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.
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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.
Latest insights .
Insights
Each One, Teach One: The Cascade Effect of She Creates Change
Learn how a She Creates Change alumni continues to empower marginalized communities beyond starting her own campaigns
Data Intelligence
Active listening: what do petition starters need from Change.org teams?
Learn with the Change.org Latin America teams about citizen campaigners’ experiences as petition starters (and who they are)
Campaigning
What’s in a petition starter’s mind when they raise their voice?
Change.org’s team in Japan interviewed a three-time petition starter to find out.
