About us
We help you navigate and make change
As the world changes, so must your organization. Successfully advancing justice and prosperity requires anticipating change, planning and preparing for it, and executing to navigate and shape it.
What changes for our clients
Clients leave with relationships and new ways of working, not just recommendations.
Our clients typically come away from an engagement with greater prominence and impact, a clearer understanding of their landscapes, and new and stronger relationships across their own and adjacent ecosystems — other civil society organizations, policymakers, and policy research and advocacy groups. They also emerge with new ways of thinking about their own work, often along with new tools and infrastructure that better support their leadership and staff.
Team
Founder & CEO
Indi Dutta-Gupta
Indi advises nonprofits, foundations, worker organizations, public officials, and political candidates on economic, child, and family policy. He draws on two decades in government, think tanks, and consulting, working closely with unions and other worker groups, service delivery organizations, litigation-focused groups, and community, research, and advocacy organizations.
He has helped enact, defend, or defeat legislation and executive action before, during, and after his time on Capitol Hill, and is regularly sought out by the media, elected officials, and event organizers for policy, political, and communications insight.
Before founding Blue Lotus Strategies he was President and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and Co-Executive Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, where he founded the Economic Security & Opportunity Initiative and grew it from 2 staff to 19.
Also served
- Senior Policy Advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Project Director, Freedman Consulting
- Professional Staff, House Ways and Means Committee
- Co-chair, Economic Policy Committee, Biden 2020 presidential campaign.
Fellowships, Boards & Advisory Roles
- Roosevelt Institute · National Academy of Social Insurance · McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown · DC Fiscal Policy Institute · Rx Kids · GoodWeave · Truman Scholar · US–Japan Leadership Program Fellow · Community Change · The Policy Academies · Center for Shared AI Prosperity
Interns
Katie Parrish
Policy Intern, Fall 2026
Katie is a senior at Georgetown studying Public Policy with a focus on environmental policy. At Blue Lotus, Katie supports policy research and report drafting on climate and economic policy projects. Last summer, Katie had the opportunity to work for the National Park Service in Alaska, learning about environmental policy implementation through field work.
Claire McDowell
Policy Intern, Fall 2026
Claire is a senior and accelerated Master of Public Policy student at Georgetown. At Blue Lotus, she conducts policy research, drafts memos and concept notes, and supports client work on affordable housing and gender equity. With experience in mission-driven policy consulting, Claire hopes to work at the intersection of policy analysis and strategic planning for a diverse set of clients.
Partners
Emily McGlynn
Founder, Glynmoran
Dr. McGlynn is an economist and an expert on climate, energy, and environmental policy, with over 15 years of experience in finance, academia, and government. Her work has yielded over two dozen academic articles, policy reports, and white papers, has resulted in significant climate policy advancements, and guided billions of client dollars under management. At BlackRock, Emily led economic research for the firm’s sustainable investing platform, supporting clients in evaluating climate and nature-related portfolio risks and emerging transition investment themes. Emily served as Deputy Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change in the Obama White House, where she was a lead author of the U.S. Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization. Emily also served as Senior Adviser to the Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern at the U.S. Department of State, leading on high priority international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including bilateral cooperation with China. Emily has supported investment in environmental markets as Director for Strategy and Policy at The Earth Partners, a company identifying private sector solutions to land restoration. She is a Truman Scholar and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient with a biology degree from Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in resource economics from the University of California, Davis.
Rajesh (Raj) Nayak
Founder, Blue Agenda LLC
Raj Nayak works at the intersection of economic and labor policy through his firm, Blue Agenda LLC. He most recently served as Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor in the Biden administration, after senior Labor roles during the Obama administration and working in advocacy organizations as an attorney and senior leader. He advises on policy research and analysis, meeting design and facilitation, and sourcing talent.
Maame (May) Amoyaw
Founder & Principal, Silver Link Strategies
May Amoyaw has an extensive background in community engagement, economic development, and economic policy. She brings to the field over 10 years of strategic planning, project and program management. Her work bridges public engagement and public discourse to cultivate audiences for impact and growth. May has previously served in several economic policy advisory and campaign roles as well as Community Engagement & Policy Director in Baltimore City government.
Dasha Ageikina
Data Scientist, Glynmoran
Dasha Ageikina is a Data Scientist at Glynmoran, where she implements automated solutions for the firm’s data products. Dasha holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis, bringing deep expertise in causal inference and large-scale geospatial data analysis. She has a track record of building efficient and AI-powered data workflows for addressing complex economic and environmental challenges.
Alex Maza
Founder, Lucero Advisory
Alex Maza has spent over a decade in strategy and analytics for national nonprofits and governments. As founder of Lucero Advisory, he serves as a fractional executive for mission-driven organizations during rollouts and transitions. He also helps organizations build the data systems that guide their decisions. Previously, he was a Vice President at Teach For America, where he led annual planning for all 50 regional offices, totaling $150M in spending.
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