Skills/Qualifications
Running for the Board- I believe that I have the temperament, expertise, and education to be additive to the International Board. I really want to increase the African countries participation.
Their exposure to American cities can only be positive. It will be gratifying to Americans and humbly accepted by African countries.
In October 2019, I co-founded a nonprofit corporation S.A.I.L. in Liberia, West Africa which enables food security and economic opportunity by empowering children, women, and men to harvest crops on a 200-acre farm without the use of mechanized equipment. The organization has financed tuition for 70 school children to date. I lead S.A.I.L.’s initiatives for energy resiliency in Liberia, including the installation of solar panels at the farm and public medical clinics. Hopefully, this will share ideas that can happen in Africa.
My international travel and experience include China, Liberia, Panama, South Africa, Nigeria, and Costa Rica. I was appointed Ambassador by Liberian U.S. Ambassador George Patten. My responsibility is to promote this entire year 2022 as the 200 Year Bicentennial Celebration of Liberia where freed American slaves settled in 1822.