Akila currently serves on the New York Leadership team for Out in Tech as the Marketing head for the NY chapter. She works with companies in the NYC region to be sponsors for events and source speakers in the form of LGBTQ+ leaders making strides in the business and tech world. In addition to Out in Tech, she previously was a Sponsorship Director for the 2022 Out for Undergrad Business conference and serves on the CUNY LGBTQ+ Advisory council. She is also apart of the NYC Steering Committee for Microsoft Advertising’s LGBT Employee Resource Group. Within her time at Ernst & Young and Microsoft and in the larger NYC community, she organizes events for the LGBTQ+ professional community, serves on webinars and online panels, and raises awareness of LGBTQ+ initiatives. She is passionate about getting more representation for minorities within the LGBTQ+ community to participate, namely people of color and women.
