We are Women, Championing Women.
Team
Friends of Seva was founded by women, for women. It happened when a group of attorneys in Washington D.C. identified an opportunity to make an immediate and significant impact for underprivileged girls and women who otherwise had no opportunity to obtain self-sufficiency and economic empowerment. Our team is excited to work on behalf of these girls and women and support their journey to social and financial independence.
Abbey Baker
Abbey is a founder and Executive Director of Friends of Seva. She is Counsel on the Global Trade and Policy Team at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler LLP where she focuses on trade law and international business. Abbey also assists pro bono clients in a variety of matters such as asylum cases, petitions for refugee status, and applications for 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. As a student, Abbey was actively involved in a number of student volunteer projects such as performing free legal and construction work through the student group Action for Human Rights and attending the 2010 UNFCCC Climate Conference in Cancun Mexico as a student volunteer. Abbey graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a B.A. in Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences and went on to obtain a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law.
Shaleen Brunsdale
Shaleen is a founder and Advisory Director of Friends of Seva. She is a U.S. diplomat who is currently posted to Djibouti and previously served in Melbourne, Australia. She was formerly an associate at Jones Day practicing corporate law in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, franchising, and corporate governance. At Jones Day, Shaleen maintained an active pro bono practice advising nonprofit corporations, including the United States Diplomacy Center Foundation and the American India Foundation. Shaleen graduated from Drake University with a B.S. in Business Administration and then earned a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law.
Mona Sheth
Mona is a founder of Friends of Seva. She is a graduate of American University, Washington College of Law. As a student attending the University of Tennessee, she helped raise over $50,000 in various fundraising campaigns as the Honors Events Committee Chair. These funds included earmarked money for Uganda’s Child Soldier Relief program, and South Africa’s AID relief program. Mona graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish and earned her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law.
