Mala Kumar
Interim Executive Director at Mala Kumar Consulting
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMala Kumar is a global leader at the intersection of social impact and technology with nine years of experience driving programs and partnerships for organizations including GitHub, MLCommons, WHO and the UN. Currently Interim Executive Director at Humane Intelligence, she has led initiatives in AI safety, tech for social good, and global development, combining program management with strategic policy insight. Her background spans field work in Africa to directing product-aligned social impact teams in major tech firms, enabling pragmatic deployment of tech in humanitarian and public health contexts. As founder of Mala Kumar Consulting, she blends entrepreneurial agility with systems-level thinking to translate complex multistakeholder problems into measurable outcomes. An experienced UNer and designer-researcher, she brings a rare mix of field experience, design sensibility, and AI safety program leadership.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Marketing Management, B.S. Marketing Management at Virginia TechMaster of Arts - MA International Affairs; Development, Master of Arts - MA International Affairs; Development at The New SchoolHigh School Honors Diploma Governor's Seal, High School Honors Diploma Governor's Seal at Governor's School for Government and International Studies
English, French
Github Skills (2)
open-source8
javascript4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
WorldHealthOrganization/open-source-communication-channel
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Guides, best practices, templates, and discussions for the WHO open source community
Contributions:5 reviews, 7 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 9 months
communication-channelworld-health-organization
malakumar85/merge-conflicts
Aug 2019 - Jun 2023
Contributions:1 review, 7 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 11 months
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