Experience

Asia Initiatives

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and President

  • 2000 - Present

  Co-Founder and President of Asia Initiatives, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization in New York City, and the innovator of Social Capital Credits (SoCCs), the award- winning community currency for social good, that won the “World Changing Idea” recognition from Fast Company. Asia Initiatives has implemented SoCCs to transform lives in 28 projects in under-served communities in India, Ghana, Kenya, and the USA. This work has won awards from MIT SOLVE, Vodafone, Experian, General Motors, and received the Jacobs Foundation Conference Grand Innovation Award. Show less



Columbia University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  Adjunct Professor in the Urban Design Program in the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation. Adjunct Professor in the Urban Design Program in the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation.


New York City Mayor's Advisory Board for Waterfront Management
• Board Member

  • 2020 - Present

urbz: User Generated Cities
• Co-Founder

  • 2008 - Present

WomenStrong International
• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2017 - Present

Center for the Living City
• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2017 - Present

Friends of University of Tokyo
• Board Member

  • 2016 - Present


The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• President

  • 2008 - 2009

  Served as the President of the AIA- Japan Chapter. Served as the President of the AIA- Japan Chapter.