Board Members

Shadhika is managed by an all-volunteer board of directors with diverse backgrounds but a shared interest in helping disadvantaged women and children. Shadhika’s Board members cover all expenses including administrative, publicity and fund-raising efforts allowing Shadhika to continue as a “zero overhead” organization.

Juthica Stangl, Founder
Retired psychiatric social worker. Involved in numerous volunteer organizations, serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Committee of International Students (CCIS) of Stanford, and teaches cooking at the International Center.

 

Peter Stangl, Treasurer & Secretary
Retired director of Lane Library at Stanford University Medical Center.

 

 

Usha Sekar, President
Usha Sekar, a long time Los Altos resident, is an entrepreneur and has been a senior software executive in local companies. She is currently the CEO at Meemli, a web application company supporting education.  With the help of her family, Usha actively supports various community efforts in India and the Bay Area.

 

Monika Agarwal, Board Member
Monika Agarwal has a strong background within the business community, currently working in commercial banking. For the last 5 years, she has actively supported various non-profit organizations and NGOs by raising funds. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from California State University, San Francisco.

 

Reema Batta, Board Member

 

Cliff Colvin, Board Member
Formerly of Palo Alto and San Francisco, Cliff is now a Realtor in Honolulu, Hawaii for Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties. He has been actively involved with Shadhika since 1998 and prior to that was a founding board member of another “no overhead” charity, The Academy of Friends, a fund raising organization dedicated to the fight against HIV.

 

Julie Basu, Board Member
Julie Basu is from Kolkata. She is interested in the welfare and empowerment of under-priviledged women and children. Julie is a computer scientist by profession, with a PhD from Stanford University.

 

 

Mary Buttner, Board Member
Mary Buttner is a Digital Materials Manager for Lane Library at Stanford University Medical Center. She is a long time friend and supporter of Shadhika and holds degrees from both Stanford and Berkeley.

 

Amita Dhawan, Board Member

 

Jeanne Schapp, Board Member
Jeanne loves cultural diversity, which has led to extended travel and a love of languages. Jeanne’s career started with teaching and then moved to the corporate arena where she worked for Visa International in strategic planning and project management.  Now retired, Jeanne is an advocate of human rights and supports a number of organizations that work to empower women and children in developing countries. Jeanne also loves the arts and has her own art studio to pursue her creative interests.

 

Maureen Sheehan, Board Member
Maureen Sheehan is a nurse practitioner in Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy at Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, and the mother of two. She is past treasurer and president of Parents Nursery School in Palo Alto. She has had a life-long interest in the health and welfare of mothers and children as well as all things Indian.