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# Dolly Parikh on Tal

## Headline

Building the future of Impact Intelligence with AI, Systems Thinking & Human\-Centered Design

## About

I lead strategy, impact, and innovation initiatives at The Nature Conservancy and serve as the Founder & CEO of Aloki Impact, an AI\-native platform that connects vision, strategy, capital, and impact to provide institutional fund allocators with total portfolio visibility and decision\-grade intelligence\. Across every role, my focus is consistent: Build the systems, culture, and capabilities that enable organizations to innovate with purpose and scale impact solutions with integrity\.

## Location

San Francisco Bay Area

## Work experience

Impact Strategist \- Western US and Canada Division Conservation Impact Team at The Nature Conservancy, May 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, United States

Strategy Manager Fellow \- Washington Business Unit at The Nature Conservancy, Feb 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Washington, United States

Founder & CEO, Aloki Impact at Aloki Design Lab, Feb 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, Exploring next‑generation technology that can enable more coherent, intelligent, and scalable operational models for mission‑driven teams\.

CODA Fellow \- Asia Pacific Freshwater Strategic Planning Advisor at The Nature Conservancy, Mar 2025 \- Feb 2026 · 1 yr, Hybrid, Galvanize project teams, in the Asia Pacific region \(Australia, China, Mongolia, New Zealand, India and Indonesia\) pursuing freshwater conservation targets, and support them in imagining and developing their respective strategies and projecting their potential contribution to The Nature Conservancy's 2030 goals for freshwater\.

Director of UX & Design at Financial Engines, Sep 2017 \- Nov 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos, Sunnyvale, \+ Led, managed and coached 8 direct reports in UX, marketing and brand\. \+ Designed and validated the UX strategy for the “future customer” experience to ensure we delivered an elevated client experience to meet the customer’s financial goals\. \+ Identified skill strengths and gaps in the team to improve the skills from experience design to service design, and fill gaps with talent, experience or training; develop and onboard new vendors, tools and processes\.

Principal Product Designer at Financial Engines, Aug 2017 \- Sep 2017 · 2 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, \+ Work with product owners and architects to develop multi\-tier product plans \+ Define the Information Architecture for 3 tiers of service based on the product vision to elevate the user experience while providing services beyond retirement planning

Executive Director at Overseas Volunteer for Better India \(OVBI\), Jan 2017 \- Dec 2021 · 5 yrs, United States, \+ Led program management of over 20 water projects impacting nine states in rural India managing project portfolio of $1 million between 2019 \- 2021\. \+ Led MarCom and Impact Management as a Volunteer between 2017 \- 2019, setting up Website, Donor Management Systems and delivered first Annual Report in 2019 leading up to a Gold Star rating in GuideStar \+ Created and implemented impact management reporting using the Theory of Change framework\. \+ Leveraged innovation management, design thinking, and resilient leadership for strategic roadmap planning\.

CEO & Co\-Founder, Design & Impact Strategist at Aloki, Feb 2000 \- Dec 2022 · 22 yrs 11 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, \+ Lead the strategic design vision for more than 20\+ organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 firms to international NGOs, which includes brand building, product innovation, digital transformation, strategic communications, and operational strategies and plans for Impact\. \+ Recruit, manage, train, coach and lead a global team of 30\+ designers, engineers, content writers and interns\. Recent Projects Include: \+ SoBus, Social Business Accelerator, India: Business, Brand & Design Strategist, Mentor & Advisor \+ SVERI College of Engineering, Pandharpur, India \- Design Thinking Visiting Faculty \+ GCET College of Engineering, Bakrol, India \- Design Thinking Visiting Faculty \+ USHUR, Brand Development & Guideline, Web Redesign, Event Experience, Space Planning \+ I\-Saksham, Bihar, India \- Impact Measurement Mentor & Advisor \+ Wellness\-Hive, Mental Health Startup, Labor, Pakistan \- Social Venture Start\-Up Mentor \+ ONOW, Entrepreneur Incubator, Myanmar: Social Venture Start\-Up Mentor \+ IAHV Prison Program \- Web Redesign Program Management \+ MindTickle, Sales Enablement & Readiness Platform \(US, India\): System Redesign \- IA \+ FabHaus, Pre\-Fab House Start\-up, Florida, US: Business Start\-up Advisor, Brand & Design Strategist \+ Care For Children \- Mentor, Business Strategy Consultant & Coach for Leadership Training

## Education

Master of Business Administration \- MBA, Design Strategy & Sustainability, California College of the Arts

Electronic Visualization, Mississippi State University

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