Who
no one is powerless.

We are a global non-profit for people-powered change. We create positive impact in some of the world’s most marginalised communities through programs, research, and partnerships for citizen-led campaigning.
Our unique proposition .

our mission
To empower the most marginalised groups to create change in their communities.
+250
Changemakers trained+70
Active movements in 13 countriesImpact
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Meet
the team
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The Change.org Foundation brings together a strong team of global staff working in partnership with organizations and citizen campaigners worldwide.

Preethi Herman
Global Executive Director

Shalini Menon
Global Director of Training

Emily Kere
Senior Director of Impact & Learning

Jackie Belton
Deputy Finance Director

Arzoo Shakir
Training Associate

Bidisha Saikia
Campaigns Specialist

Cynthia Areh
Campaigns Strategist

Desma Murni
Partnerships Lead

Mary Imbong
Senior Communications Design Specialist

Meenakshi Gandotra
Training Specialist

Mehndi Shivdasani
Workflow & Project Manager (GED's Office)

Sabika Abbas
Training Consultant

Taruni Kumar
Regional Training Manager, Asia

Tushar Badhwar
Senior Analytics & Insights Specialist
Our board .

Ben Rattray
Board Chair. Founder of Change.org

Preethi Herman
Global Executive Director, Change.org Foundation

Lynn Taliento
Partner at McKinsey & Company

Mike Steib
CEO at Artsy

Premal Shah
Co-Founder & President of Kiva.org

Regina Wallace-Jones
Chief Operating Officer at LendStreet
Our Principles .
We have a grassroots mindset
All of the Foundation’s work is focussed on serving the realisation of the mission and our external projects are true collaborations with communities and partners.
We thrive together
We believe in our collective impact working together as a Foundation. We ask ourselves tough questions and we make time to reflect and share with our colleagues.
We are free to create
Fostering new ideas for empowering communities is an everyday challenge that every member of staff owns. We are free to decide our strategies and we will be supported to try new things, learning from failures as well as successes.
We are diverse, inclusive, and transparent.
We celebrate the diversity of our staff and partners in the Foundation. We are all building an empowering place to work, so all Foundation staff will be involved in the decisions that affect them.
We are impact-driven
As a non-profit, we will always prioritise maximising impact. Wherever possible, we design our work so that the products and value it creates are free, open and commons-based, creating a shared environment for social good.