2024 - 2025 Executive Team
Lalitha Veerappan - President
Lalitha Veerappan lives in Camas, WA with her husband Ravi and kids Neha, Pranay, fur baby Mocha and she works at HP as a Procurement Manager. She enjoys spending time with her family and is passionate about music, likes to organize concerts and community events. Her other interests are socializing, long drives and shopping. She believes in giving back to the community and is excited to be an integral part of the 22nd year GPTM committee.
Siddharth Gandhinathan (Sid) - Vice-President
Siddharth Gandhinathan (Sid) has lived in the Portland area since he was five. Sid works at Intel, in the finance organization. He lives in Tigard with his wife Aruna Palaniappan and their young daughter & son - Nila & Ilan. In his free time he enjoys watching/playing basketball and spending time outdoors, cooking new/interesting foods & traveling.
Lakshman Somasundaram - Secretary
Lakshman Somasundaram lives in Portland with his spouse, Meena, and their two children, Anish and Sidhu. He serves as a Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Beyond his professional role, Lakshman finds joy in quality time with loved ones, engaging in volunteer work, playing games with his children, and exploring new destinations through travel. He possesses a deep-seated passion for community service.
Kavitha Veerappan - Treasurer
Kavitha Veerappan has been a Portlander for a very long time. She currently lives in Bethany with her husband Muthaiah and son Aditya. She is a Certified Public Accountant and works in Beaverton. She loves traveling, spending time with family and friends, volunteering and reading.
Anbarasu Chellakannu - Food Committee Lead
Anbarasu Chellakannu is from Saligramam, Chennai. He is living in Portland with his wife Hema and two daughters Krishita & Thashvika. He was a member and active volunteer in Bay area Tamil Mandram before he relocated from California. He always feels proud to serve the Tamil community and wants to use this opportunity to develop our Tamil community as much as possible. He loves spending time with family and friends, volunteering, Outdoor games, adventure, Travelling, etc.,
Sreenivasakumar - Food Committee Co-Lead
Sreenivasakumar moved into Vancouver (WA) in Sep 2023 with his spouse Iyswarya and daughter Samyuktha. He is working with Mphasis and HP as the sales leader for US and Europe regions. Sreenivas has a great passion to serve the community, especially on mentoring kids on education and organizing/serving food in events.
Vijayan Nagarajan - Food & Youth Co-Lead
Vijayan Nagarajan lives in Portland, Oregon with my wife and daughter. He moved here six years ago from California, originally hailing from Coimbatore, India. He work in the tech industry and love hiking, enjoying nature, and outdoor activities. In our free time, also enjoy serving our communities and volunteering.
Sindhu Sylace - Cultural Lead
Sindhu Sylace have been a member and active volunteer for GPTM for a while. As a daily job she works in a health care company, at the same time enjoys volunteering work and is a part of several Portland non-profit organizations. She has a passion of dancing ,acting and organizing parties and most importantly serving the community. She has coordinated large holiday events with in her company and also with some non-profit organizations. She lives in Tualatin,OR with her husband Sylace, kids Sid ,Shruthi and a fur baby Sammi.
Sangeetha Jagan - Cultural Co-Lead
Sangeetha have been a resident of Portland, having called Bethany home since 2005. She enjoy spending time with her husband and two daughters. She is deeply passionate about community engagement, consistently seeking opportunities to contribute and connect with the local surroundings. She is eager to be a part of this year's GPTM committee, demonstrating her commitment to making a positive impact and fostering meaningful relationships within our community.
Sangeetha Venkat - Cultural Co-Lead
Sangeetha Venkat resides in Portland alongside her husband, Venkat Muthu, and their two handsome sons, Nithin and Nivesh. She is a driven entrepreneur who skillfully oversees the operations of the VEMO Group of Restaurants. Beyond her professional commitments, she finds delight in gardening, actively participating in volunteer work, and relishing precious moments with her family.
Bhuvaneshwari Subramanian - Cultural Co-Lead
Bhuvaneshwari Subramanian(Roopa) hails from Tirunelveli(Ambasamudram) and has made Portland her home for the last decade. She lives with her husband Girish and kids Nandana & Tejas. She enjoys gardening, photography, and travel. She is excited to volunteer and give back to the community.
