Aliya Bhatia
Executive Director, Vot-ER
BCG Atlanta 2013-2016
Donation organization: Aliya chose to split her $10,000 donation. She gave half to support the efforts of her own organization,
Vot-ER, to register voters in health care settings, including hospital and clinics. She donated the other half of the prize to
Common Good Atlanta, which teaches humanities and English classes to prisoners throughout the Atlanta metro area.
Why Aliya was selected as a DEI alumni award winner: Aliya has been focused on DEI throughout her career. At BCG, she helped create an in-house diversity training program. As executive director of Vot-ER, she has built a diverse talent pipeline and set internal DEI benchmarks while advancing the organization’s mission of building a healthy, inclusive democracy.