Manjusha (Manju) P. Kulkarni, Esq. is the Executive Director of AAPI Equity Alliance, a coalition of 50 community-based organizations serving the 1.6 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles. Manju is also Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate, the nation's largest reporting center tracking anti-AAPI hate acts. Alongside fellow Stop AAPI Hate co-founders Cynthia Choi and Russell Jeung, Manju has been recognized on the prestigious TIME100 Most Influential People in the World and Bloomberg 50 lists and was a recipient of the 2021 Webby Social Movement of the Year award. Manju has shared her expertise with countless audiences including the Aspen Institute, World Bank and United Nations and recently gave a Tedx talk at University of California, Berkeley. Manju serves on the California Racial Identity and Profiling Act Board and Los Angeles Ethics Commission. Manju received a BA in Political Science from Duke University and JD from Boston University.