Key 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 Director,
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
Fundamental Health, Founder and CEO
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
Dr. Bhanu Chandra
Manager Operations
MOHAN Foundation
Rajesh Soundararajan
Executive Director & CEO
KATHA
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
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
MD, EFIL & Director, EFIL
Usha Choudhary
Founder
Vikalp Sansthan
Kiran Kumar
City Representative
Robin Hood Army
Satya Aravind Pandavula
Former President & Mentor
YOUVA
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
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








