About Me
A non-profit leader and advocate passionate about advancing the health and safety of women and girls worldwide, Aditi is the founder of Naav Advisors, a consultancy offering development services to nonprofits and philanthropies, and BoardSeat, an organization matching interested candidates with available seats on nonprofit boards across the country.
Over the past four years, Aditi served as the first-ever Chief Program Officer for Exhale to Inhale, a New York City-based nonprofit providing trauma-informed yoga as healing resources to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. In this role, Aditi developed and scaled the organization’s service opportunities and programming, advised on grant and funding proposals, guided organizational transitions of leadership, and standardized vital processes that led to the growth of funding, partnerships, and staff.
She is a certified Domestic Violence Advocate and was recognized as an Advocate of New York in 2021 by the Mayor's Office to End Gender-Based Violence.
Previous to this role, Aditi held key positions with Philanthropy New York and New York Nonprofit, two membership associations serving New York’s nonprofit communities, where she worked on knowledge management, capacity building, program development, and fundraising. She also has deep experience in corporate sector sales and marketing. Across all her work, Aditi is passionate about furthering gender equity, sustainable consumption, and using arts for activism and social justice.
Outside of her consulting and full-time work, Aditi is personally very involved in the nonprofit space. Currently, she is an active board member for the India Cultural Center and Girls Plus Environment. She has previously supported the work of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Asian Women Giving Circle, and more.
Aditi is currently pursuing her Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Students at New York University’s School of Culture, Educatiand Human Development. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration, Nonprofit Manager, and Policy from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
In her spare time, Aditi loves to explore the hiking trails of upstate New York with her family, read, and work on sharpening her pottery skills.