to make the next,
nextmakers move the now

program outcomes

  • A PhD architect is leading students of architecture in a radical, new school of thought for the future.

  • A venture capital strategist is leading women founders and investors towards financing sustainable living systems.

  • An award-winning professor of visual culture is building her new media legacy to unleash potential in emerging artists.

  • Senior corporate executives are advancing their careers with renewed purpose, confidence, and strategic intent.

what the founding cohort is saying

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“Sunaina, you restored my faith in myself, in my fellow human beings, and in the collective.”

— Amrita M.

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“I knew the people who gathered around Sunaina would be of a certain caliber and collaborative spirit."

— Serena D.

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“You challenge thinking with kindness in a way that I really admire and want to learn."

— Leslie G.

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"I think this is a brilliant program, an amazing idea, and something that's been incredibly helpful for me."

— Lori L.

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“Sunaina was the most important piece for me. She applied just the right pressure that helped me move forward.”

— Twinkle C.

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“You were able to help me connect my purpose in life to what I’m doing for my second career down to an action plan that I need to develop for myself.”

— Aparna M.