Aarti Awasthi: CEO
Aarti Awasthi
CEO
United States
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Artsybug LLC
CEO | 04/2001 - Current
Organize and promote Art showings
Brand development, product awareness, media interest in promoting art.
Educate interested audience about the contemporary Art on display and the vision of the Artist who created it
Web site designing and development and upgrades
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development
Planning Insurance, logistics, storage
Designing, printing and mailings of Invitations to maximize viewership
UC Santa Barbara
Dean's Cabinet- Member | 08/2019 - Current
Area
The Dean's Cabinet is comprised of volunteer leaders who provide strategic
guidance to the Dean in advancing the mission of the Division and the University. Dean's Cabinet Members serve at the invitation of the Dean of Social Sciences and reflect a positive perspective of the University to donors, alumni, parents, staff, faculty, and the world. Focus initiatives- Cooperative
Economics, Feminist Futures.
South Bay Guitar Society
Secretary & Member of the Board of Directors | 01/2011 - 05/2022
San Jose, CA
The mission of the South Bay Guitar Society is to promote and present
classical and related guitar styles to people of all cultures, ages, abilities and economic means and to provide performance opportunities to professional and amateur musicians.
www.sbgs.org
Maitri domestic violence
Member of Board of Trustees | 11/2013 - 01/2020
Trusee, Maitri
Co-Chair, Maitri Gala 2014
Co-Chair, Maitri Gala 2015
Co-Chair, Maitri Gala 2016
Maitri is a free, 501-C(3) non-profit, organization helping South Asian
women in situations of domestic abuse, cultural displacement, or unresolved
conflict.We are based in the San Francisco Bay Area, that primarily helps
families from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka among others) facing domestic violence, emotional abuse, cultural alienation, human trafficking or family conflict.
Common Ground Speaker Series
School Representative | 09/2009 - 05/2019
The Harker school
Common Ground Speaker Series is a parent education consortium dedicated to inspiring strong families and engaging school communities through distinguished speaker events. Each year we present a slate of cutting-edge
speakers, topics and special events designed to inform, engage and inspire
our school communities.Common Ground began with eight member schools in
2002. Today, we represent more than 10,000 families at 31 schools, stretching
from Hillsborough to San Jose. Our events take place at a variety of venues on the Peninsula and showcase the most current thoughts on education, health and parenting.
An all-volunteer organization, Common Ground is led by representatives from each member school. Together, we work to provide a forum for parents and educators to learn, strategize and develop a sense of shared community.
ArtMRKT San Francisco
Host committee member | 04/2012 - Current
Community engagement, serve as honorary ambassador, to promote the Art
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City hall exhibits committee
Member | 05/2008 - Current
San Jose City Hall
Committee member for art displays and installations in San Jose City Hall
The City Hall Exhibits Committee (CHEC) is the advisory body that, in conjunction with the City Hall Exhibits Program, reviews and approves
proposals for exhibits in public spaces in San Jose's City Hall.
Silicon Valley Arts Coalition
Advisor to Board | 08/2011 - 08/2013
SVAC is a collection of 23 small arts organizations that collaborate and pool
their resources for promoting their craft- music, dance, drama, literary and visual arts. For having a united voice, for lobbying with City hall over policy, grants allocation, lowered costs for advertising and doing an annual fundraiser-
Arts Panorama
City of San Jose
Arts Commissioner | 10/2006 - 01/2009
Appointed by the City Council, the Art Commissioner assess cultural needs of San Jose and develop arts policy, program and budget recommendations for approval by the City Council, including annual cultural grants and public art.
Vice chair- Arts commission; Member- executive committee
Artsybug LLC
Fashion Designer | 01/1999 - 06/1999
Presented a line of clothing at the Levis Auditorium. Organized by FGI-
Fashion Group Intl- promoting amateurs to self start.
JJ Mae's Inc DBA Rainbeau
Assistant Manager | 08/1998 - 12/1998
Coordination of order flow on shop floor
Ensuring deliverables are met on time and inspect quality parameters of production
support other team members handling different accounts
Accounts included sports brands like Asics, Adidas, DKNY ..
Minti Mode Inc
Product Specialist | 08/1997 - 07/1998
United States
Expansion opportunities for the product lines of handloom jackets produced by in-house designers in west coast. Fashion silouette and trending patterns
awareness. Designing
TCNS Limited
Associate Manager | 04/1993 - 01/1997
New Delhi, India
Production scheduling and assembly line planning while working on the shop
floor
Scheduling and time and action calendars for various orders.
Traveled to offsite manufacturing facilities producing fabrics, trims etc.
Coordinating and negotiating pricing and deliveries in-house and with vendors
Present production capabilites and capacities to buyers and buying houses along with senior management
Produced samples and developed pricing points for lines presented to buyers
Production forecasting for the manufacturing facilities and fashion forecasting for buyers
Traveling overseas to study existing trends and to fashion forecast for upcoming seasons
Labels- Uniqlo, Old Navy, Polo, Contempo Casuals, Macy's, Dillards, panther
Ijima
Education history
Hindu college, Delhi Unversity
| 1988 - 1991
National Institute of Fashion Technology
| 1991 - 1993
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