Ms Fanta Aw
Vice-President of Campus life.
American University
Fanta Aw has over 15 years of experience in the field of International Education Exchange. Ms. Aw was the Director of International Student Services at American University and Chair of the International Campus Life Council, whose mission is to foster intercultural awareness, understanding, and appreciation of diversity and to monitor administrative systems and services to ensure responsiveness to the needs of international students.
Fanta is originally from Mali, in West Africa and is fluent in English, French, and Bambara, and speaks Spanish well. She came to American University in 1987 to begin her undergraduate degree. She also received a Master’s in Public Administration with a focus on Organization and Development from American University. Ms. Aw is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology with a concentration in Transmigrational Migration, Social Stratification and International Training and Education.
Dr. Kpakpundu Ezeze
Dr Ezeze is the founder and President of Future Quest, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in educational planning and college placement for high school students. Over the past thirty years Dr.Ezeze has developed a number of partnerships nationwide that have helped thousands of students to prepare for college. In the Washington, DC metropolitan area, these partnerships include Urban Alliance, College-Bound, The Ionia Whipper Home for Girls, the College Information Center at the Martin Luther King Memorial Library, Mentors, Inc, Jack & Jill, and Upward Bound Programs at Howard and Catholic Universities.
Before coming to Washington, Dr. Ezeze served as a college consultant to students in Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Miami and Princeton, New Jersey. Some of his clients included The Boys Choir of Harlem, New Jersey Nets Basketball Academic Camp, Salomon Brothers, Inc, Prudential Securities Adopt-a-School Programs, I Have a Dream Foundation and The Ninety Second Street YMCA in New York. He is currently fulfilling his contract with Kaplan Educational Center’s Good Sports Program, headquartered in New York.
His professional career includes experience as a Guidance Counselor in three school systems : Lexington, MA, Wellesley, MA and Arlington, VA. He has served as Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania where he developed residential programs focusing on the needs of the first-year students. He was Associate Program Director with the College Board Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. There he coordinated the design and development of pre-college educational software for use by secondary school students and served as the Associate Director of the Advanced Placement Program. Dr. Ezeze was an Academic Advisor at Wellesley College, Director for Upward Bound at Worcester College, and Admissions Associate for the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
Mr Ernest Kuetche.
Managing Director
Company : Societe Generale Investment Banking (New York)
School : Engineer from Ecole Centrale Paris, France. Also holds a post-graduate Diploma in Economics from La Sorbonne University, Paris, France
He lived in France for over 10 years where he made numerous contributions to social initiatives aimed at bringing young native African students or graduates together to build community networks and implement various community projects in France and abroad.
Êtes-vous prêt à faire la difference au sein de votre communauté ?
African Leadership Connection recherche des représentants (es) locaux dans différentes communautés à travers l’Afrique pour promouvoir sa mission à un niveau local et assurer la relation avec les institutions et autres partenaires locaux. Une telle responsabilité nécessitera notamment de travailler avec les universités locales, interagir avec les cadres professionnels locaux et organisations locales, et favoriser l’accès aux programmes de Mentorat d’ALC à des mentors et aux mentorés potentiels.
Les responsabilités principales du représentant d’ALC englobent :
l’identification des participants lors d’ateliers spéciaux visant à rencontrer des personnes potentiellement hors de portée et la mise en place de l’organisation de tels ateliers ;
la prise de contact avec les organismes professionnels locaux, les sociétés, les écoles, et les autres organisations à but non lucratif qui pourraient être intéressés de devenir partenaire d’ALC ;
un travail en étroite collaboration avec le bureau d’ALC à Washington, D.C.
Au total, la charge de travail pour un représentant ne devrait pas dépasser 5 à 10 heures par mois. Les candidats potentiels devraient présenter :
de bonnes capacités de travail en équipe ;
des capacités de travail à des heures flexibles ;
de fortes capacités de communication et d’organisation ; et
la capacité à mener à bien un projet et à motiver des personnes.
Si vous êtes intéressé, envoyez nous votre CV ainsi qu’une lettre de motivation à : alcrep@africanleadershipconnection.org
