Anjali Mehrotra is the founder of Equality, Period. NJ – an advocacy coalition focused on menstrual equity for all. In 2024 she was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy to the New Jersey-India Commission and to the New Jersey Asian American and Pacific Islander Commission in 2022. Currently, she serves on the national public policy committee for American Association of University Women (AAUW) and is Vice President of Communications and Director of Public Policy for AAUW NJ. Anjali is as an advisory member of the Board of Directors of National Organization for Women (NOW) and a former President of National Organization for Women of New Jersey.

In 2023, Anjali was honored to receive the Woman as Agent of Change award from AAUW NJ and be recognized as a Menstrual Equity Champion by two national advocacy organizations Period. Inc and Period Law. In 2024, she received the Ally in Action award from Garden State Equality and the Good Citizen award from the Indian Cultural Society of East Brunswick.

Anjali was born and raised in Calcutta, India. She came to New Jersey to pursue higher education and received a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Science from Stevens Institute of Technology in the field of Computer Science. After seven years as a software consultant, she obtained her Certification in Digital Design from Parsons School of Design and started her own freelance design business. Anjali earned her certification in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University.

Anjali worked on campaigns for Democratic Women candidates for President, Congress and State Assembly before running herself. In 2021, she was the Democratic candidate for the New Jersey General Assembly to represent Legislative District 21. She is the elected Municipal Chair for the Mountainside Democratic Committee, and represents Union County on the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. She is also a founding cabinet member of Emerge NJ, an organization that trains Democratic women to run for office.

Along with raising awareness about period poverty and stigma, Anjali helped pass a law that now requires New Jersey’s public schools to provide free menstrual products in bathrooms. In addition, she serves as a Sisters on the Planet Ambassador for Oxfam America, a global organization that works to end the injustice of poverty and inequality.

Through her experiences, Anjali strongly identifies as a feminist. In all her roles she is a fierce advocate for women of all ethnic backgrounds across the socio-economic spectrum. She is proud to be a leading voice for women’s rights in New Jersey who is frequently sought as a thought leader by New Jersey publications and has been featured as a feminist political and policy columnist at Insider NJ.