Announcing our 2015 Round 1 Employee Idea Grant Winners
Transcript of Announcing our 2015 Round 1 Employee Idea Grant Winners
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTSR O U N D 1 , 2 0 1 5
EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTS HELP LINKEDIN EMPLOYEES ACT ON THEIR IDEAS TO TRANSFORM THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, OR THEIR WORLD.
WE’RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE 18 EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT SELECTIONS FOR ROUND 1, 2015…
John Rathna KumarBangalore, India
John will be using this grant to-wards
surgeries for his son’s cleft lip, so that he can have a
normal and positive experience in life.
Stanford RosenthalMountain View, USA
Stanford is partnering with SF organizations to provide the street community with portable phone
chargers.
Charu SharmaSan Francisco, USA
Charu has brought together the most successful female entrepreneurs in her documentary film “Going Against
the Flow”and her goal is to empower 1 million women by the end
of 2016 to take the plunge at get their business off the ground.
Regina LinSunnyvale, USA
Regina is creating a comprehensive cur-riculum in English and Burmese to teach Burmese students, as well as, to provide new uni-formand sleeping mats for the young girls.
Radha ShreeniwasBangalore, India
Radha is redesigning Bangalore’s solution to the growing issue of waste disposal –
she is educating residents about smarter ways of
managing their waste.
Lachelle RankinsOmaha, USA
Lachelle is working on helping build
homes for families and for the larger
community as a whole.
Lindsey JessenOmaha, USA
Lindsey will be traveling to Ar-gentina to finish building a house
with Habitat For Humanity.
Vijetha ArchibaldBangalore, India
Vijetha will be helping save a life of a person in a family – the main bread earner. He has been diagnosed
with Chronic Renal Insufficiency (Kidney Failure) and has no proper resources to get treatment done.
Leonardo GarzonSao Paolo, Brazil
Leonardo will be helping TPP build a com-munity where everyone can passionately
pursue their own interests in the fields of arts and edu-
cation.
Arif Khan & Ibrahim Musa
Singapore
Arif and Ibrahim are working on “Eat-an-Idea,” a
not-for-profit platform to facilitate the ex-change
of ideas over a meal with another person from a
different background, creed, race, income level or lifestyle.
Michela is working on providing free mammograms, wigs, prosthetic devices and
other services to women who are either uninsured or whose insurance does not cover
such support.
Michela BonadonnaChicago, USA
Diogo Oliveira MarraSao Paolo, Brazil
Diogo is working to treat or mitigate Autism, Asperger and other social im-
pairment conditions through Role Playing Games
and programs.
Shaliza KassamChicago, USA
Shaliza is helping a young professional, Karim, who was abandoned by his fam-ily, achieve his dream of attaining his
GED, becoming a police officer, and impacting the world.
Elizabeth DiCiurcioChicago, USA
Elizabeth is creating a mentor ring to provide support, encouragement, advice and inspira-tion for single mothers in college; one member will re-ceive a scholarship in pursuit of higher ed.
Logu Venkatachalam
Sunnyvale, USA
Logu is launching “I Speak English” – a program to help rural Indian students
develop conversational skills in English.
Stewart LeeSingapore
On behalf of Stewart and the LSS leadership team, this grant will go into helping trans-
form a team member’s family.
Lucia PeyrotDublin, Ireland
Lucia is working on promoting works of art from her grandfather
with her mother.
Michael Espenschied
Chicago, USA
Michael is working on building wa-ter
resources for orphanages in Kenya.