The Santa Clara City Library is proud to present this virtual talk with Usha Srinivasan, the co-founder and president of Mosaic America. We will talk about her background and upbringing, her continued investment in the arts, and the future endeavors Mosaic America has in store for the Bay Area!

Register for the Zoom using this link: https://bit.ly/ushatalk

Bio: Usha Srinivasan is the co-founder and president of Mosaic America - an organization whose mission is to move American communities from diversity to belonging through intercultural arts and dialog. Using her extensive management experience in Silicon Valley hi-tech, Usha has led the organization for the past seven years and helped establish it as a key player in the Silicon Valley arts and culture landscape.  Under her leadership, Mosaic has delivered high quality intercultural programming in 6 Bay Area cities featuring over 250 artists from over 30 artistic traditions and reached an audience of over 25,000.  

A trained Classical Indian dancer, Usha has served on the Santa Clara City Cultural Commission and on the Board of World Arts West, the producer of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.  An alumna of Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute, she was selected by Knight Foundation as a Creative Community Fellow in 2016. She has served on grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, SVCreates, City of San Jose’s Office of Cultural Affairs and others.  
 
Prior to founding Sangam Arts, Usha worked in the hi-tech industry for nearly fifteen years.  She holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

If you have any questions please contact: dle1@santaclaraca.gov