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Meet the visionaries behind SPEAKHIRE

Dedicated to empowering immigrant leaders, our passionate team works together to transform lives and build stronger communities.

visionary people

Our Executive Board

Hetal Jani

Founder and Executive Director

When I was younger, I thought I was going to grow up to be a doctor. But, when I got into high school, I realized I was no longer sure of my path since I enjoyed a variety of subjects. Blending my natural talents and interests led to a career in education, addressing inequities and increasing opportunities. My calling is to enable people to learn how to access and activate knowledge, identify opportunities, and develop skills and connections to pursue those opportunities. This is why I started SPEAKHIRE. I discovered my path was to empower others to find theirs.

  • Hetal Jani

    Founder and Executive Director

  • Madhumitha Sowndararajan

    Executive Board Chair

  • Kiran Jani

    Executive Board Vice President

  • Prasanna Vijayanathan

    Executive Board Secretary

  • Gary Blinth

    Executive Board Member

  • Rithika Naik

    Executive Board Member


Our Advisory Board

Ed Liu

Advisory Board Member

When I was younger, I thought I was going to grow up to be a doctor. But, when I got into high school, I realized I was no longer sure of my path since I enjoyed a variety of subjects. Blending my natural talents and interests led to a career in education, addressing inequities and increasing opportunities. My calling is to enable people to learn how to access and activate knowledge, identify opportunities, and develop skills and connections to pursue those opportunities. This is why I started SPEAKHIRE. I discovered my path was to empower others to find theirs.

  • Ed Liu

    Advisory Board Member


Our Junior Board

Ousmane Diallo

Junior Board Chair

“My name is Ousmane Diallo and I am from Mali Bamako. Growing up in a family where knowledge was more precious than anything else. I know many people had the blessing to be raised with their biological parents. However, I wasn’t raised with my parents and that gave a lot of benefits that others don’t experience. When I moved to New York City and joined Speakhire Foundational Year it showed how a person like me can find a pathway to succeed in foreign land. Before, I joined the Speakhire Foundational Year Program. I did not nothing about leadership as an individual. This program lays out the blueprint for me to seek more opportunities and interact with amazing leaders. Now, I am an undergraduate student at CUNY New York City College of Technology majoring in Computer Systems. The skills I acquired from the Foundational Year is a blueprint for your leadership journey. I am eager to pursue my leadership journey because my greatest inspiration in life is to become an Islamic Scholar and being a scholar requires leadership and well-mannered. From now on is to develop my leadership skills through Speakhire developing leaders for tomorrow.”

  • Ousmane Diallo

    Junior Board Chair

  • Adama Bah

    Junior Board VP

  • Leyli Hernandez

    Junior Board Treasurer

  • Lylia Belbegra

    Junior Board Member

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