announcing our 2015 round 1 employee idea grant winners

EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTSR O U N D 1 , 2 0 1 5

EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANTS HELP LINKEDIN EMPLOYEES ACT ON THEIR IDEAS TO TRANSFORM THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, OR THEIR WORLD.

WE’RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE 18 EMPLOYEE IDEA GRANT SELECTIONS FOR ROUND 1, 2015…

John Rathna KumarBangalore, India

John will be using this grant to-wards

surgeries for his son’s cleft lip, so that he can have a

normal and positive experience in life.

Stanford RosenthalMountain View, USA

Stanford is partnering with SF organizations to provide the street community with portable phone

chargers.

Charu SharmaSan Francisco, USA

Charu has brought together the most successful female entrepreneurs in her documentary film “Going Against

the Flow”and her goal is to empower 1 million women by the end

of 2016 to take the plunge at get their business off the ground.

Regina LinSunnyvale, USA

Regina is creating a comprehensive cur-riculum in English and Burmese to teach Burmese students, as well as, to provide new uni-formand sleeping mats for the young girls.

Radha ShreeniwasBangalore, India

Radha is redesigning Bangalore’s solution to the growing issue of waste disposal –

she is educating residents about smarter ways of

managing their waste.

Lachelle RankinsOmaha, USA

Lachelle is working on helping build

homes for families and for the larger

community as a whole.

Lindsey JessenOmaha, USA

Lindsey will be traveling to Ar-gentina to finish building a house

with Habitat For Humanity.

Vijetha ArchibaldBangalore, India

Vijetha will be helping save a life of a person in a family – the main bread earner. He has been diagnosed

with Chronic Renal Insufficiency (Kidney Failure) and has no proper resources to get treatment done.

Leonardo GarzonSao Paolo, Brazil

Leonardo will be helping TPP build a com-munity where everyone can passionately

pursue their own interests in the fields of arts and edu-

cation.

Arif Khan & Ibrahim Musa

Singapore

Arif and Ibrahim are working on “Eat-an-Idea,” a

not-for-profit platform to facilitate the ex-change

of ideas over a meal with another person from a

different background, creed, race, income level or lifestyle.

Michela is working on providing free mammograms, wigs, prosthetic devices and

other services to women who are either uninsured or whose insurance does not cover

such support.

Michela BonadonnaChicago, USA

Diogo Oliveira MarraSao Paolo, Brazil

Diogo is working to treat or mitigate Autism, Asperger and other social im-

pairment conditions through Role Playing Games

and programs.

Shaliza KassamChicago, USA

Shaliza is helping a young professional, Karim, who was abandoned by his fam-ily, achieve his dream of attaining his

GED, becoming a police officer, and impacting the world.

Elizabeth DiCiurcioChicago, USA

Elizabeth is creating a mentor ring to provide support, encouragement, advice and inspira-tion for single mothers in college; one member will re-ceive a scholarship in pursuit of higher ed.

Logu Venkatachalam

Sunnyvale, USA

Logu is launching “I Speak English” – a program to help rural Indian students

develop conversational skills in English.

Stewart LeeSingapore

On behalf of Stewart and the LSS leadership team, this grant will go into helping trans-

form a team member’s family.

Lucia PeyrotDublin, Ireland

Lucia is working on promoting works of art from her grandfather

with her mother.

Michael Espenschied

Chicago, USA

Michael is working on building wa-ter

resources for orphanages in Kenya.