Board Members
Board Chair
Dr. Roopa Ravikumar has made significant contributions to the field of Social Sciences, particularly in the areas of sociology, health care management, social research, and gender studies. With a career spanning over three decades, she has worked as a researcher, academic guide, and consultant, with a focus on community health, family values, and social policies. She has served and still actively engaged as an administrator for non profit organisations as well as a coordinator and convenor of academic and research committees.
Dr. Roopa Ravikumar
Independent Board Member
Jamie Coats, President of SOPHIA OXFORD, a US non-profit affiliated with Oxford University’s Oxford and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) that develops multidimensional poverty indexes to assist governments and corporations to focus and coordinate their social investments.
From 2006-2018 James was the Director Friends of the Society of Saint the Evangelist, an Episcopal religious order of Brothers. He directed SSJE’s Stone & Light Capital Campaign to renovate SSJE’s monastery in Cambridge, Massachusetts and developed SSJE’s online formation ministry. He is a trustee of the Trustees of Donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church. Before SSJE, Jamie worked in Boston for several investment companies, for a start-up online education company, and for the Center for Corporate and Educational Initiatives. Previous to his work in the US, he worked for Business in the Community, UK, focusing on economic regeneration of poor inner city areas.
Jamie Coats
Independent Board Member
After completing my Masters in English Literature at Lady Doak College and M.Phil. in English Literature at Madras Christian College, Chennai, I worked at LDC from 2012 to 2020 as an assistant professor in the English Department. While working in LDC, I received the United Board Faculty Scholarship in 2016, through which I was able to do my doctoral study in
Magdalene Moses
Independent Board Member
Jamie Coats, President of SOPHIA OXFORD, a US non-profit affiliated with Oxford University’s Oxford and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) that develops multidimensional poverty indexes to assist governments and corporations to focus and coordinate their social investments.
From 2006-2018 James was the Director Friends of the Society of Saint the Evangelist, an Episcopal religious order of Brothers. He directed SSJE’s Stone & Light Capital Campaign to renovate SSJE’s monastery in Cambridge, Massachusetts and developed SSJE’s online formation ministry. He is a trustee of the Trustees of Donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church. Before SSJE, Jamie worked in Boston for several investment companies, for a start-up online education company, and for the Center for Corporate and Educational Initiatives. Previous to his work in the US, he worked for Business in the Community, UK, focusing on economic regeneration of poor inner city areas.
Sarosh Koshy
Independent Board Member
Caroline has more than 30 years of experience in international banking, finance and investing. She spent 13 years at State Street as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Relationship Management and Sales Operations where she led the teams responsible for the bank’s largest clients and consult-ants as well as its sales support functions including market entry research, proposal management and CRM technology. Prior to State Street she spent 13 years at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Global Sales and Relationship Manager and Subcustodian Network Manager. Her experience also includes positions as Investment Officer and Financial Officer for the Czech and Slovak American Enterprise Fund in both Prague and Bratislava, Relationship Manager and Financial Analyst for Citibank’s World Corporate Group in Paris, and Corporate Trader for Algemene Bank Nederland Bank (ABN-AMRO today) in Atlanta.
Mary Caroline Carmichael, “Caroline”
Board Secretary
Kelsey Cameron Rose is the Acting Executive for Resource Development at Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Kelsey was appointed to the Lady Doak College Foundation Board of Directors as a representative of the mission body which appointed Katie Wilcox as a mission co-worker and who was instrumental in the founding of Lady Doak College. Kelsey has nearly eight years of experience in philanthropy and holds a Master’s in Public Affairs with a concentration in nonprofit administration and policy
Kelsey Cameron Rose
Team
Executive Director
Jamie Coats, President of SOPHIA OXFORD, a US non-profit affiliated with Oxford University’s Oxford and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) that develops multidimensional poverty indexes to assist governments and corporations to focus and coordinate their social investments.
From 2006-2018 James was the Director Friends of the Society of Saint the Evangelist, an Episcopal religious order of Brothers. He directed SSJE’s Stone & Light Capital Campaign to renovate SSJE’s monastery in Cambridge, Massachusetts and developed SSJE’s online formation ministry. He is a trustee of the Trustees of Donations to the Protestant Episcopal Church. Before SSJE, Jamie worked in Boston for several investment companies, for a start-up online education company, and for the Center for Corporate and Educational Initiatives. Previous to his work in the US, he worked for Business in the Community, UK, focusing on economic regeneration of poor inner city areas.
