WINGS’
Leadership

Unifying a distinguished talent base whose unparalleled industry and leadership experiences can be harnessed for collaboration for the greater good is possible only in a socially driven organization, fueled by its purposeful mission.
It is no surprise that many stalwarts from various industries came forward to devote their time, treasure and talent to help WINGS realize its mission.
our mission

Together We Build And Rise

At WINGS we believe in the power of collective support, embodying the proverbial 'it takes a village' ethos. We are dedicated to creating a multiplier effect, propelling not only  individual careers but also uplifting the entire community of women in our pursuit of transformative success.
Varsha Waishampayan
Founder and CEO
Varsha is dedicated to creating pathways to promote women leaders. She is a gifted cultivator of talent who believes high potential women will thrive with the right guidance and a structured results-oriented mentoring program.

A structured results-oriented mentoring program

Varsha has almost three decades of management experience on Wall Street and top management consulting firms like PwC. In addition to her long career on Wall Street, Varsha is passionate about creating and promoting women leaders.

She has worked and led nonprofits that focus on girls’ education. She is a teacher at heart and has seen her father changing people’s life from good to great by being a teacher all his life. Before stepping into financial services, Varsha was a professor of Chemistry. During her career in financial services, she was constantly drawn to mentoring women around her and she noticed that she could make a difference with her approach to mentoring.

This led to a discovery and then new beginning of her purposeful journey. Varsha left her long successful career in corporate America and founded WINGS for Growth to pursue her father’s vision in a purposeful journey.

Music is Varsha’s muse. She is rejuvenated by music and equally loves being energized by a day at the spa. Nature in its selfless giving inspires her every day. She is ever grateful to have a wonderful family and thankful that she followed her father’s best advice “There is never a bad time to do good, it is a matter of priorities”. She lives in Bridgewater, NJ with her husband and enjoys the natural bounty of her surroundings.

our leaders

Our leaders

WINGS for Growth’s social impact is overseen by a Board of Directors, Advisory Council Members, Leadership team and volunteers who deeply believe in the cause of empowering more women in leadership.

Board of Directors

Lynne Sawyer
Co-chair of the Board
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer Wealth Management at BNY Mellon
Ravi Mohan
Co-chair of the Board
Partner & COO at Nyca Partners
Carol Lynch
Board of Director
Chief Business Officer at Sandoz
Nisha Paliwal
Board of Director
Managing Vice President - Enterprise Data and Machine Learning at Capital One
Jon Beyman
Board of Director
Independent Senior Advisor

Advisory Council

Christine Larsen
Advisory Council Member
Independent Director, CIBC
Michele Siekerka
Advisory Council Member
President and CEO at New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA)
Nikki Sumpter
Advisory Council Member
Chief Human Resources Officer, Atlantic Health
Drew Vaden
Advisory Council Member
Retired, Past CTO, PIMCO
Jessica Colon
Advisory Council Member
VP, Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, West Pharmaceutical Services
Mary K Fiorille
Advisory Council Member
Head of Product, Citizens Private Bank

Management Team

Shweta Sankhla
Executive Director GMI
Educator and Independent consultant
Liza Nayak
Executive Director - Signature Program Management
System Architect at Tech Mahindra
Chris Soriano
Executive director Information and Technology
Product Manager and Senior Business Analyst PIMCO
Nitin Mahabal
Executive Director of IT
Senior Technical Consultant, IT Project manager
Patty Jessie
Executive Director of Program Management
Senior manager - HR, Paramount
Sangram Birje
Executive Director of Digital and Insight
IT Leader | Data and Insights | Technology Transformation
Yuanyuan Zhou
Director of Information and Technology
Software Developer