I won’t lie. When She Loves Data was founded in 2016 as a non-profit organization, one of the things I was concerned about was whether we would be able to sustain it. Being a non-profit organization comes with its own set of challenges and limitations, and one of the more obvious ones is around resourcing. Yet, equipped with passion and our entrepreneurial mindset of “you won’t know until you try it” and support of our partners, was what was helping us throughout the years
One hackathon and training led to another. Word got out that we were looking for like-minded and passionate people to join us as volunteers. We began recruiting our pioneering team of volunteers, and over the years, our global #datatribe has grown to around 180 volunteers strong.
And our volunteers truly are the beating hearts of our organization.
Even on the most challenging times, our volunteers displayed impressive dedication and commitment to drive our programs and serve our community. Many are juggling multiple commitments – from their own full-time jobs, to passion projects and families. Despite this, their unwavering passion to lift other women and to our mission as an organization continue to shine through.
We recently recognized some of our best talents through a Volunteer Awards, where we shone a spotlight on our volunteers who had gone above and beyond their call of duty. I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank these volunteers for all that they have done for the She Loves Data community this year. We could not pursue our mission without you! Please join me in congratulating these winners as we recognize their contributions to our organization – these winners have been recognized by their peers through votes put forward by our team of fellow volunteers.
The Heroes Award
goes to our phenomenal India chapter team, for their gumption to hit the ground running from the day we launched the chapter. The India team is represented by:
Mital Khona Kaul, Co-lead India chapter and partnerships, Rittika Jindal Co-lead India chapter and trainings, Neha Jain Operations Lead, Jyoti Kumar holds the marketing team comprising of Neha Menon, Anjali Ancy and Rashmi Nitin Jain, Rakhi Agrawal from training team, Priya Pinto from partnership team .
The Leadership Award
goes to three of our talented and accomplished leaders across different regions, for their steadfast commitment and setting the bar for keeping our community engaged through local programs and activities:
Mital Khona Kaul, India chapter lead
Eva Taase, ANZ Region Lead and Global Head of Analytics
Annie Duong Phan, Vietnam co-lead
Most Dependable Award
went to our volunteer who goes above and beyond her call of duty, and always showing up when things need to get done. Congratulations to our winner
Richa Tibarewal, Global Head of Operations
Following closely behind her as runner-up for this category is
Wilma Lapuz from our global operations team
The Walk the Talk Award
went to none other than Mital Khona Kaul, for constantly keeping true to her words and delivering for the organization and community consistently.
She is closely followed by runner up in this category
Myrene Barcebal, our Global Head of Talent
And last but finally not the least, we’d like to recognize our emerging talents in the
Rising Star Award
Congratulations are in order for
Neha Menon from our India marketing team
Neha is closely followed by three other rising stars,
Rasyida Paddy, Global Content Lead
Myrene Barcebal, our Global Head of Talent
Paramita Saha, partnerships
To all our winners, kudos, and thank you for all that you do.
If you are keen to join us as a volunteer, reach out to us here: https://www.shelovesdata.com/become-a-volunteer/
