Meet the Founders

Shreyaa Venkat

Shreyaa Venkat is the 23-year-old founder and CEO of the nonprofit NEST4US and a Global Health B.S. M.S. graduate from Georgetown University. With 8,000+ hours of service under her belt over the past 15 years, Shreyaa specializes in leveraging strategic partnership-building and community mobilization to drive holistic social impact. As a C-suite nonprofit executive, she possesses a wealth of experience in the civil society sector, spearheading cross-sector social impact at the intersection of global health, philanthropy, and sustainable development by building multi-stakeholder partnership coalitions and mobilizing thousands of change agents worldwide to tackle real-world challenges head-on.

Shreyaa’s leadership extends across multiple sectors, as she’s contributed to strategic program development, policy dialogue, and civic engagement from the community level to the international scale within organizations including the Clinton Foundation, FAO’s World Food Forum, Points of Light, Chegg, Riley’s Way Foundation, Giving Tuesday, ICANHELP, Rare Beauty, Good Deeds Day, YOUNGA, Youth Service America, UNA-USA, etc. Additionally, she serves as an avid champion for the Global Goals, advancing dialogue at renowned venues including the Gates Foundation, King Center, Clinton Foundation, United Nations, Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB), U.S. Department of Education, FAO, L’Oreal Paris, Amazon, Victoria’s Secret PINK, Cisco, Lead National Conferences, IBM, PeaceJam, The Conversationalist, etc.

Currently, Shreyaa is pursuing a career in health policy, combining her passions for health equity, global development, and philanthropy to transform communities across the world. Her joint global health background and NGO experience, paired with a steadfast commitment to advancing the SDGs via global partnership development, make her a powerful force for catalyzing social change—and she’s just getting started. 

Award Spotlights

  • Virginia House Joint Bill No. 699 Commending Shreyaa
  • George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award
  • America250 National Community Champion
  • President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award
  • L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree
  • Chegg Global Student Prize – Top 50 Finalist
  • Governor’s Outstanding Youth Volunteer
  • Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Scholar
  • Congressional Recognition for Outstanding Service
  • The Conversationalist Social Impact Hero
  • Victoria’s Secret PINK with Purpose Honoree
  • Emerging Leaders in Food & Agriculture Award
  • USA Today Best of Womankind Award Finalist
  • Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award
  • Indian American Young Achiever Award
  • ICANHELP #Digital4Good National Winner
  • Georgetown Women in Leadership Social Justice Award
  • Global Undergraduate Research Awards

Esha Venkat

Esha Venkat is the 20-year-old founder and COO of NEST4US, a globally recognized nonprofit uniting people and purpose to advance 14+ United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She is a senior at Georgia Institute of Technology, pursuing a B.S. in Public Policy with concentrations in Science, Technology, Energy, and Environment Policy, alongside a minor in Global Development, uniquely positioning her at the forefront of bridging grassroots innovation with high-level policy solutions.

Over the past decade, Esha has contributed 7,500 hours of service mobilizing diverse communities and leading strategic initiatives spanning hunger alleviation, education access, social justice, climate resilience, mental health, and more. She enacts powerful change across local, national, and global communities as a visionary leader representing organizations such as Points of Light, Youth Service America, World Bank’s Global Youth Climate Network, Clinton Foundation, Giving Tuesday, FAO’s World Food Forum, Millennium Campus Network, Riley’s Way Foundation, UNESCO Learning Planet, Be Strong Global, Civics Unplugged, Good Deeds Day, YOUNGA, etc.

A consistent force in both grassroots leadership and global advocacy, Esha’s impact has been spotlighted by The Today Show, NBC, New York Times, Global Heroes Magazine, Channel Kindness, Variety, and Lifetime TV, among others, highlighting her as a transformative youth leader shaping the future. Passionate about amplifying community voices, Esha is currently pursuing a career in public policy, focusing on embedding equitable, sustainable, and youth-led solutions into executive decision-making and global governance.

Award Spotlights

  • George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award
  • Bryan Cameron Impact Scholar
  • President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award
  • Georgia Tech Stamps President’s Scholar
  • The Shyne Leadership Award
  • Georgia Tech IAC Progress and Service Award
  • Global Undergraduate Research Awards
  • Disney Dreamers Academy – with Steve Harvey & ESSENCE Magazine
  • Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
  • Invisalign Changemaker Award
  • Governor’s Young Adult Volunteer of the Year
  • TRIIBE Inaugural Cohort Representative
  • Loudoun Cares Outstanding Youth Volunteer of the Year
  • International Association of Youth & Students for Peace Award
  • The Bill of Rights Institute’s My Impact Challenge Honorable Mention
  • Class of 2023 Broad Run High School Salutatorian
  • Heisman State Scholar
  • LCPS Minority Student Achievement Award
  • Georgia Tech Alvin M. Ferst Leadership & Entrepreneurship Award