On this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus, Aashi Arora, MHA, PCC, sits down with Harry Datwani, Principal Partner with Deloitte Digital and leader of Deloitte’s U.S. Salesforce business. With 18 years of experience in sales, service, and marketing transformation consulting, Harry has worked with clients across financial services, real estate, and technology sectors, focusing on aligning strategy, operations, and digital technology to drive growth and optimize customer-facing organizations. He also advises large-scale digital transformations for some of Deloitte’s biggest clients.Harry serves as the executive sponsor for Deloitte Digital’s global DEI talent program, WAVE, which has enrolled 2,500 individuals worldwide since 2022, including military veterans, mothers returning to work, refugees, and disabled persons. This program fosters opportunities for diverse talent with non-traditional career paths and is now expanding into India and other parts of Asia.

On this episode of Leaders Creating Rukus, Aashi Arora, MHA, PCC, speaks with Hema Dey, an award-winning New Zealander and founder of Iffel International, a marketing powerhouse redefining digital innovation since 2006. Hema’s groundbreaking SEO2Sales™ methodology, which merges neuroscience with Google’s algorithms, has revolutionized how businesses enhance visibility and drive lead generation. Combining modern sales strategies, AI, and search technologies, Hema provides unique insights into consumer behavior and decision-making, propelling her clients’ success while keeping Iffel International at the forefront of digital marketing.

As a sought-after speaker, Hema is known for her wit, energy, and actionable strategies on topics like winning business in 2025 and beyond, overcoming leadership blindspots, and breaking the rules in sales and marketing. With her ability to simplify complex concepts and inspire transformative growth, Hema continues to shape the future of digital marketing.

"As a clinician and healthcare leader, I firmly believe we must center patients in our innovation through multidisciplinary collaboration and thoughtful action."

Dr. Tarul Kode is a dynamic, purpose driven executive leader with > two decades of progressive experience and success in strategic consulting, partnerships, and enterprise growth in the healthcare ecosystem. Her distinguishing attributes include transformational leadership and consistent execution. She is passionate about affecting meaningful change at the intersection of healthcare equity, technology/innovation, and values-driven leadership.

Tarul was selected as a fellow in the first cohort of the Harvard Medical School Executive Global Health Care Leaders Program, graduating in June 2022. She completed VC University through Berkeley Law/NVCA/Venture Forward in June 2024. She graduated with her Doctorate in Pharmacy Cum Laude through an accelerated program from the University of the Pacific in 2002. 

She is currently Founding Principal at Ellipsis Healthcare Leadership, in addition to Board member at knowRX, member at Chief, Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL), Wonder Women, and Clinicians Who VC. Additionally, she serves as Mentor at Techstars, Advisor at Bream, BigRio AI, Redesign Health, Mariana AI, AMCP Heath Disparities Committee, and various equity focused community organizations.

Navin Goyal is Managing Partner and co-founder of LOUD Capital, a purpose-driven venture capital and alternative investment firm focused on positively impacting lives. He educates new and seasoned investors, invests in people-centric companies, and provides opportunities for capital growth.
Previously a practicing anesthesiologist, Navin leveraged his medical expertise and leadership experience as a medical director to create a broader impact. He founded a mobile healthcare company that has successfully scaled across four states and raised multiple investment rounds.
Navin is also an author, sharing his journey from medicine to venture capital in a book that explores leadership, entrepreneurship, and career transitions. He actively engages through writing on LinkedIn, publishing a newsletter, appearing on podcasts, and speaking at events to inspire and empower businesses and individuals.

Sonali is a journalist, author, recruiter and speaker. She’s also a Senior Recruiter at URL Media, where she works with newsrooms and media-adjacent organizations who want to find fantastic candidates and treat them well.  A product of Southern California, Sonali grew up in Diamond Bar and graduated from UCLA. Sonali worked for a number of news outlets including the L.A. Times, where was part of the Times staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting, and in 2020 was named the best education journalist in the U.S. by the Education Writers Association. 

Sonali Kohli is the author of the young adult nonfiction book Don’t wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won, published from Beacon Press this June. “Don't Wait” follows the stories of three young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most important California movements: defunding school police, increasing access to arts education and combating environmental racism. 

