Sapreet Kaur

[2] In January 2013, she became the first Sikh to speak at a Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service in Washington D.C.[3] Saluja was born and raised in central New Jersey where her parents had arrived from Punjab in the 1960s.

[4][5] She went to the Sikh-oriented Khalsa School in Bridgewater, New Jersey, regularly attending Camp Chardi Kala in the summer months.

[6] After graduating, Kaur served as a volunteer in the United States Peace Corps in Kenya and Uganda (1998–2001), creating local programs in the areas of conservation, conflict resolution and organizational development.

[8] On her appointment as executive director, Kaur became the first woman to have led a Sikh civil rights organization in the United States.

In her own words, her goal has been to bring the full force of all our program areas, partner organizations and volunteers across the country to defend the rights of Sikhs to fearlessly practice our faith".