Board of Directors

Scientific Program Officer at PATH. Sampa Lives life by the spirit of Live to Serve.  Sampa loves her two cats: Star, and Snow. 

Currently works as a senior global health consultant focusing on health care waste management and menstrual health. Nancy worked as a public health expert with PATH and country partners for over 30 years to evaluate and introduce innovative immunization and maternal and child health technologies and systems programs. During this time, Nanacy led PATH's menstrual health team for 12 years aimed at improving women and girls health and well-being by increasing awareness, access, and use of quality, appropriate products and systems at scale. Nancy also led PATH's health care waste management efforts, working closely with country partners to assess needs, identify best practical environmental options to manage immunization waste, assist with country planning, guidelines, and training. Nancy has a masters degree in international management from the School for International Training in Vermont. 

I'm a single parent to two amazing kids, Zoya and Zahaan, who are my world. They inspire me to keep healthy and fit. I'm also a computer scientist by trade, and I enjoy solving complex problems with code. But my true passion is helping at-risk youth realize their potential and achieve their dreams.  I believe that everyone deserves a chance to succeed and make a difference in the world. That's why I live to serve with Amrita-Seattle.

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I can play Hindustani classical ragas on a 24-string raga guitar!

Pallabi Deb currently holds the position of Senior Program Manager at the HIV Vaccine Trials Network and the COVID-19 Prevention Trials Network within the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutch in Seattle, Washington. Her multi-disciplinary background encompasses vaccine research and development, implementation science, digital health technologies, and epidemiology. In her role, she spearheads strategy and portfolio management of clinical programs (Clinical Trials), with a focus on developing infectious disease prevention methods through vaccines and other therapeutics. Her collaborations extend to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), pharmaceuticals, and academic institutions. Her areas of therapeutic expertise include HIV/AIDS, SARS-CoV-2, and tuberculosis (TB).
Also, she is pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree, specializing in leadership and practice, at the University of Illinois, Chicago, School of Public Health.

Eric Ferguson is Chief Operations Officer at Honk, a leading technology-driven roadside assistance company. With more than 20 years of experience spanning supply chain, logistics, and marketplace operations, Eric is a proven leader in scaling complex, high-volume operational systems.

Prior to Honk, Eric served as Chief Operations Officer at Grubhub, where he held broad operational responsibility across the driver network, delivery operations, customer service, fraud, sales, and account management. He also led two of Grubhub's B2B businesses, Campus and Corporate, and was instrumental in scaling the company's profitable delivery network from the ground up to more than 500,000 deliveries per day.

Before Grubhub, Eric spent over a decade at Amazon, where he held leadership roles within the company's transportation division, gaining deep expertise in building and managing logistics operations at global scale.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

In the past at the University of Washington Stuart worked as a pediatric rheumatologist attending to general pediatric patients and pediatric rheumatology patients.  At the University of Washington he also directed a basic research lab investigating chronic inflammation caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.  These efforts were continued at the Infectious Disease Research Institute in Seattle where Stuart also supported clinical development of vaccines and diagnostic tests for neglected diseases, e.g., Leishmaniasis.  Stuart then joined a small biotechnology company in the Seattle area, Syntrix Biosystems, where he directed clinical trial programs in inflammation, pain, melanoma, and myelodysplastic syndrome.  Currently Stuart lives in Seattle, continues to consult on clinical development programs, and enjoys the recreation and entertainment that is offered by Seattle and the wilds of the Pacific Northwest.

Sabina Jain brings 20+ years of experience across technology, entrepreneurship, and social impact to the Amrita Seattle Board of Directors.
Currently, as a  Product Lead at Amazon in Seattle, Washington,  she drives AI-powered product strategy across consumer and enterprise platforms serving millions of customers.

Prior to Amazon, Sabina co-founded and led Callystro Infotech, a technology social enterprise in India that built game-based learning platforms adopted by 200+ schools, serving over 100,000 learners in underserved communities. Under her leadership, the company was recognized with the NASSCOM Social Innovation Honors in Education, Vodafone Foundation "Leading Changemaker Education" award, and as a Top 4 Indian education startup by Pearson Affordable Learning Fund.

Earlier, as Head of Training Development and IT Enablement at B-ABLE (BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability) — the skill development arm of the BASIX and one of the first training partner of India's National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) — Sabina designed and launched technology-enabled vocational training programs reaching youth in remote and underserved regions across India. She built innovative delivery models that bridged urban expertise with rural communities, including training youth as village-level entrepreneurs in partnership with State Governments and launching the Eye Mitra optometry initiative with an international eyewear manufacturer, enabling district-level eye testing centers that combined skill building with entrepreneurship.