Meet the Team

Ms Quarles has been in the insurance business for 25+ years, having practised law before joining the insurance industry as a Claim Attorney. She focuses on Professional Liability
exposures for law firms, management consultants, and the unique cyber risk insurance
needs of professionals. Ms Quarles is a frequent speaker on law firm issues, professional liability, Cyber, TRIA and Global Warming. Most recently she presented comments at the closing plenary session of 67th United Nations DPI NGO Conference at the United Nations and was a panel member at the CLM Conference on Cutting Edge Issues in the Practice of Law. She has also presented at the NOHLGA Conference, on Cyber issues, the World Jurist Association Cyber Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on Ethical Issues for Law Firms in a Cyber World, the Arbitration and Investment Summit for the Caribbean and the ACI Conference regarding Cyber Issues for Lawyers. She has also presented to the World Jurist Association on The Economic Implications of Insurance on Economic Development Following a Terrorist Event; Insurance Issues Related to Global Warming; TRIA’s Impact on the availability of Insurance; The Issues Surrounding TRIA’s Renewal; and at the Insurance Forum, on Professional Liability Conditions, Issues and Options.

David Grad is an executive coach, facilitator and professor of leadership. As co-founder of Elevator9 and senior consultant at The Kaufman Partnership, he brings the skills and experience of an entrepreneur, executive producer, actor and corporate leader to his work helping to accelerate the professional development of leaders looking to scale their impact.

Prior to his career in leadership David spent over 20 years in media, marketing and communications where he worked as an actor, writer, creative director and producer, contributing to a body of work recognized by over 30 industry awards including four Emmy® nominations and an Emmy® win in 2014 during an eight-year period at MTV. His proven track record driving strategy, creative development and execution of multi-channel branding and social impact campaigns helped shape brands, connect with audiences, drive action and change behaviour.

A frequent speaker, David is also an Adjunct Professor teaching Values-Based Leadership as part of the core curriculum for the three Impact-Focused Master’s Degrees at Glasgow Caledonian New York College. He holds an M.S. in Strategic Communication from Columbia University, B.A.’s in both Mass Communication and Theatre from Florida State University and graduated from the 2-year acting program at the prestigious William Esper Studio in New York City. When he’s not lecturing in the classroom, coaching leaders, managing his leadership companies or facilitating programs, David can be found advising impact-focused organizations and playing hard in the outdoors with his wife and son.

Rachel is an award-winning senior communication professional with close to 15 years of social impact storytelling and causes marketing experience. Currently, she is Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Good at Fenton, a social change agency. She is a sought-after thought leader and speaker on virtual reality storytelling, social good communications, branding and CSR strategies and brings this expertise to her clients.
Most recently, Rachel was the Founder and Managing Director of The RHA Group, offering communications strategies for leading brands and global organizations to build a better world. Throughout her career, Rachel has served in a variety of senior leadership roles at global agencies and nonprofit organizations, including Warschawski as Vice President and Head of XR Storytelling, and Vice President of Corporate and Public Affairs for Ogilvy Public Relations in Washington, D.C. For almost five years, Rachel led communications for the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, the world’s largest grassroots advocacy effort to fight malaria. She built the campaign’s communications from the ground up and led all media, partnership and celebrity communications strategies to raise awareness, funds and voices to join the campaign. Rachel has won more than a dozen communications and film industry awards, including several for her work launching the virtual reality film, “Under the Net,” for Nothing But Nets; for her role
on the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Campaign; and for her role on the Huggies® Every Little Bottom program. Rachel is an active member of PRSA, Washington Women in Public Relations, Women in Sports and Events and a founding member of Virtual World Society. She serves on the Board of Prevent Human Trafficking and the Mahendra Singh Foundation. Rachel holds a dual B.A. from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Media and Society and Spanish and Hispanic Studies. When not at work, you can find Rachel country line dancing or spinning.

Monica Singh is a philanthropist and Award-winning international Social Activist for Violence Against Women. She is a Founder & President of Mahendra Singh Foundation. Her major work to inspire and motivate women around the world and enhance their capabilities. She is one of Superhero character of the world-renowned comic book – Priya Shakti’s Priya’s mirrors edition. She co-produced the comic and now the book is being incorporated into the education system and social and moral science exposure in India.

