Andrea Sreshta

Andrea Sreshta is a co-founder of LuminAID, a company dedicated to innovative renewable energy solutions for humanitarian aid and outdoor recreation. The LuminAID light has been sold to individuals and organizations in more than 70 countries. Outreach projects with NGO partners have put more than 30,000 donated lights on-the-ground for use in charitable projects around the world and after disasters. The company won the John Edwardson Social New Venture Challenge in 2012. Andrea and her business partner, Anna Stork, are the inventors of LuminAID’s patented solar inflatable light technology. LuminAID was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank in 2015, received offers from all 5 Sharks, and made a deal with Mark Cuban, the company’s first investor. Andrea holds a B.A. from Yale University, a Master’s in Architecture from Columbia University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

“The original [LuminAID] design was a pillow shape device to keep it simple and fold easily. It could be distributed in large numbers to fulfill the needs after disasters.”