Iyswarya Sreenivasakumar - Decor Lead
Iyswarya moved into Vancouver (WA) in Sep 2023. Iyswarya had played in Junior nationals badminton tournament representing Tamilnadu & Pondicherry. She is a freelancer now and has great knowledge on Interior designs & decorations. She likes and cooks delicious South Indian foods.
Rekha Shrini - Decor Co-Lead
Rekha Shrini is originally from Chennai, India, and now a proud resident of Portland, Oregon for the past 13 years. She works at Epiq. Alongside her loving husband Shrini and two wonderful boys, Darsh and Dhruv, She likes to cook, sing, and spend time with friends and embrace the vibrant culture of the Pacific Northwest.
Nandakumar Rangaswamy - Event Co-ordinator Lead
Nandakumar Rangaswamy, is originally from Coimbatore, has called Portland home since 2015, where he lives with his wife, Manasvi, and son, Krishiv. He found his volunteer work last year both personally fulfilling and professionally enriching. He's eager to continue his involvement, leveraging his passion for the community and his skills to contribute even more this year.
Manasvi Subramaniam - Tech and Marketing Lead
Manasvi Subramaniam is originally from Coimbatore and has been living in Portland since 2015 with her husband, Nandakumar, and their son, Krishiv. She enjoys painting and creating artwork, embarking on road trips, and experiencing the beauty of nature. This is her first time working with the GPTM committee, and she aims to utilize this opportunity to contribute to the community in meaningful ways.
Sathya Jeyasekar - Youth Committee Lead
Sathya Jeyasekar is the Youth co-ordinator lead for the year 2024-25. She is living in Portland with her husband Jeyasekar Marimuthu and 2 daughters Mahathi Jeyasekar, Smrithi Jeyasekar since 2014. She works at Nike. She is originally from Thirumangalam ,Madurai. She enjoys reading, travelling with her family and spending time with friends.
Gayathri Vimalan - Youth Committee Co-Lead
Gayathri Vimalan has been living in NW Portland since 2011 with her husband Vimalan and 2 lovely kids Nihitha and Prasanna. She is from Biryani city Dindigul, Tamil Nadu and works at Goddard Systems as Senior Software QA Engineer. She is passionate about dancing, organizing events and volunteers at many school/social events as time permits
Ashok Swaminathan - Public Relations Lead
Ashok Swaminathan is from mango city Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, and lives in Vancouver. Since 2008 he has been living in Pacific Northwest with his Parents, wife & kids.
Board of Directors
Mani Janardhanan - Liaison Officer
Mani Janardhanan lives in the Portland area with his wife Deepa and works at Intel as director of engineering. Besides being actively involved with GPTM activities, he is actively involved in back country hiking, video editing, poetry writing, and gardening.
Meena Mohan
Meena Mohan served as a President of GPTM 2020-21 committee. Joined hands with GPTM since 2008 as a patron. Business Entrepreneur and Software Engineer (at Nike) by profession. Meena is passionate about Tamil literacy & culture, Community Services and Youth Advancement Services. She served as "Secretary of New Initiatives and Youth Affairs" of GPTM 2019-2020 Committee. Meena was born & brought up in Chennai, India and moved to US 18 years ago. Currently lives with her beautiful family - Husband (Mohan), lovely kids Mohit (UW college) and Mahathi (Middle Schooler).
Manickam Annamalai
Manickam Annamalai served as the President of GPTM 2022-23 committee. He also served as Treasurer for year 2021-22. He comes from Nattarasankottai, Sivaganga district, Tamilnadu. Works at AllState. Lived in NJ, WI & LA for 13+ years and moved to Portland 5 years back. Now lives in North Bethany area with his wife Jayalakshmi Sekkappan, lovely kids Lakshman and Ashwin. Manickam enjoys spending time with friends & family. He likes to volunteer and loves to serve the community.
Honorary Board of Directors
Swa Gandhinathan (Gandhi), is a Director, co-founder and life time member of GPTM. Gandhi with his wife Seetha and children Suganya & Siddharth have been an integral part of GPTM since its inception. Gandhi’s family has volunteered, mentored and nurtured the GPTM’s growth to its present status. When vacationing Gandhi and Seetha love going on cruises. Gandhi works for Wells Fargo Bank - Wells Fargo has been the major sponsor of GPTM for several years since 2003.
Gidu Sriram is a director of the GPTM organization and together with Gandhi has been a guiding force for every GPTM committee that has donned office. Sriram is passionate about all forms of fine arts and has been an avid supporter of many cultural forums that exist in Portland today.