Leadership & Board of Directors

Mr. Alegieuno has extensive experience as Manager and Director on Microfinance Policies and Entrepreneurship Development with the Central Bank of Nigeria. During this time, he successfully defended the continuity of the Agricultural Finance Department.

With a BSc Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Diploma in Microfinance from Ateneo de Manila University, Mr. Alegieuno has an outstanding record of reviewing and setting up financial infrastructure and policies as Chairman of the Entrepreneurship Development Council (EDC).

Mr. Alegieuno has also been successful planning and organizing the International Conference on Infrastructure in Nigeria.

Ms. Nwosu is a senior executive officer with over 10 years of experience in strategic planning, operations and fiscal management within business and academic research environments.

She coordinates the logistical execution and goals of programs both in a regional and global capacity, and is responsible for developing fundraising strategies and grant pursuits as well as the subsequent management of the Foundation budget inclusive of the administrative, program and project budgets.

She is a native of Nigeria, and currently resides in Maryland with her husband and 3 children. She is an active member of her community, and often travels to assist with programs that help with bettering the lives of children and women who might otherwise be forgotten. She hopes to inspire others to get involved in this effort so that children and women both in the United States and abroad will have ample opportunity for success.

A strategic visionary with analytical ability, good judgment and strong operational focus, after completing his studies Emmanuel took a job working as a budget analyst for a federal contractor. Pursuing a lifelong dream of owning his own business, he bought out a small, struggling janitorial service company for $10,000 and turned it into a $50 million profit generator. He renamed the company Motir Services, Inc. in honor of his parents.

As President and Chief Executive Officer of MOTIR, Emmanuel O. Irono is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the company and directs Administration, Corporate Governance, Marketing, Finance and contracts. He has traveled all over the world and has created a company of diversity that gives back to US-based charitable organizations and his homeland through his nonprofit organization, To Inspire Strong (TIS). TIS feeds, educates and provides medical treatment for African children.

Emmanuel O. Irono provides leadership and management to ensure that the mission and core values of the company are put into practice, and spearheads the development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies while mentoring a high-performance management team.

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo received her BA degree from Barnard College/Columbia University and her doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency and has held academic positions at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and George Mason University.

On August 18, 2000, Dr. Coleman-Adebayo won an historic lawsuit against the EPA on the basis of race, sex and color discrimination and a hostile work environment. Her congressional testimony led to the Notification of Federal Employees Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR), signed into law by President George W. Bush. Thousands of federal workers and their families have directly benefited from this law.

She is the founder of the No FEAR Institute, a 501(c)(3) devoted to educating the public about federal sector discrimination, and author of “NO FEAR” (Lawrence Hill Books, 2011). Good Housekeeping named her Woman of the Year in 2003, and the Project on Government Oversight inducted her into its Hall of Fame.

Percy Wilson is President of PerWil Management Resources (PMR), a consulting firm specializing in management, integrated marketing and building operating mechanisms for sustainable business-to-business and public-private partnerships in Africa to build human resource and manufacturing capacity.

Percy is a principal founder and first Chairman of the US Corporate Council on Africa and served as Senior Advisor to USAID's Administrator. He has advised transnational corporations including Edlow International, ConocoPhillips, The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin Aviation and USAID/Family Health International.

He served as vice president of the African Development Foundation, Director of the Phelps Stokes Fund Washington Bureau and Chairman of the Peace Corps Country Directors Committee of Coastal West Africa. A native of Alabama, he received his undergraduate degree from Stillman College and did graduate work at Boston University and Harvard University.

Ms. Carter is a consummate senior executive, change agent and perceptive business professional with over 25 years of experience in executive management positions across the private, public and government sectors. She has been recognized for ground-breaking efforts in driving large-scale cultural change.

Throughout her career, Ms. Carter has provided direct support and policy direction in recruitment, human resources management, workforce development, succession planning, leadership training, organizational development, budget development, public affairs, diversity and inclusion, and community initiatives with agencies including the Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission.

Wendy Cobrda is a marketing maven, strategic thought leader and data evangelist with a passion for data-driven solutions that illuminate consumers' preferences for products and services.

In 1997 Wendy formed her first company with the mission of “linking data to decisions,” offering management consulting, demographic analysis, custom modeling and systems nationwide. In 2007 she co-founded Earthsense, developing an innovative data integration platform and channel partners. A hands-on executive and sought-after public speaker, her successes span software development, technology and geo-spatial architecture.

Dr. Hines has more than 24 years of experience providing business solutions, operations research and cost, economic and financial analysis to government and commercial industry. As Operations Research Director for the Engility Corporation he consults to the U.S. Army Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Detection.

Dr. Hines is also Founder and CEO of the Analytical Group of Atlanta and has taught finance and economics at Rutgers University and the University of East Legon, Accra, Ghana. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from The New School and his MBA and BS from Rutgers School of Business.

Dr. Carliss McGhee is an author, educator and community organizer who serves as President of the Inglewood, California School Board. A powerful advocate for children, she has built her career on the foundation that growth and development in children requires looking at everything that impacts them.

Dr. McGhee created and implemented a program where parents of vulnerable children traveled together, providing them with unique experiences in West and South Africa, Europe, China and cities throughout the United States.

Elizabeth Rapp is the Executive Administrator for Motir Services, Inc., a Washington, DC-based firm providing facilities management, engineering, administrative, professional and information technology staffing.

She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Georgia before moving to the Washington, DC area. Ms. Rapp has spent several years volunteering with nonprofit organizations including To Inspire Strong (TIS) African Children Fund, Inc. and Southeast Children's Fund, Inc.