Staff

Suhag Shukla, Esq.

Executive Director & HAF Co-Founder
@SuhagAShukla

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Suhag Shukla, Esq., Executive Director, is a co-founder of HAF. She holds a BA in Religion and JD from the University of Florida. Ms. Shukla has helped steer the Foundation to being recognized as a leading voice for civil rights, human rights, and religious freedom. She’s been instrumental in the development of a broad range of educational materials and position papers and blogs for a variety of platforms. Ms. Shukla is actively involved with Chinmaya Mission, serves on the board of the Bhutanese American Organization of Philadelphia, and is a thought partner for the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia’s Paths to Understanding Public Art Initiative. Shukla is a member of the board for the National Museum of American Religion and serves on religious advisory committees for the Council on Foreign Relations, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Subcommittee for the Prevention of Targeted Violence Against Faith-Based Communities. She’s also a member of the First Amendment Center’s Committee on Religious Liberty and the United Nations Women’s Gender Equality and Religion platform. Shukla was named one of twelve “faith leaders to watch in 2017” by the Center for American Progress.
You can follow her on Twitter at @SuhagAShukla

Samir Kalra, Esq.

Managing Director for Policy & Programs

Sheetal Shah

Managing Director & CFO

Seetha Aiyar

Senior Director of Philanthropic Partnerships

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Suhag Shukla, Esq., Executive Director, is a co-founder of HAF. She holds a BA in Religion and JD from the University of Florida. Ms. Shukla has helped steer the Foundation to being recognized as a leading voice for civil rights, human rights, and religious freedom. She’s been instrumental in the development of a broad range of educational materials and position papers and blogs for a variety of platforms. Ms. Shukla has served on the Boards of the Nirvana Center, Main Line Indian Association, and YWCA of Minneapolis. She was also a member of the Department of Homeland Security Faith-Based Security and Communications Subcommittee. Ms. Shukla is actively involved with Chinmaya Mission, serves on the board of the Bhutanese American Organization of Philadelphia, and is a thought partner for the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia’s Paths to Understanding Public Art Initiative. Shukla is a member of the board for the National Museum of American Religion and serves on religious advisory committees for the Council on Foreign Relations, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Subcommittee for the Prevention of Targeted Violence Against Faith-Based Communities and is a member of the First Amendment Center’s Committee on Religious Liberty and the United Nations Women’s Gender Equality and Religion platform. Shukla was named one of twelve “faith leaders to watch in 2017” by the Center for American Progress

Shereen Bhalla, PhD

Senior Director of Education, Diversity, and Inclusion

Mat McDermott

Senior Director of Communications

Raj Rao

Senior Director, Finance & Administration

Tejus Shah

Senior Creative Director

Easan Katir

National Programs Director

Krishna Parmar

Director of Development

Ramya Ramakrishnan

Community Outreach Director

Anita Joshi

Associate Director of Policy Research

Syama Allard

Content Writer

Board of Directors

Arjun Bhagat

Rishi Bhutada

Mihir Meghani, M.D.

HAF Co-Founder

Dena Merriam

Rajiv Pandit, M.D.

@rajiv_pandit

Rajeev Singh

Swaminathan Venkataraman