Dr. Priya Nalkur is the President of the RoundTable Institute.

She founded the firm to develop leaders who can create high-performing, inclusive and diverse workplaces. A trained psychologist, Dr. Nalkur brings her facility with psychological and communications theory to her clients in a bold, direct, fun and memorable way.

Formerly on Harvard’s Education faculty, Dr. Nalkur has facilitated courageous conversations and coached senior leaders at the biggest technology, media/entertainment, professional services, and pharmaceutical firms in the world. She has worked with leaders in oil and gas, biotechnology, healthcare and medicine, research & development and financial services. Dr. Nalkur is a highly sought-after coach and her clients think of her as “funny, brilliant, exceptionally real, inspiring, and so passionate about what she does”.

Priya is also a nature and adventure lover. She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro while doing her dissertation research with street children in Tanzania. She completed the W-trek in Patagonia with 8 other “wild women”. Priya is a proud Canadian, 2nd generation Indian immigrant, and mom to two of the most theatrical children you’ll ever meet. She lives with them in Austin, Texas.