susan Pappas

Director/CEO
Ryan Pappas Memorial Foundation

Larry Sherwood

President & Chief Executive Officer
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

Tim Hillmer

Board Member
New Horizons House International

Jeffery Mowery

President And Supervisor
Hope Mountain Behavioral Health

Zuza Bohley

AFC+A Education Director & Deputy Director
Americas For Conservation

Toni Blake

Founder
The Kindness Challenge

Jon Proctor

President
Paladin Rescue Alliance

Sosamma Samuel Burnett

Founder & President
G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice

LaKeshia Hodge

Founder & Executive Director
Struggle of Love Foundation

Jack Briggs

President & CEO
Springs Rescue Mission

Jessa Dillow

Private Practice Counseling
Jessa Crisp Counseling

Wendy Loloff Cooper

CEO
Generation Schools Network

Carlos Martinez

CEO & President
Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (LCFC)

Rudy Gonzales

President/CEO
La Raza Services

Naren Kini

Director
Heartfulness Institute