Sujatha Jesudason

Hedgebrook Board Member 

Brooklyn, NY and Puebla, Mexico

Sujatha Jesudason, Ph.D., is a Professor of Professional Practice in Management at The New School, where she teaches, researches, and writes at the intersection of race, leadership, innovation, belonging, and social movements. Before joining The New School in 2017, she worked as an organizer, facilitator, and executive director for over 30 years. A serial entrepreneur in the social sector, Sujatha was the founder and Executive Director of CoreAlign, a reproductive justice organization teaching innovation for social change to frontline activists, and Generations Ahead, a social justice organization addressing ethical concerns related to human genetics. Her current projects include a
book on racial intelligence, articles on collective leadership, and a series of personal essays on race and belonging. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.