Manka Dhingra is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate, representing the 45th Legislative District since 2017 as the first Sikh state legislator in the U.S. With decades of experience as a prosecutor and behavioral health expert, she chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee and has championed reforms in domestic violence, firearm safety, property tax relief, and criminal justice. 
As a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney since 2000, Dhingra developed therapeutic courts and trained law enforcement in crisis intervention. She co-founded Chaya to support South Asian domestic violence survivors and serves on the board of Hopelink to combat poverty. A leader in equity, poverty reduction, and aging policy, Dhingra ensures a fair and inclusive approach to governance.

Bijal Choksi, MA, CHPC, PCC is not your typical organizational psychologist; picture Wendy from the show "Billions," but with an extra dose of ethics. After decades working at some of the big 5 consulting firms, she is now a partner at HuWork, where she aims to ignite human inspiration in the workplace, transforming jobs into opportunities for personal development and fulfillment. MillerCoors, Newmont Mining, Toyota, AT&T, and Core Power Yoga are some of her clients.

Bijal’s vision is to increase diversity in leadership roles, primarily through executive coaching for women and underrepresented groups. She loves to elevate those whom others underestimate, because of personality, gender, race, or other factors. After conducting a market study with professional South Asian women and identifying common leadership challenges for this group, she now also leads a 3-week leadership accelerator program specifically for ambitious South Asian women whose companies will not pay for 1:1 leadership coaching. Visit https://bit.ly/2025Cohort for more information on this program.

Bijal is proud alumna of Columbia University and the Wharton School of Business, and now guest lectures at Wharton on how to be a human-centered leader. She holds several certifications including in The Science of Happiness, StandOut Strengths, and PCC level from the International Coaching Federation. She is also a guest instructor at Miraval Resorts and Spa, where she leads workshops on how to be happier, build resilience, and cope with stress. Come visit her there!

Dr. Gandhi received her Medical Degree from the Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her Family Medicine residency at Northridge Family Medicine Residency Program affiliated with UCLA. She has been practicing for two decades. During the course of her career, Dr. Gandhi has witnessed patients experience the sometimes debilitating symptoms of perimenopause and menopause. This inspired her to complete additional courses and training in order to care for her patients in a more effective manner. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP). Dr. Gandhi is passionate about empowering her female patients with education and knowledge so that they can make well-informed choices when it comes to their hormone health and midlife health. With her warm bedside manner and holistic yet evidence-based approach, she offers a comprehensive health evaluation and an individualized treatment plan for each patient. Her goal is to help women thrive during this phase of their lives. When not seeing patients, Dr. Gandhi greatly enjoys offering coaching services to colleagues and future doctors in order to help them align with their true purpose and achieve their personal and career goals. She also loves educating listeners on a variety of health and wellbeing topics as a podcast guest and speaker.

Dr. Priya J. Shah is a longtime educator, artist, and community organizer in Orange County, CA. She teaches Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies at a number of local colleges and universities. Her artwork has been shown at the Riverside Museum and West Elm South Coast Plaza. Her activism on behalf of LGBTQ+ students and racial justice have earned her the Harvey Milk Jr. Award for Community Service and the OC Pride Community Advocate award. Dr. Shah is currently working on a project about the earliest Indian American women to immigrate to California and is a Scholar-Editor on the National Historical Publications and Records Commission Planning Grant awarded to the South Asian American Digital Archive.

Ambika Agnihotri is a seasoned Systems Engineer and Cybersecurity Specialist with a proven track record in cloud security, risk management, and critical infrastructure protection. With a focus on federal agencies, Ambika currently leads cloud visibility efforts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), overseeing security integration projects across AWS and Azure platforms to ensure strict adherence to federal cybersecurity standards.Her extensive experience in federal consulting and solution architecture enables her to spearhead Zero Trust architecture initiatives, successfully guide systems through Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, and manage high-impact projects crucial to national security. Ambika’s passion lies in modernizing federal systems and continuously evolving her expertise in cloud governance and cybersecurity to meet the ever-changing demands of the digital landscape.