Her dream is to provide underprivileged girls/women skills to work in the fashion industry to make them self-efficient and empowered. Her foundation works on sustainable development goal of Quality Education, Economic Growth & Wellness, and Gender Equality.

The Mission for Self: To help in improvement in Acid Attack Survivors, Rape Survivors, Domestic Abuse & Physical Violence Victims Lifestyle and Living condition by providing them skills and help them to gain confidence to stand as strong individuals.

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Nikhil Singh is a Vice President of Mahendra Singh Foundation Inc. He is a transaction advisor with experience in investment banking, M&A, business consulting, financial consulting, credit appraisal and project financing. He has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from IET, Lucknow and MBA from Symbiosis International University, Pune in India. He is working on Global Goal of Green Earth with Social benefit of using renewable energies for sustainable growth.

Like his father, his innate desire to help people was augmented when his sister was brutally attacked in 2005. With this foundation, he hopes to provide the ray of hope in the lives of those that have been devastated because one of their own was attacked.

“What my family have experienced in past decade, I don’t want anyone experience the same”

Kelly’s communications background working with financial services, corporate clients, luxury brands, non-profits and associations world-wide has provided a foundation for forming strategic partnerships and developing messaging for varying levels of local and global communication. She has formed working relationships and partnerships with several United Nations department and inter-departmental agencies over the past several years. Through the organization that she founded, Peace Day 365, has organized the annual Peace Day Youth Summit for the observance of the International Day of Peace on 21 September. Past Youth Summits have included esteemed hosts and guests from Member States Sweden, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, and Nelson Mandela’s Founding Initiative “The Elders”, and the SDG Action Campaign. She continues to develop and grow extensive, strategic partnerships both within the UN and with UN-affiliated NGOs world-wide, particularly to make young people’s voices heard, youth organizations such as World Merit, AEISEC, JCI and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth (SDSNY).

Catherine is a Community Service Coordinator for the past 2 years and has over 5 years of Event Planning. Her dedication to serving others has been a large part of her life since her early childhood. Starting with donating her time to an old orphanage in Caracas, Venezuela, she has continued throughout her education and professional career helping those in need. Her collaborations have reached homeless communities in Philadelphia through her Alma Matter ( St. John’s University) program of local projects to communities in need; Rome, Italy in collaboration with Mensa Caritas- an soup kitchen that serves more than 400 people per night; and Bogota, Colombia by volunteering as an English teacher with a local school- Mi Gran Casa Azul.

Passion to serving others, as well as making an impact- whether big or small, is something she takes dear to heart and has made her commitment to helping others as part of her life goals a reality. Although her studies and interests in global affairs brought her to New York and then back to Rome upon completion of her M.A. in International Relations, her current working experience is in the construction private sector. Nevertheless, her passion for helping those in need has allowed her to travel and assist communities locally and internationally. Her hobbies have been surrounded around volunteering her free time to projects and communities all around the globe.

Savita Iyer is a journalist and writer whose articles and essays on women and girls have appeared in multiple publications, including SELF, Teen Vogue, Vogue India, Yahoo Lifestyle, and Refinery 29. She is currently the senior editor of Penn State University’s alumni magazine, The Penn Stater, and is at work on her first novel. She attended the International School of Geneva and studied at the University of Geneva, before completing her post-graduate education at the University of London, U.K., and Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications.

Born in India and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, Savita is fluent in French, Spanish, Tamil and Hindi. She cares deeply about the girls and women in her country of origin and across the world and is dedicated to helping and encouraging them in realizing their full potential.

Priyanka Gupta is a finance professional in infrastructure sector with specialization in renewable energy financing and investment management.

She is an MBA with dual specialization in Finance & Marketing and a graduate in Economics with Hons. from the University of Delhi, India. She has also cleared Level I of C.F.A (U.S.A) in 2009.

Priyanka has worked for over 7 years in Project Advisory & Structured Finance Deptt. in India’s leading Investment Bank with global presence through its offices based in Singapore and U.K. Currently, she is handling entire business development operations and investment management cum strategy formulation for a reputed Non-Banking Finance Company based in India.

She has an intensive experience in cleantech energy and has good relations with various renewable energy developers, PE Funds, Multilateral agencies ( especially IFC).