Anant Saraswat
Co-President
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
 Anant Saraswat represents companies in federal court, the International
Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in intellectual
property cases. Anant has
experience with numerous aspects of intellectual property litigation. In addition, Anant maintains an active pro bono practice.
Prior to law school, Anant was a software engineer at Oracle Corporation, and was a member of the Worker and Immigrant
Rights Advocacy Clinic and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human
Rights Clinic. He also clerked for Judge Juan Torruella of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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Darshana Indira
Co-President
Laredo & Smith, LLP
 Darshana is a Boston employment and business lawyer advising company owners, organizational leadership and c-suite executives in a broad range of employment and commercial litigation matters.
Darshana is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York. She is admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for Massachusetts. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Suffolk University Law School.
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Natasha Meserve
Vice-President
Travelers Insurance
 Natasha is currently Associate Counsel for Travelers Companies Staff Counsel representing a wide range of policyholders as a civil litigation defense attorney.
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Louisville and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School.
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Ritika Bhakri
Board Member
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
 Ritika focuses her practice on civil litigation, in the areas of products liability and employment law.
She graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Legal Studies. She earned her J.D. from Boston College Law School.
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Ashwin Anand
Board Member
Rapid7
 Ashwin is Director of Intellectual Property at Rapid7, a cybersecurity software company, where he has overall responsibility for the strategic direction and coordination of all aspects of Rapid7's intellectual property operations.
Prior to joining Rapid7, Ashwin was Senior Associate at Campbell Stephenson, LLP in Austin, TX where he represented technology companies including Dell, Veritas, Cisco, and Symantec in patent prosecution matters.
Ashwin received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine, a J.D. from the University of the Pacific, and an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Kieran Johal
Treasurer
MFS Investment Management
 Kieran is Counsel at MFS Investment Management, a global asset management firm, where she has overall responsibility for ERISA, benefits and compensation, and trust company and collective investment trust matters. Prior to joining MFS, Kieran was a Senior Associate at Goodwin Proctor, LLP where she was a member of the ERISA & Executive Compensation practice group and, prior to that, she was Counsel at Credit Suisse. Kieran received her J.D. from Duke University School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from Smith College. Kieran has served on the SABA GB Board of Directors since 2018.
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Krithika Rajkumar
Board Member
Holland & Knight
 Krithika Rajkumar is a litigation associate at Holland & Knight. She represents individuals and corporations in general commercial litigation, labor and employment, and data privacy matters. She is licensed to practice in Ohio and Massachusetts.
Krithika received her undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Psychology as well as her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University.
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Aditya Perakath
Board Member
Gunderson Dettmer LLP
 Aditya is a dual-qualified corporate attorney at the Boston office of Gunderson Dettmer. He was a physics undergrad at St. Stephen’s College before getting a law degree from Delhi University’s Faculty of Law.
After working for Dua Associates and AZB & Partners in India, the call of a second stint in law school proved too strong and he went back for a JD at the University of Minnesota, and an LLM from Uppsala University in Sweden. His favorite sweater-vest makes him look a bit like Raj from The Big Bang Theory.
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Rashi Mangalick
Clerk & Secretary
Beth Israel Lahey Health
 Rashi Mangalick is an Assistant General Counsel at Beth Israel Lahey Health. She supports hospital operations, including review of policies, student rotations, data use agreements, medical records requests, and HIPAA privacy matters.
Rashi is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison where she majored in Economics and Sociology, and she earned her J.D. at Suffolk University Law School.
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Sapna Annicelli
Board Member
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
 Sapna is a Partner in Fragomen's Boston office. She has represented clients on a wide array of immigration matters, including family- and employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applications.
Sapna has represented professional athletes and clients in the healthcare, hospitality and infotech industries, among others. She also has extensive experience assisting clients in managing their immigration programs to remain compliant with relevant policies and regulations.
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Payal Salsburg
Board Member
Laredo & Smith, LLP
Payal Salsburg is a partner at Laredo & Smith, LLP. She focuses her practice in the areas of business litigation, corporate advice and counsel, and white collar criminal defense.
The immediate past-President of SABA GB, Payal remains active in the Boston Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, the Women's Bar Foundation, and the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts. Along with regular volunteering in the community, she is routinely invited to speak at and moderate a host of seminars and panels organized by various Bar associations, industry groups, and educational organizations.
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Kritika Shukla
Board Member
Heinlein Beeler Mingace & Heineman, P.C.
Kritika Shukla is an associate at Heinlein Beeler Mingace & Heineman, P.C. She represents individuals in personal injury lawsuits and negotiations with insurance companies. She is licensed to practice in Massachusetts, New York, and India. Before moving to Massachusetts in 2019, and completing her Masters in Law from Boston University, Kritika practiced as an attorney in India for 4 years and specialized in litigation. In her free time, you can find her taking long walks listening to audiobooks or true crime, or reading books!
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Jay works for State Senator Adam Gomez as his Legislative Director & Deputy Counsel. Jay is responsible for all legislative matters, budget amendments, and policy research.