Meet our team

The Dream Team

Our consultants are the best and brightest in their respective fields with experience in over 20 low and middle-income countries. Our team includes PhDs, physicians, nurses, public and population health professionals, communication experts, and designers from globally-recognized institutions.

Brandy Svendson
Brandy Svendson

CEO, Creative Director, Co-Founder

Dr. Natalie Chan
Dr. Natalie Chan

President, Research Director, Co-founder

Annalise Burdett
Annalise Burdett

VP of Projects and Client Experience

Stephanie Busch
Stephanie Busch

Research Team Lead

Roberto Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez

Developer Team Lead

Celia Chung
Celia Chung

Senior Communications Designer

Jenny Corlett
Jenny Corlett

Marketing and Communications Lead

Barkha Chhugani
Barkha Chhugani

Junior Project Manager

Sadie Stephenson
Sadie Stephenson

Researcher and Project Coordinator

Joel Hart
Joel Hart

Web Developer

Yejin Eun
Yejin Eun

Communications Designer

Alejandra Moya
Alejandra Moya

Financial Administrator

Ange Cullen
Ange Cullen

Senior Researcher and Project Manager

Alma Tabareh
Alma Tabareh

Designer

Joya Banerjee
Joya Banerjee

Senior Gender Advisor

Caitlin Padgett
Caitlin Padgett

Drug Policy Specialist

Emily Cooper
Emily Cooper

Photographer and Illustrator

Barkha Chhugani

Barkha Chhugani

Junior Project Manager

Certifications

Indigenous Canada course

Languages

English, Hindi, Sindhi

Bio

A member of our Design and Development team, Barkha brings her enthusiasm, determination, skills, and experience to client projects and internal team communications in order to drive projects to successful completion and create meaningful change.

 

With past experience as a program officer for a non-profit organization in India, Barkha has a strong understanding of public health, maternal health, and youth health. Since initiating and developing a project involving artificial intelligence to provide health-related information to girls in rural areas, she has fostered a passion for project management combined with technology, while developing her organizational, operations management, proposal writing, and website management acumen.

 

Barkha is committed to continuous learning and self-improvement, and is excited to acquire more certifications in her field. Aside from work and studies, she likes to travel, explore nature, and feast on good food!

 

Barkha holds a Masters in Business Administration from Trinity Western University, Canada and a Bachelor in Technology (Computer Science) from Jamia Hamdard, India.