Our Team
Executive Director- Ayesha Charagulla
Ayesha’s mission is to “empower children to excel and uplift their communities." She has a Master’s Degree in Information Technology with over two decades of corporate America experience. Ayesha has had a successful corporate career in the tech and healthcare industries. Under Ayesha's leadership, Empower And Excel won the 2021 Nonprofit of the Year Award and received commendations from Santa Clara County supervisors. She received an appreciation award from LATI (Living Above The Influence) at their 17th annual day in Oct 2023. She received the Most Compassionate Leader honorable mention award at the Santa Clara Women’s Summit in April 2023, and in 2019, she received the community HERO award from CA State Assembly Member Kansen Chu.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors includes professionals who are profoundly involved in setting up and reaching organization goals.
Cecilia Chu Juluri
Hema Vema
Sanjay Charagulla
Advisory Panel
Our advisory panel includes highly educated professionals from diversified backgrounds with a passion to serve the community.
Mr. Mahesh Nihalani
Mrs. Grover
Ms. Indira Meka
Dr. Pelham
Ms. Charmayne Moran
Operations Team: Bay Area, CA
Our operations team includes professionals who are deeply involved in planning, organizing, and executing our operations.
Rajkanyapallabi Talukdar
Kavitha Durgi
Laxmana Polisetti
Namrita Grover
Kusuma Gunuputi
Srikanth Yellamraju
Madhuri Kumar
Alpa Kohli
Radhika Bugidi
Mahima Goel
Geeta Hiremath
Laxmi kant Agrawal
Jyothi Gandla
Dinesh. Gopinath