Executive Director, MicroMentorMicroMentor
Anita leads MicroMentor within Mercy Corps, a global leader for business mentoring. This tech enterprise provides access to free business mentoring for hundreds of thousands of small businesses, especially women, demonstrating real business outcomes through mentoring. She is the co-founder of SAWERA, an NGO assisting South Asian women affected by domestic violence. In 2019, she received the Portland Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award and in 2020 was awarded for Exceptional Community Service by the Chetana Foundation. She currently sits on the boards of two Oregon based non-profits: Virginia Garcia Foundation and Relay Resources. She leans on her corporate leadership acumen and human-centered approach to support her social entrepreneurship journey, and has continued to push for a trust-based philanthropy in her relationships with funders, sharing authentically through her own experience, how these relationships can catalyze equitable opportunity for entrepreneurs worldwide.