I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou
LIA Co-founders
Leila Rao
Leila is the president of AgileXtended where she helps create sustainable organizational ecosystems where individuals can be their best and create positive outcomes for themselves, each other, and for all their communities.
She is an avid facilitator, open space enthusiast, game design and gamification practitioner, conference speaker, community organizer. She is also the creator of the Compass for Agility framework for creating sustainable ecosystems, which has been published as a book with the same title.
Leila has followed an eclectic path from newspaper reporting to business analysis to Lean process improvement in healthcare to an accidental product owner and then an Agile coach.
Padmini Nidumolu
Padmini is an Agile community leader enabling the voices of women agilists be heard through women-led events and campaigns. Her expertise and focus is to build learning organizations and delivering value by leveraging diversities as enablers leading to an enterprise culture of continuous improvement.
She plays an active role in the local Agile communities through speaking, volunteering, engaging with special interest groups with Agile practitioners, Agile Thought Leaders and Agile Coaches.
Padmini is an accomplished Indian classical dancer and serves as a STEM coach to the school teams. She lives in the Washington DC Metro area with her husband and two kids.