Kalsoom Lakhani, Founder/CEO – Prior to i2i, Kalsoom was the director of Social Vision, the venture philanthropy arm of ML Resources, LLC, which provided seed grants and hands-on support for social enterprises and innovative initiatives in their start-up stages, mainly in Pakistan.
Kalsoom is a Washington, D.C. co-ambassador for Sandbox, a global network of innovators under 30, and is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. She founded and runs the popular blog, CHUP, or Changing Up Pakistan, which was established in January 2008 and aims to raise awareness on the issues affecting Pakistan. She has written for the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Foreign Policy, and Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper.
Kalsoom has a B.A. from the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs and Middle East Studies, and an M.A. from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs in International Affairs/Conflict Resolution. She is from Islamabad, Pakistan.
Cameron Miller, Business Development – Cameron joins i2i as an MBA Fellow. He is currently finishing his Master’s in Business Administration from the Monterey Institute, a Graduate School of Middlebury College. Prior to working with i2i, Cameron was involved in impact investing through his work with Endeavor Global and Frontier Market Scouts. Endeavor Global supports high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets by fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems. Frontier Market Scouts places MBA candidates as deal sourcing agents with impact investors in developing countries.
Cameron served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand from 2008-2010. There he worked with small and medium-sized indigenous enterprises building capacity on range of business disciplines including accounting, product development and marketing. Cameron also assisted local daycare centers gain access to books and facilitated the implementation of an interactive pedagogy.
Cameron holds a BA from Fordham University in International Economics and Political Science. His focus as an MBA candidate is International Finance. Cameron is from Malverne, New York.
Salman Naveed Khan, Pakistan Director – Salman is the current Volunteer Manager at the Association for Development of Pakistan, and is also a part of the Permanent Evaluation Committee. Prior to joining i2i, Salman was a management consultant, developing and delivering customized solutions and services to customers in the corporate sector in Pakistan and the Middle East. He was the CEO of two services-sector start-ups in Pakistan and in the GCC region, providing bespoke health, safety, environment and learning solutions.