Smriti Kirubanandan is a Growth and Strategic Partnerships Executive. Passionate about driving growth across all industries in North America, she specializes in creating high-impact strategic partnerships that transcend industry verticals. As a trusted leader, she fosters executive relationships and cultivates partnerships at the convergence of emerging technology, innovation, and empathy. She integrates Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, technology, and innovative solutions to elevate growth trajectories and expand market presence. She also spearheads brand development, thought leadership, and market research.
Smriti was selected as a Young Global Leader 2023 by the World Economic Forum, a member of the Young Leaders Circle at the Milken Institute, and the Founder of the HLTH Forward Podcast. This award-winning media platform hosts healthcare leaders, policymakers, and artists to discuss the challenges in the system and what we could do collectively to move healthcare forward.
An empathetic and innovative strategic policy advisor has helped organizations globally build the capacity to empower people to engage in wellness programs and is responsible for educating small farmers in Africa to lift them out of poverty to improve food & and nutrition insecurity, impacting 2 million people annually. In 2022, Smriti was appointed to serve the Los Angeles County food equity round table as a Nutrition and policy Advisor to design and strategize programs to address food insecurity by educating and improving access and affordability to nutritious food and appointed to the Board at Akshaya Patra Foundation, World's most prominent NGO feeding 2 million kids/day. Smriti has shared her thought leadership across many national forums.
She gained her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering focussed on Robotics (BSCEN), followed by her Masters in Engineering Management (MSEM) from USC and Masters in Public Health (MPH) from UCLA. She is also a certified Raw Vegan Chef and Nutritionist. She serves the World Food Bank and Nourish CA board and is in a Fellowship at the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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