Board of Directors
Dr. Sakti Das
Sakti is a Professor Emeritus of Urology presently working at Alameda County Medical Center. He is inspired by a passion to teach as well as by a passion to help the underserved. This is both what keeps him grounded in the East Bay as well as what motivates him to serve internationally.
For the last two decades, he’s traveled around the globe to work in partnership with others on International medical missions. He has also supported several primary education centers in the developing world and, in doing so, has been the motivating force behind Foundation For Freedom.
Contact: sakti@f4freedom.org
Allen Heery
Allen worked at Morgan Stanley for fourteen years specializing in finance and accounting. During his time at Morgan Stanley his roles included CFO for MSCI Inc. and served a director on a number of MSCI worldwide companies.
Currently Allen is a consultant in the Finance industry. Allen received a BSc in Mathematics from Cardiff University and is UK Chartered Accountant. He lives in San Francisco, CA with his wife Yuko and two children.
Contact: allen@f4freedom.org
Andy Kahn
Andy is a designer and builder in Oakland. He helped build houses in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami and volunteered with an educational and environmental nonprofit in Malawi.
He is interested in affordable housing locally and abroad and in education as a way out of poverty. He has two great kids and two beautiful grandkids.
Contact: andy@f4freedom.org
Datta Nadkarni
Datta has been a senior marketing executive for several global companies and is an advisor for a few startups in silicon valley. Datta completed his MMS from University of Bombay, MBA from University of Cincinnati, and MS (Advertising) from Northwestern University. He headed the marketing for brands like Farmers Insurance, Philips Electronics, LensCrafters, VisionExpress He has been involved with several non-profits like -The Commonwealth club, American Diabetes Association, Asian Business Association, Heart of Humanity, TieCon, and Indiacc.
Datta is passionate about education - and has taught the MBA courses at several Bay area business schools.
Contact: datta@f4freedom.org
Joya Pramanik
Joya works as a product manager at Amyris Biotechnologies. She has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkely.
As a mother of a young daughter, she is interested in leaving the world a better place. Her interests lie in traveling, cooking, reading and learning new languages.
Contact: joya@f4freedom.org
Rajiv Pramanik
Rajiv is a family man with a lovely little son, Haruto, littler daughter Asha(chan), and beautiful wife, Naho (and a FANTASTIC sister, Joya!!). He is an emergency physician working with the underserved and has always wanted to get more involved in helping people alongside his mentor, Sakti Uncle.
His hobbies include traveling, learning foreign languages (currently working on Japanese because of his wife, son & daughter), reading thriller novels, and playing team sports.
Contact: rajiv@f4freedom.org
