Lavanya
Mahate is the Program Director of the Women's Business Center at the Salt Lake
Chamber. At the Women's Business Center, Lavanya leads initiatives to improve
the quality and comprehensiveness of the services available for women starting a
business. Lavanya's passion is to facilitate the exchange and sharing of
strategies and knowledge between policy makers, corporations, financial
institutions, media, educators and women business owners to help expand
entrepreneurial opportunities for women.
Lavanya also serves as the VP for Publicity on the Board of Utah Asian Chamber
of Commerce and volunteers at the India Cultural Center in organizing Indian
cultural events.
Lavanya holds a master's degree in Mass Communication with a specialization in
Public Relations and Corporate Communications from Symbiosis University in Pune,
India and a post-graduate certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications
from the University of Utah.
Lavanya has a passion for traveling and cooking. She loves watching Food Network
in her leisure time.
