Shivani Kumar is the Lead- Gender and Strategy at The CII Foundation. Her work focusses on Gender Mainstreaming in development projects undertaken by the foundation and advocating for accelerating the inclusion of women in the workforce through advocacy and capacity building of corporate members of Confederation of Indian Industries ( CII) Shivani has over 12 years of professional experience across NGOs, Development organizations, corporates and Politics. She has worked on issues of reproductive and Child health, Education and community development in Jharkhand, Uttarakhan, Haryana and Maharashtra.

Shivani holds a MA in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, MA, USA. At Harvard, she worked closely with Marshall Ganz on coaching multiple campaigns across countries, social sectors and politics. She also holds an MA in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and BA (Hons) in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University.

An integral part of Haiyya, Mrinalini was the Head of Grassroots & Strategy at organization until 2019, bringing her experience working on various campaigns addressing sexual & reproductive health, data protection & privacy, air pollution and gender sensitization. She is passionate about creating and driving innovative on-ground projects that build sustainable leadership and collective power. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Gender & Development at University of Sussex.

Mrinalini started the Health Over Stigma Campaign in 2017, that fights stigma unmarried women face while accessing Sexual Health Services in India, for which she was recognized as one of the 20 finalists for the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2018. She currently leads Community Development with Mozilla’s India communities and with Mozilla’s Global Policy Team. She has previously led the innovative TEDxDelhi Fellowship Program focusing on Urban City Pollution and spearheaded 'The New Narrative’ series - a safe space through which young leaders can engage with social issues. She has also designed and facilitated trainings with diverse audiences on the Community Organizing Framework.

Mrinalini has been trained at the Harvard Kennedy School's Executive Education program on Leadership, Organizing and Action by professor Marshall Ganz and has an Honours Degree from the University of Toronto in International Relations and History.

Maya Bhardwaj is an organizer, visual artist, and musician currently based in Mexico City. She is the National Coordinator of It Takes Roots, a united front project made up of the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Right to the City Alliance. She also currently serves as a member of the Women's Organizing Network and of Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale (both in New York City), and supports organizing and collaborative art by queer working-class people of color in NYC and Detroit. Maya began organizing at schools as a student in her hometown of Detroit and as a debate coach at urban schools in Chicago agitating for more resources for students of color and fighting the school-to-prison pipeline. Since then, she has been a Florida Deputy Regional Field Director in 2012 for President Obama's re-election campaign, the Communities of Color Co-Director in Minnesota for the 2014 Democratic Farmer Labor Coordinated Campaign, and the Manhattan and Housing Lead Organizer from 2015-2018 with Faith in New York.

She served as a staff member at Haiyya from 2013-2014, shepherding communications, training, and data. Maya is also a nomad who has left pieces of her heart in over 40 countries and has supported organizing in Argentina, France, Cambodia, and Mexico; a painter, violinist, and singer passionate about collective art for liberation; and a scuba diver on her way to a divemaster. Maya received her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, Political Science and premedical studies from Northwestern University.