Our Board

Sneha Deo (she/her) - Board President

Sneha Deo is a Seattle-based technologist, community organizer, and musician. Leading Responsible AI engineering and applied research at Microsoft, Sneha seeks to ground technical solutions in their potential for human impact. Sneha is also a contributor to the Montreal AI Ethics Institute and a board member at Hatch, a new independent school offering a girls-centered education in Seattle. She is humbled to serve and empower the South Asian community to participate in state, local, and county policy decisions.

Lalita Uppala (she/her)

Lalita is currently the Director of Indian Association of Western Washington (IAWW) Community Program, a Commissioner of the WA State Commission on Asia Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) and a Trustee of the King County Library System. Lalita has her Masters of sciences in Environmental Health and Toxicology. Lalita is thrilled to be engaged with SAATWA to promote more community Advocacy and Engagement.

Mohit Nair (he/him) - Board Secretary

Having recently moved from Mumbai to Seattle, Mohit currently serves as the Partnerships Director of FairVote Washington, a non-partisan non-profit working to make our democracy more accessible through ranked-choice voting. He focuses most of his efforts on building an inclusive coalition of stakeholders and partners who are passionate about equitable representation. Previously, he worked with several global non-profits in the humanitarian sector including Save the Children International, and Doctors Without Borders. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Biological Sciences and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Rituja Indapure (she/her) - Board President

Rituja Indapure is a technologist, storyteller, activist, artist, and a community leader passionate about women’s education and equality. A Manager at Costco, Rituja has a vast range of experience across the fields of internet technologies, community organizing, performance arts, film and podcasts. Rituja is a United Way Ambassador and has served on non-profit boards. In 2018, Rituja was appointed to the Washington State Women’s Commission by Gov. Inslee. She also serves on the Sammamish Planning Commission and on the advisory board of Sammamish Y and King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC). Rituja received her bachelor's degree English literature, and LLB from the University of Pune. She studied at the University of Nottingham for her LLM.  

ANANYA RABEYA (SHE/HER)

Ananya Rabeya is an educator with 20 years of professional teaching expertise at colleges, universities, and schools in USA, and Bangladesh. She is Associate Faculty in Mathematics at the Oregon Institute of Technology and Edmonds College, and was a founding teacher and administrator at the Downtown School in Seattle. Her primary focus is cultivating empathy and love of lifelong learning in her students.
Ananya is also a staunch advocate for social causes, including poverty alleviation and human rights, and has worked towards these causes in various non-profit leadership roles.

Simrun Chhabra (she/they)

Simrun Chhabra is a community organizer raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is passionate about increasing access to civic engagement opportunities and works at the State Legislature. Simrun is a graduate of Western Washington University with a degree in Human Services. She hopes to expand her career in public service by pursuing a degree in law. In her free time, she enjoys reading, creating multi-media art, hiking with her dogs, and cooking.