Shiva Sarram

Board Chair

Shiva Sarram is the Founder and Executive Director of the Blossom Hill Foundation, a nonprofit whose mission is “education for peace”. Born in Tehran, she and her parents and brother fled to Europe and ultimately settled in the United States in the 1980s. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, then launched a career on Wall Street, working at Chase Manhattan Bank, Deloitte & Touche, Tiger Management, and McKinsey & Company.
 For over three decades, Shiva has engaged in philanthropy. Her commitment to war-affected children led her to establish Blossom Hill in 2009 and has since created 15 schools and programs worldwide for war-impacted families having uplifted more than 150,000 refugees. In 2025, she joined other Iranian American community leaders to found the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund, dedicated to safeguarding constitutional rights for all.
 Shiva lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with her husband and two adult children nearby, and is an advocate for climate change initiatives, sound foreign policy, and gun safety reform. When she isn’t championing a cause, Shiva enjoys downtime as an avid traveler, photographer, and flower farmer.