Dr. Karima Ladhani is the Founder & CEO of Barakat Bundle, a non-profit that creates life-saving bundles for mothers and newborns in South Asia, and Giving Cradle, a social enterprise that creates safe, sustainable newborn products that give back. She is also the Assistant Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, where she works with government ministers to support transformational human development. She currently serves on the board of Eco.Logic, a non-profit that inspires people to join the environmental movement. Karima followed a non-traditional path to her current roles, completing Bachelors degrees in Math and Business Administration from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, followed by Master of Public Health and Doctor of Science degrees from Harvard University. She is committed to giving every mother and newborn an equal chance and is particularly passionate about human-centered design and ethical interventions for populations in need.
