Arun Prabhakaran

Arun S. Prabhakaran is the President of the Urban Affairs Coalition, where he oversees all of the $46M organization’s operations. Most recently, Prabhakaran entered the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) to serve as Chief of Staff to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in January 2018, following an historic election in 2017 that saw record-high turnout for Philadelphia District Attorney. Arun planned and directed the administrative, financial, and operational activities for the DAO, the fifth largest prosecution office in the United States, serving 1.5M citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia with an annual budget of $48M.

Formerly, Mr. Prabhakaran was the Senior Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer for the Urban Affairs Coalition, where he oversaw UAC’s External Affairs work in fund development, new business, government relations, strategic partnerships, board development and relations, marketing and communications, and community affairs. His previous professional experience includes: Government Relations and Public Sector Sales for a public policy IT firm; founding the city’s first youth-oriented harm reduction drop-in center, which served homeless, drug addicted youth; working as an independent consultant to nonprofits, government, political candidates, and other institutions; and a decade of grassroots organizing experience working to advance human rights and end poverty in the U.S. Currently, Mr. Prabhakaran serves in a variety of leadership capacities in the community, including: Maternity Care Coalition, Vice President, Board; and Philadelphia Works, Research and Policy Committee.