Amrita Naik
Amrita Naik

Head of Partnerships & Programs

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Amrita Naik is the Head of Partnerships & Programs at Infosys Foundation USA. She has been involved with the Foundation since its inception in 2015 and has brought to life various signature programs, the Pathfinders Online Institute education platform and collaborative partnerships. Amrita currently oversees Infosys Foundation USA's evaluation of new grantees and professional development partners and the impact assessment of funded programs. She enjoys working with passionate educators and making a difference in K-12 Computer Science and Maker education.

Prior to this, Amrita has experience managing HR, recruiting and CRM functions at several technology firms based in both Silicon Valley and Bengaluru. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Outside of work, she is a full-time mom and spends her rare free time creating nontoxic hand-painted wine glasses.

Anand Swaminathan
Anand Swaminathan

Trustee

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Anand Swaminathan is the Executive Vice President and the Global Industry leader of Infosys Communications, Media and Technology business group that serves clients in Communications, OEMs, Semiconductors, and Cloud and Enterprise software. Anand is responsible for the global P & L and leads the strategy and execution of these industries across global markets. He leads the development of many of Infosys’ strategic and large clients and partners. Since joining Infosys in 1999, Anand has been responsible for incubating and building the Infosys data science and analytics practice, as well as both launching and expanding the partner and alliance eco system, while also leading some of the firm’s most complex and large-scale systems integration work for global clients. Having seen the world with a global role, but having equally spent much time in the USA in his career, Anand is keen to see the impact of the Infosys Foundation USA deepen as we work to bring digital skills to the wider community so that industry benefits from a wide talent pool of tech-savvy future leaders. Anand has a MS in Information Systems from BITS Pilani in India, and has an associate degree from the Institute of Cost and Management accounts of India. In addition to serving as a Trustee to the Foundation, he is a board member of WONGDOODY, the digital experience company owned 100 percent by Infosys. Anand is golfer, and resides in Seattle, WA with his family.

Beth Kolman
Beth Kolman

Head of Employee Engagement

Beth is an experienced CSR professional having led CSR teams and activities for Nortel Networks and Cisco at their Richardson, Texas hubs. She worked most recently for the Richardson Chamber of Commerce serving as its Director of Economic Development and as the Director of Innovation for the chamber’s sister organization, Tech Titans. Beth is a proud native Texas and received a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas. She is passionate about employee engagement and STEM education and looks forward to working with the Foundation.

Bethany Quinn
Bethany Quinn

Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Bethany Quinn is Principal Legal Counsel at Infosys Limited, where she provides strategic advice to corporate leaders and is a key business partner supporting deal pursuits and negotiations. She also leads Infosys’s commercial dispute management and litigation practice for the Americas region. Prior to joining Infosys, she represented clients across a wide swath of industries, including major tech, entertainment, and retail companies.

Bethany has served as the Foundation’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since 2015. She has long had a passion for improving equity and lifting up underserved communities and has represented clients pro bono through the Public Counsel Adoptions Project and Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Referral Program. She has previously served as a member of the Advisory Board of the Western Center on Law & Poverty and has been a volunteer judge for the UCLA Honors Moot Court and National Sexual Orientation Law Moot Court Competitions.

Bethany obtained her BA from the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, and her JD from the University of Chicago Law School. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two young children.

Inderpreet Sawhney
Inderpreet Sawhney

Chairperson

Inderpreet is the Group General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer of Infosys. In this role she leads the legal and compliance function for the Company and oversees its privacy function as well. She is a strategic business partner ensuring success for Infosys in legal and regulatory matters, while also implementing the compliance and ethics program of the Company in line with Infosys’ core C-LIFE values.

As Chairperson of Infosys Foundation USA, Inderpreet recognizes the critical need for investment in the equitable delivery of digital skills in the USA and across the world. She is keen for the Foundation to increase its impact with educators and learners – in K12, community colleges, universities offering four-year graduate programs and beyond - so that we are workforce-ready for an increasingly digital economy.

Inderpreet is a seasoned international professional and serves on the National Advisory Council of SABANA (South Asian Bar Association of North America).

In recognition for her work, Inderpreet has been awarded the 2013 SABANA Corporate Counsel Achievement Award. She is also a recipient of the Thought Leadership Award at the 2018 Global Transformative Leadership Awards and was featured among the top 25 Women Leaders in IT Services of 2020, published by the IT Services Report and in 2022 was recognized as a DEI Champion by the Women Influence and Power in Law Awards. She is a frequent speaker at conferences globally.

Inderpreet is a member of the Infosys CSR Council and Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. She provides leadership to the signature #IamtheFuture program to advance female leadership at Infosys.

Inderpreet has a BA (Hons.) and LL.B degree from Delhi University and an LL.M from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.

James Mazzulo
James Mazzulo

Communications Associate

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James Mazzullo is a Communications Associate at Infosys Foundation USA. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from The College of New Jersey where he studied Communications with a focus in Radio, Television and Film. He also received his Master’s Degree in Communications with a specialization in Corporate Purpose and Social Impact from the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. Before his role at Infosys Foundation USA, James spent a summer interning with the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of renewable energy in New York. James is incredibly passionate about nonprofit work and is excited to begin his role at the Foundation!

Kate Maloney
Kate Maloney

Executive Director

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As the Executive Director of the Infosys Foundation USA, Kate is inspired to advance the Foundation’s commitment to increase K-12 access to Computer Science and Maker Education across the US, particularly in under-represented communities. Through partnerships with leading non-profits, curriculum developers and dynamic innovators, Kate aims to enable digital equity and the next generation of 21st century technology creators.

