Lighthouse For Women

About Us

Each and every one of us (listed below) are passionate and deeply committed about the vision and of the work that we are engaging in to impact the lives of the most oppressed group of women in India. Most of us have been to India and are aware of the need for this work, and of the impact we are making. We aspire to continue this work for as long as it takes; to open doors of opportunities that financially empower victimized women. We are very encouraged to see the lives that have changed in the last almost 11 years of our work in Chennai, India, and excited about expanding our work to other cities and nations.

All the following board members and advisors are volunteers and are not financially compensated.

Board of Directors

Nalla Sundarajan - President

Nalla Sundarajan serves as the President of the Board and accomplishes the tasks assigned to her in accordance with the Bylaws. Every year she lives in India for several months to oversee the work that is going on in Chennai since January 2010. She oversees the operations of the organization, leads board meetings, and promotes the organization. Nalla has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Masters degree in Communication Studies and had worked as a part-time lecturer for many years. She served several years as a volunteer spokeswoman and fundraiser for long term domestic violence Shelters, such as WATCH (Women and their Children’s Housing), and Heritage Home in San Jose, California.

Connie Segreto - Secretary

Connie Segreto is the Secretary of the board, and accomplishes the task as described in the Bylaws and helps with fundraising and strategic planning. She has over 30 years of experience in marketing, sales, finance, and business development, and retired from Deloitte Services LP, Santa Clara, California. Connie has traveled to India a few times on business and leads leadership seminars and workshops for women. She serves as a board member in other nonprofits as well.

Dr. Craig Turley - Director

Dr. Craig Turley is one of the board of directors and accomplishes the task of fundraising, and strategic planning. He founded Joseph’s Store House in Redlands, California, that distributes food and clothes to the poor and has served several years as the Pastor for Covenant Family Church in Redlands, California. Dr. Turley has pioneered many charitable projects including an orphanage in Romania for young children, and sits on the Board for several nonprofit organizations. He has a PhD in Jewish Studies.

Dorcas Haque - Director

Dorcas Haque is a member of the board of Directors of Lighthouse For Women. She has a deep passion to alleviate poverty and oppression and has visited our on-going project in Chennai, India. Dorcas is a registered nurse by profession and grew up for several years in Congo, Africa where her parents were missionaries. She and her husband are involved with several charities and non-profit projects and have been involved with Lighthouse the last several years.

Shankari Durairaj - Director

Shankari Durairaj is a member of the Board of Directors of Lighthouse for Women. She hails from a family (back in India) that has been very involved in several charitable organizations. She is passionate about rehabilitating young women that are victimized and to this end, she and her husband have been actively engaged in supporting Lighthouse the last several years.

Sharmini Jacob - Director

Sharmini Jacob is a member of the Board of Directors of Lighthouse for Women. She leads and mentors young women and is active in various charitable organizations in the US, Sri Lanka, and in India. She is a business woman, an artist, and a formally trained chef from the French Culinary Institute. She and her husband have been passionately involved with the mission of Lighthouse the last several years.

Serena Sundarajan- Director

Serena Sundarajan is the most recent member to serve on the board. After she graduated from San Jose State University, she started her career in wedding planning and has since transitioned into the tech world. She is currently a Senior Technical Recruiter at a large tech firm in the Bay Area, where she focuses on hiring Data Scientists. Serena is passionate about Lighthouse for Women and has been a donor and fundraiser the past several years. Her breadth of knowledge in the tech world along with her passion for changing the lives of oppressed young women is an asset to the board.

Board of Advisors

Selvi Stanislaus

Since 2006 Selvi Stanislaus is the Executive Officer of the Franchise Tax Board of California. She oversees the second largest tax department in the nation, with more than 6,000 employees in California and its three out-of-state offices. She is FTB's fourth executive officer and is the first woman to hold the post. After graduation from the Sri Lanka Law College as an Attorney-at-Law, Selvi worked in the private sector, and thereafter in the Chambers of Sri Lanka's President's Counsel. She and her husband immigrated to California in 1986, where Selvi returned to law school, completing a J.D. with Honors and an LL.M in Tax Law. In April 2005, Selvi was appointed the Acting Assistant Chief Counsel of the Tax and Fee Programs Division of the Legal Department, formulating legal policies affecting every tax and fee program in California administered by the Board, which collects nearly $53 billion annually in taxes and fees. She is also a part-time Professor at the local Law School where she teaches Tax Law.

Isaac Sundarajan

Isaac Sundarajan is an accomplished Silicon Valley executive with over thirty years of experience in start-ups and major corporations. He is currently working for a cyber security company in the Bay Area. He has been supporting Lighthouse for women from the very inception.

Kevin DiUbaldo

Kevin is the financial consultant for Lighthouse For Women. He is currently the corporate controller for Common Sense Media, a global nonprofit dedicated to helping children thrive in a world of media and technology. He began his career in public accounting, where he spent five years at a regional accounting firm in Maryland. He then moved on to hold various finance positions at HMSHost, a world leader in the travel and dining industry. Before coming to Common Sense Media, he spent six years in the nonprofit senior living field as a corporate controller. Kevin attended Frostburg State University where he earned a B.S. in Accounting as well as an MBA, and is an actively licensed CPA. He is also a board member at Milpitas Christian School.