About Us
The United in Heart App is a public awareness and constructive action campaign to solve climate change through coordinated action on food, trees and communication. The app roadmap outlines the practical steps through short videos and goal-setting tools. It enables users to exponentially amplify climate solution communication. In addition, we accept food forest tree planting donations. Our tree plantings are fully veganic; we do not use animal manure to plant trees. United in Heart is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Mission Statement
United in Heart creates tools to coordinate and empower everyday people to solve climate change and live harmoniously.
Our Vision
A thriving, socially just, sustainable Earth.
Our Values
Constructive Action
Social Justice
Food Sovereignty
Boundless Inclusivity
Self Empowerment
Loving Kindness
Our Priority
United in Heart considers the alleviation of suffering in the world as our ethical priority.
Our Team
Nandhini Paranjpe is a co-founder, board member and the Chief Technology Officer and App Developer of United in Heart. For 10 years, Nandhini served as a senior software engineer at Nike in their world headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. All told, she has nearly 20 years of software development experience, with almost 15 of those years for Fortune 500 companies. Nandhini holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins.
Arvin Paranjpe is a co-founder, board member, and the President and Executive Director of United in Heart. He leads the vision and strategy. Arvin wrote and directed the documentary “United in Heart: Hunger & Climate Solutions” (2020), which is available on Amazon Prime. For over ten years, Arvin helped guide the utilization of key university scientific discoveries as a Technology Development Manager at Oregon Health & Science University. In addition, he has four years of experience as a software and management consultant at Accenture, a prestigious business consulting firm. Arvin holds an M.S. in Biotechnology at Johns Hopkins University and a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
Sailesh Rao, Ph.D. is the Chief Scientific Officer of United in Heart and is responsible for discovering the vegan reforestation climate solution and publishing the scientific basis for the solution. He is also the Executive Director of a separate non-profit Climate Healers. A systems specialist with a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Dr. Rao worked on the internet communications infrastructure for 20 years. He was the co-founder of Silicon Design Experts in 1991 which was acquired by Level One Communications in 1996 and which was later acquired by Intel Corporation in 1999 for $2.2 billion. Today, over a billion internet connections deploy the communications protocol that he designed. Dr. Rao is the author of two books, Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies and Carbon Yoga: The Vegan Metamorphosis, and a producer of five documentaries, The Human Experiment (2013), Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014), What The Health (2017), A Prayer for Compassion (2019), and United in Heart: Hunger & Climate Solutions (2020).
Brad Dorsey is a board member and volunteer for United in Heart. From day one, Brad has served as Arvin’s trusted friend and advisor, open and insightful as to what United in Heart could become. Brad has over 13 years of experience working as a Marketing Operations Manager at Yahoo! and Verizon (which acquired Yahoo!). His work has included managing media content for Yahoo! Small Business.
Eric Montgomery is a board member and volunteer of United in Heart. Eric has always had a passion for the natural world... and a drive to understand, honor, utilize, and protect it. He is a certified Shamanic practitioner, a Climate Reality Leader through Al Gore's acclaimed training program, and a member of the Pachamama Alliance as a “Game Changer” and a facilitator of their "Awakening the Dreamer Symposium." Eric is also a Certified Solar Consultant with Powur Energy.