"I’m really trying to be more conscious, deliberate, and proactive about my giving." — Manisha Thakor
Founder, Every Mother Counts
A: Human rights are important to me and a central aspect to maternal health advocacy. I believe that healthcare is a human right. I support every effort to create social justice and equality. READ MORE »
I’m a firm believer that we can’t depend only on our politicians and heads of state to improve our world. It’s up to civilians—you and me—and the businesses we create and buy from, to actually advance the public good in the world that we all share. And I feel we’d get to a safer and READ MORE »
CEO, Krupp Kommunications
A: When 9/11 happened, the world stopped. Being in New York that day I, like many of us, didn’t know what to do but knew I needed and wanted to do something to help. I helped launch WORLD TRAID Event for the children who may have lost both or one parent in the towers. I worked tirelessly with my friend Josselyn ... READ MORE »
Chief Creative Officer, BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP
A: Many of the causes we choose center around children. Children’s health and education are first. Children are our future and I have six of my own. The next would be art because in the next 10 years we don’t know what’s going to happen and unless you have creative thinking, this world is not going to be growing and evolving ... READ MORE »
CEO, Luminary Labs
A: I have sat on the Step Up Women’s Network NY Board of Directors for a number of years. I love the mission of connecting professional women to the women they need, and to the teen girls that need them. You have to pay it forward. READ MORE »
“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and READ MORE »