Ms. Sekaran co-founded NESRI and served as the Associate Director 2004-2007. She worked with staff to define NESRI’s mission, vision, structure, planning, governance, key program areas, and partnership model. In particular, she was instrumental in launching the Human Right to Health Program and the Special Project on the Rights of Hurricane Survivors. Previously, she worked at the Center for Economic and Social Rights as the U.S. Program Fellow, where she researched a human rights approach to reforming health care financing in the United States. She also developed policy and public education materials and provided trainings on social and economic rights in the United States. Ms. Sekaran comes from a background of connecting grassroots constituencies with public policy advocacy as Associate Director of Public Policy and Community Outreach at the Drug Policy Alliance, a national organization promoting treatment and health-based alternatives to incarceration for non-violent drug offenders. Prior to that, she was a public relations and events consultant, and a Program Associate in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch. Sharda holds a BA in International Relations from Pomona College and is pursing a MBA at The Roberto C. Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She currently serves as an advisor to NESRI.
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