Prior to her current role, Kate was a Director at KPMG LLP where she led strategic engagements with the United Nations, private foundations and non-profits with a focus on sustainability, social impact and corporate social responsibility. She spent two years working in the London office of KPMG’s Global Infrastructure practice advancing the public-private partnership, Building Schools for the Future, which brought technology enablement to all secondary schools across the UK. Prior to KPMG, Kate was the Country Manager for Mexico and Central America at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and worked for Senator Richard G. Lugar on the US Senate Foreign Committee. Kate is passionate about the power of education and technology to create positive impact. Since a young age, she has pursued opportunities to engage with youth from under-represented communities to expand their educational potential. The Children’s Aid Society in NY and Everybody Wins in Washington, DC were particularly influential experiences.

Kate received her BA from Wake Forest University and a MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She currently serves on the Board of Mary’s Meals USA and is a co-founder of the Wake Forest University ‘Global Deacs’ international alumni network.

Lara Salamano
Lara Salamano

Trustee

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As the Providence Design and Innovation Center Lead and Infosys Group Business Director at WONGDOODY, Lara is a dynamic leader in Rhode Island. In these roles, she manages staff, operations, business development, community and government relations, as well as college and university partnerships. Lara also leads the Design on Demand practice for WONGDOODY, a subsidiary of Infosys – which enables organizations to embed HX talent to scale their design capability.

Lara has 25+ years of experience as a brand strategist, marketing and business executive. She has a proven track record of developing and implementing innovative strategies across multiple networks, platforms and demographics. Lara spent much of her career at Viacom/ MTV Networks, leading partner marketing across multiple brands. Prior to joining Infosys Lara was the Chief Marketing Officer for the State of Rhode Island. She currently holds Board appointments at both RIPEC (Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council) and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce. Lara earned her BS in Textiles, Merchandising and Design with a Minor in Art from the University of Rhode Island.

Martha King
Martha King

Trustee

Martha King is Chief Client Officer, Executive Vice President, and head of the US Region at Infosys. In addition, she is head of the firm’s Retirement Services Center of Excellence, which serves a rapidly growing list of global financial services firms seeking Infosys’ expertise in the retirement space. Ms. King and her team are committed to improving outcomes for retirement savers by helping solve large, industry-wide challenges as the strategic transformation and technology partner of choice for financial services firms operating in the retirement space.

Ms. King spent more than 25 years at Vanguard before joining Infosys in 2021. She most recently served as Managing Director of Vanguard’s Institutional Investor Group, which serves the investment needs of employers offering company-sponsored retirement plans as well as non-profit organizations such as endowments and foundations. Prior to that, she was the founder and Managing Director of Vanguard’s Financial Advisor Services division.

Ms. King earned a B.S. from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. However, her love of learning and her passion for education began at a much younger age, surrounded by educators and passionate learners at home. Throughout her personal life and career, Ms. King has been vocal advocate for programs that support the development of diverse workers and help build a diverse workforce, including STEM programs that inspire everyone to be creators, not just consumers, of technology.

Mary (Jing) Shen
Mary (Jing) Shen

Head of Communications

Mary is responsible for conveying the impact of the Foundation’s mission by raising awareness, engaging stakeholders, and strengthening strategic partnerships that advance the vision of a less divided digital world. Prior to joining the Foundation, Mary worked at the World Bank where she focused on strategic communications and partnerships for programs on inclusive community development, climate change mitigation, and other social impact and sustainability-related initiatives. Growing up in Shanghai, China and having lived in Asia, Europe and Africa, Mary is enthusiastic about learning from different cultures and working towards a more equitable world. She is eager to bring her experience and passion into expanding K12 computer science and maker education to students within underrepresented communities across the US. Mary holds an MBA from HEC Paris, a Master’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Stephanie Santoso
Dr. Stephanie Santoso

Senior Program Fellow

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Stephanie advises Infosys Foundation USA on its strategy for supporting maker education to develop more inclusive pathways for all students to engage in CS. Stephanie is also the Co-Founder and President of MakerUSA, which partners with communities that have been most marginalized by unequal access and opportunity and supports their goals to leverage maker education to drive community-led innovation and maker career pathways. MakerUSA is incubated within the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship. Stephanie has been a member of and an advocate for the Maker community for over 10 years. From 2014-2016, Stephanie served as the first Senior Advisor for Making at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she helped develop President Obama’s Nation of Makers initiative, to broaden access to the Maker Movement. Stephanie has a Ph.D. in Information Science from Cornell University, where her research focused on the social impact of democratizing 3D printing.

Sumathi Narayan
Sumathi Narayan

Treasurer

Sumathi Narayan, is the Treasurer for Infosys Foundation, USA. She is the Head of Finance for US and Canada for Infosys Ltd. She partners with multiple stakeholders across functions and within finance for smooth functioning of her Role. She is responsible for the Statutory Compliances across all 50 states in US.

She began her career at Infosys in 1998 as a Programmer, being part of the Global Delivery Model and became a Project Manager handling critical projects for Infosys at India and US. She then moved to Unit Planning and Strategy, and was involved in Unit Level Budgeting and Collections Management. She has been with Infosys Finance for the last 10 years, performing multiple roles, interacting with business for Deals Reviews, MSA and Contract Reviews, and Data analytics and MIS Reporting for Senior Management. She is passionate about continuous Learning and Computer Education for All. As a volunteer, she has tutored children from under-resourced communities in India in mathematics.

Sumathi is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, India (Equivalent of a CPA in US), Has a Diploma in Data Sciences from IIM Kolkata, A premier Management Institute in India and a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and Accountancy from University of Chennai.