2016 National Conference

Rajiv is engaged in strategy development, assisting program staff in linking impact evaluation with ongoing program planning and improvement, and positioning IDEX as a learning resource for grassroots development. He plays a leading role in organizing the IDEX Academy and developing learning resources aimed at engaging and educating a new generation of culturally competent international development professionals. He is also building alliances with the Indian Diaspora community and is the staff liaison for IDEX’s Young Professionals Group. He is currently serving as the Coordinator of the San Francisco Local Engagement Group of Exponent Philanthropy and is active with the Harmony Initiative Working Group of the Bay Area Justice Funders Network. A professionally trained historian of international relations with expertise in Modern Europe, South Asia, and the Cold War, Rajiv has designed and taught college-level courses at universities across the U.S. He also led the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project, a community-centered project focused on South Asian immigrants in Silicon Valley, as part of the Silicon Valley Immigration Center at San Jose State University.

Pia brings rich and diverse experience serving the public sector to the role of Co-Executive Director. Having taught high school in the South Bronx, directed media & economic justice campaigns in New York City and Boston, and trained hundreds of youth development practitioners in California, Pia applied her entrepreneurial spirit to starting a business in 2000. For over a decade, Pia’s organizational consulting and coaching helped further equity-driven efforts nationwide with clients such as University of California Students Association, San Francisco Foundation, Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, and Building Movement Project. More recently, Pia was the Director of Organizational Partnerships for Rockwood Leadership Institute where she directed a collaborative capacity building initiative for nationally recognized progressive movement leaders. Pia is the Board Chair of the Center for Media Justice and Lead Faculty for the IDEX Academy. She holds a M.A. in Education from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley. Follow her @PiaVision.