The Team

Executive Team

Inspired by their trip to Sri Lanka to assist the victims of the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami, three close friends from college, founded World Children’s Initiative (WCI). 

Sanjay Daluvoy, MD – Founder & President
Born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Los Angeles, California.  He attended Brown University and Jefferson Medical College and then completed his general surgery residency at George Washington University in Washington DC.  He is currently doing his plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship at Duke University in North Carolina.  Prior to medical school, he founded a healthcare IT company in the Bay Area named, Infinity Markets.  He has also worked in healthcare consulting and for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research analyzing the economic impact of proposed health legislation.

Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Esq – Founder & VP, Finance/Legal/Communications
Born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended Brown University and Stanford Law School. He has served as law clerk to the Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and he has practiced as a litigator at the national firms of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Susman Godfrey LLP. Pratheepan has taught in middle schools, but most recently has taught law at Loyola University Law School in New Orleans, New York University School of Law, and is currently teaching constitutional law at Santa Clara University.

Kanishka Ratnayaka, MD – Founder & VP, Program Development
Born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Athens, Georgia. He attended Brown University and Emory University School of Medicine. Since then, he has completed his Pediatric Residency, Chief Residency, and Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington DC.  Kanishka now serves as an Assistant Professor for GWU & Interventional Pediatric Cardiology at Children’s National Heart Institute.

Faz Azad, MBA – Technology Director
Born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He attended Juniata College and American University’s Kogod School of Business. He has worked on implementing technology solutions at a number of companies including the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), Autonomy and Freddie Mac. Recently he co-founded Kindertown, a school for younger children that is focused on merging traditional teaching methods with new technology. Fazli now works as a Service Technology and Transition Manager at Freddie Mac.

Sedi Pak – Creative Director

WCI Pro Bono Legal Counsel – Peter Werner, Esq., Cooley Godward LLP, San Francisco, California