As an engagement manager at GHV, Lakshmi Prasad works with partners to shape strategy, plan and execute programming, and effectively manage diverse portfolios of work. She has provided dedicated support to the Gender Equality Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  

Lakshmi has over 17 years of expertise in community and public health programming and research. Driven by the belief that health is a human right, she has promoted healthcare access and health equity in underserved communities throughout her career.

Lakshmi has contributed to demonstrable improvements in outcomes through her “hands on” approach and roles in academic and research centers, public and private health services organizations, community-based organizations, and philanthropy. She has helped design, initiate, and expand collective impact initiatives, in close collaboration with community leaders, subject matter experts, and relevant decision-makers to achieve better health and gender outcomes.  

Lakshmi holds an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has lived and worked extensively in India and the United States.

Lakshmi currently resides in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California with her partner. She loves spending time outdoors, preparing farm-to-table dinners for friends, and soaking in the beautiful Yuba River.

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Areas of Expertise:

• Strategy development

• Qualitative and community-based participatory research

• Program development and implementation

• Project management, operations, and process development

• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

• Grant development and management