Leena is a Dalai Lama Fellow, a Fulbright scholarship recipient, a Wall Street Journal “Woman of Note,” and was awarded a Global Impact Innovator by Expo Live | Expo 2020 Dubai. She is Executive Chairperson of 3BL Associates (3BL), a people+planet strategy consultancy working on interconnected sustainable development issues.

Leena has advised Nobel Peace Prize nominees, multinational corporations, international governments, and multilaterals on inclusive and financially sustainable models to advance social and environmental progress. Through 3BL’s think-do-tank, Leena has cofounded award-winning ventures like Public-Planet Partnerships, Diversity On Board, and Nonviolent Resilience.

Leena is also the author of Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism, and was an impact advisor to the London-based investment firm Future Planet Capital. She has served on numerous boards and as a judge and mentor for entrepreneurship competitions like MIT’s Innovate for Refugees.

Leena holds a BS in Culture and Interpersonal Communications from New York University, an MA in Globalization Studies from Dartmouth College, and is an alumna of Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Program, the THNK School for Creative Leadership in Amsterdam, and Singularity University.