Anila Podila

Senior Associate Program Officer, Food and Agriculture, Builders Initiative

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Anila Podila is a Senior Associate Program Officer on Builders Initiative's Food and Ag team.

Anila graduated with her Masters in Public Policy Analysis from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago in 2023.

Prior to that, she was a financial analyst for global power technology leader, Cummins. Anila has a passion for food waste and loss reduction and strives to implement this in her daily life. Throughout grad school, she was a part of The Farmlink Project policy team and worked in research, advocacy, and partnerships in the food & ag space.

In her free time, Anila loves to brush up on traditional South Indian classical dance, try new recipes, and play chess and rollerblade with her husband.