Anjali Thavendran Chen

Anjali is an organizational growth strategist, with a focus on building the program, operational and financial infrastructure of growing companies and non-profits. She is currently working closely with the Perception Institute, and is a Senior Consultant with Catalyst Collaboratives. Prior to that, Anjali was Director of Operations at Groundwork USA, a national environmental network of 20 chapters, helping structure and manage its growth over 8 years. She has deep urban environmental and public policy experience, having worked as an Economist and an Energy Analyst in Washington DC on national policy, and as an advocate for sustainable development and social justice with local, national and international NGOs. Anjali is also active in her community and served as Vice President and board member of RiverArts from 2013 to 2019, helping it grow from a volunteer to staff-run organization, was recently appointed to the Westchester County Asian American Advisory Board, and is a Commissioner on the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson’s Parks and Recreation Commission, where she is focusing on building a Village-wide natural resource conservation infrastructure and restoring a local gem, Hillside Woods – a rapidly deteriorating 100-acre urban forest.