Palliative & Hospice Care Advocate, Pediatrician, Stanford Children’s Health
Officers (2021-2022)
President: Mukund Acharya, PhD Social Entrepreneur, Healthy Living and Palliative Care Advocate, Hiking Enthusiast, Former Aerospace Engineering Professor & Technologist
Vice President: Neelu Mehra, MD Palliative Care Expert and Specialist, Physician at Kaiser Healthcare
Secretary: Vasudha Ramanarasiah School Teacher. Full-time volunteer at many nonprofit organizations and enjoys cooking, gardening and is a podcast junkie!
Treasurer: Jayashree Desale, MS Hospice Care Advocate, Community Activist and Volunteer, Software Engineer
Executive Committee Members (2021 -2022)
Senior Advisor: Jerina Kapoor, MD Palliative & Hospice Care Advocate, Pediatrician, Stanford Children’s Health
Senior Advisor: Smita Patel Volunteer, Writer, Web and Communications Manager
[Other appointments expected in February 2021]
Sukham Team
Anjali Deshmukh, MD Psychiatrist at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Anu Bandi Volunteer, Software Engineer at Google
Bhupen Mehta Volunteer, Veteran leader of non-profit organizations
Bomi Patel Community Activist and Volunteer
Govind Desale Community volunteer, hospice advocate, mathematician, retired network engineer
Jyoti Lulla, MD Recently retired as Physician, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. Also a Hindu Chaplain, iSAGE trained
Kersi Daruwalla Hospice & Vigil Volunteer, Outdoor Enthusiast with a Zest for Life
Mahnoor Allawala Research coordinator at UCSF Memory and Aging Center
Mangala Kumar Volunteer, Healthy Living and Palliative Care Advocate
Nayanatara Rao MD General Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Pavani Kaushik Volunteer, Mother, Artist, Writer – and a perpetual Work-in-progress
Pushpa Sreeharsha Community Volunteer
Pranav Rao Student at Santa Clara University. Website design and Implementation Lead. Enjoys creating animations, airplanes, music and is an avid Lego Builder. Visit www.vanarp.com for more information!
Rita Ghatak, PhD Gerontologist, Founder/ Director Aging 101 and Founder Aging Adult Services at Stanford. Active in Aging policy, patient care, teaching and research
Sangita Seshadri Community Volunteer
Saroj Pathak President & CEO Explorabox, a non profit dedicated to STEM education. Electrical engineer and entrepreneur
Sulekha Chaudhuri PhD Scientist, Consultant- Medical Devices, Regulatory Affairs. Volunteer for a few non-profit organizations.
Uday Kapoor Mental Health Advocate, Community Activist and Organizer, Electrical Engineer/Management
Uma Chowdury Volunteer, Financial Analyst, Financial Coach
