Prabha Sankaranarayan is the President and CEO of Mediators Beyond Borders International, an international impact organization whose mission is to cultivate peacebuilding skills at the local level and promote mediation worldwide. She is deeply committed to partnerships and collaborations, as evidenced by MBBI’s collaboration with over 130 organizations globally.

She is a conflict transformation practitioner who has mediated, facilitated, and trained in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA. Her public and private-sector work includes conflict analysis for public-private partnerships, consultation and assessment for industrial development zones, the design and implementation of training programs for multinational corporations, interfaith dialogues, and the facilitation of multi-stakeholder mediations.  She designs conflict transformation and capacity-building programs around the world, consults with companies, policymakers, governments, universities, and groups engaged in civil resistance, and advises on the role of women in peace and security.

Prabha is involved in regional, national, and international civic activities focused on civil liberties, violence prevention, conflict mitigation & mediation, and the recovery and rehabilitation of trauma survivors.  Her current Advisory and Board appointments include the Africa Mediation Association, VISIONS Inc., the Mohammed Ali Centre, and the Women’s International Peace Center (WIPC in Uganda).

She speaks English, Tamil, and Hindi. She practices yoga and enjoys hiking, rafting, and climbing.