#OpenUpTheWorkforce: Executive Series

Ahva Sadeghi
Co-founder and CEO, Symba

Ahva is a passionate social entrepreneur and co-founder of Symba, an award-winning, venture-backed, and women-founded internship platform that combines program management and data analytics tools to facilitate equitable access to jobs and wealth creation. Ahva is an economist and researcher focused on remote work and workforce development. Prior to launching Symba, Ahva worked at the US Department of State in the Human Rights Bureau and completed a civil rights fellowship with Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta. She recently join the Forbes HR Council and was named Forbes 30 Under 30 and a Global Entrepreneur Scholar by the US Department of State.

Ahva completed her graduate studies at the London School of Economics and received her BA from the University of Arizona Honors College. In her spare time, Ahva enjoys playing the cello.

Using Symba, you can easily onboard interns, provide resources, manage projects, build consistent feedback loops, and foster community and engagement. By consolidating program management tools, customers have reported spending 80% less time on onboarding and 35% less time on directly managing their interns. 

In addition, you can track key success metrics and the long-term impact of your early career talent programs. 90% of organizations using Symba have increased program satisfaction, and customers have reported an average of 20% increase in intern-to-full-time hire conversion rates.