Youth Leadership Program – Summer 2020 Cohort Page

Youth Leadership Program – Summer 2020 Cohort Page

Future Impact Leaders

Program coach

Marshal Livingston is our facilitator, trainer and coach for this year’s leadership program. He has extensive experience training and coaching professionals in the corporate world with most recently working with AT&T as a trainer and facilitator. He also has experience providing healthcare professionals first aid training. He has been associated with Boys and Girls Club, Albany Pink, Citizen of the World, Ronald McDonald House, Megan’s House, and Easter Seals Southern Georgia.
Ronald McDonald House holds a special place in Marshal’s heart because of the impact it has had on his family. To Marshal, Access Life America combines the mission of RMHC that has a global impact.

Leadership Series – Guest Leaders

This Youth Leadership Program strives to give the best to our future impact leaders and what could better than learning leadership skills from successful industry leaders. Our team selects these leaders given they are not only successful in their respective areas but have also demonstrated giving back to the community. They have particularly leveraged their strengths to make this positive impact even at a greater scale. Our Leadership Sessions involved topics revolving around key leadership skills such as Trust, Accountability, Empathy and Motivation. Each of these leaders picked a topic and explained why this skill is important for any leader and how this skill helped them personally. Each leader gives parting advice for these future leaders that we believe will help them shape into strong impact driven leaders driving positive change in the communities.

Amit Kachru, Divisional CFO, Medtronics

Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries and they are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions. Since their beginning, 60 years ago, their Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is the ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding the work that are transforming millions of lives each year.

As a Corporate Finance leader for Medtronic Amit has been responsible for oversight of finances for different divisions. At Medtronic he was fortunate to partner with Nobel Laureate Professor Mohd. Yunus for a healthcare initiative in Bangladesh. His team worked with Grameen Healthcare Services to increase retention of Ophthalmologists & increase operational efficiency of Eye Care Hospitals in rural Bangladesh. He is also an active member of India Association of Minnesota which is a non-profit organization that represents the 40,000 Asian Indians in the state of Minnesota. As part of this organization he led IndiaFest, the largest ever celebration of India in St. Paul, Minnesota, attended by over 20,000 Minnesotans. Raised over $30K for the event by selling sponsorships, and had representation from over 80 organizations showcasing the culture & cuisine of India.

Marianne Iyer, Executive Director, P&G Alumni Foundation

Established in 2001, the P&G Alumni Network was formed to help P&G Alums across the globe stay connected. Over the past 18 years, the Network has grown to 25,000+ Alumni strong and is a premier membership organization delivering against three strategic pillars: Engagement | Enrichment | Philanthropy

Marianne has years of experience working with non-profit organizations. Provides strategic fundraising consulting services to nonprofit organizations. Have provided strategic counsel to several social services, educational and health-related nonprofits. Engagements include, developing strategic fundraising plans (campaign, annual fund); managing fundraising efforts; developing major gift proposals / grants and related presentation materials; conducting prospect research.

Strongly believes that with a compelling case for support, strong leadership, engaged prospects, and a strong bias toward action, nonprofits can implement a robust fundraising plan to realize their strategic goals.

Reade Fahs, CEO, National Vision

National Vision, the 3rd largest optical retailer in the U.S. Currently National Vision serves customers through a diverse portfolio of retail stores across 5 brand banners and 19 consumer websites, with over 10,000 Associates and more than $1 billion in sales.
National Vision’s Mission is to make quality eye care and eyewear both affordable and accessible.

As a CEO of National Vision Mr Fahs strives to create environments where talented, optically-oriented Associates and Optometrists can create life-giving, fulfilling, and meaningful long term careers for themselves.

Philanthropically, for over 15 years he has focused on helping to get eyeglasses to people in the greatest need in places like India, Bangladesh and throughout Latin America.

Anir Pradhan , Co-Founder, Recordant
Partner, FirstLight HomeCare of Metro Atlanta

As a Chief Strategy Officer for a $3B global data & analytics company – Equifax, Anir has directed overall corporate strategy, competitive intelligence, customer insights, customer experience, and economic forecasting.
He is co-founder for company Recordant and also serves as a Partner for FirstLight HomeCare of Metro Atlanta. FirstLight Homecare is a premium service provider of caring and trusted caregivers, that deliver loving and compassionate care in the comfort of your home.

Anir also worked with American Cancer Society and has served as a Board Member for Atlanta Select Invitational. Atlanta Select convenes the support of individuals and corporations to raise more than $300,000 each year for the American Cancer Society. Guests compete in golf for prizes, bid on fantastic auction items, honor those who have fought cancer, and learn about prevention.