Nalla Sundarajan

Nalla Sundarajan serves as the President of the Board and accomplishes those tasks assigned to her in accordance with our Bylaws. She oversees operations of the organization, leads board meetings, and promotes the organization. She works 30 hours per week. Nalla has a Bachelor's degree in Finance and a Masters degree in Communication Studies and has been teaching part-time for 10 years at a Community College. She served several years as a volunteer spokeswoman and fundraiser for long term domestic violence Shelters, WATCH (Women and their Children's Housing) in San Jose, California, and at Heritage Home, San Jose. She is not currently compensated.

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Peter Calverley

Peter is the treasurer for A Lighthouse For Women and has more than 25 years of finance and operations experience in technology companies. In his CFO role at Tela, he is responsible for business and financial management of the company including fund raising, corporate financial reporting and accounting, human resources, IT and customer contract negotiations. For the past 10 years he has focused on financial management for pre-IPO and early-stage companies, most recently running his own private consulting practice and previously serving as COO for FamilyPass, Inc. Before joining FamilyPass, Peter was CFO of CoWare, Inc., and was instrumental in leading several rounds of equity financing. Earlier in his career, Peter held executive business finance positions with several larger technology companies including Cadence Design Systems, and Nortel. He holds an MBA in Finance from St. Mary's College of California and a BA in Commerce/Social Science from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Peter has played an active role in multiple non-profit organizations and has been a financial adviser to them.

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Maria Peralta

Maria Peralta is the Vice President of the organization and accomplishes the task as required in the Bylaws and of fund raising, strategic planning, and spokeswoman for A Lighthouse For Women. She traveled with Nalla to India and was one of the speakers at the seminars, and will continue to do so in future. Maria leads a couple of women's groups that work specifically for women causes, and organizes several leadership seminars and meetings. She is not compensated.

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Dr. Craig Turley

Dr. Craig Turley is one of the board of directors and accomplishes the task of fund raising, and strategic planning. He founded Joseph's Store House over five years ago in Redlands, California, that distributes food and clothes to the poor and has served over 10 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. He is not compensated.

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Connie Segreto

Connie Segreto is the Secretary of the board, and accomplishes the task as described in the Bylaws and helps with fund raising and strategic planning. She has over 30 years of experience in marketing, sales, finance, and business development, and currently serves as the Northern Pacific regional marketing leader for Deloitte Services LP, Santa Clara, California. Connie travels to India on business and leads leadership seminars and workshops for women. She is not compensated.

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Ellen Brutsch

Ellen Brutsch is a board of director and accomplishes the task of strategic planning and other duties in accordance to the Bylaws. She has over 25 years of experience working with nonprofits and serves as the Chairman of the Board for another charitable organization that is focused on women's causes. With a BA in Communications and History, she currently works as an Educational Consultant with ACCESS, a non-profit agency based in New Hampshire. Ellen travels extensively here in America and to developing nations and conducts seminars and workshops for victims of rape, and abuse. She is not compensated.

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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.


Andrew Chung

Andrew Chung is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he focused on entrepreneurship, including social entrepreneurship. He comes with experience in Internet start-ups, working both in a start-up during college and between years at business school. Before then, Andrew spent three and a half years as a management consultant at The Monitor Group, working with Fortune 500 companies and spent time working with a venture philanthropy fund, New Profit Inc. which accessed intellectual assets from Harvard Business School, Monitor, and venture capital practices for the social sector.

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