Trishala Deb

Trishala Deb is Chief Interim Engagement Officer at Democracy Forward.

Trishala comes to Democracy Forward after spending over thirty years in public service as a social worker, community organizer, policy advocate, and philanthropic officer. Previously, she was the Director of National Programs at the Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity, where she built a strategy to resource efforts combatting right wing movements across racial, gender, LGBTQ+ and reproductive justice sectors.

Previously, Trishala worked in support of LGBTQ+ detainees and had the privilege of building coalitions locally and nationally for the Audre Lorde Project, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Caring Across Generations. Throughout these roles, Trishala has focused on capacity building and leadership development models for organizations and networks.