Ananya in Goa, India Ananya at Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC

Goa, India, near Joseph's bar

Ananya Gouthi

(she/her)

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Ahmedabad ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ NYC ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London

I am a social impact strategist based in London with experience designing and managing programs that connect philanthropy, research, and communications to drive meaningful change.

Most recently, I served as Program Manager at the John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation, where I oversaw the full grant cycle for the McNulty Prize and Catalyst Fund, launched the Foundation's first formal grantee onboarding process, and led communications strategy including Anthem Award-winning campaigns.

Prior to that, I was a Social Impact Strategist at NationSwell, where I designed and launched the two-time Anthem Award-winning NationSwell Fellows program and delivered social impact strategies for clients including KPMG, Levi Strauss & Co., and Johnson & Johnson.

Earlier in my career, I worked as a consultant with UNESCO in New Delhi, leading a national research initiative on responsible media reporting on gender-based violence. I directed a team of 10 research assistants to conduct 250 interviews in 14 languages, led collaboration with senior policymakers and nonprofit leaders to drive advocacy efforts, and co-authored a peer-reviewed article in Journalism Practice.

I hold an M.A. in Media, Culture, and Communication from NYU Steinhardt, where I was a fellow in the NYU Social Sector Leadership Diversity Fellowship and Vice-President of the M.A. Student Association. I received the Samuel Eshborn Service Award, Academic Achievement Award, and Outstanding Service to the Department Award. I completed my undergraduate studies in Media Studies and International Relations at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in India.

When I'm not working, you'll find me going for long walks, making so many Bollywood references, taking art classes, and searching for the best Pav Bhaji in the city.