Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University.

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Professor Evelyn Higginbotham
Professor Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She is currently the chair of the Department of African and African American Studies and has held this position since 2006. She also served as Acting-Director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute in the Spring 2008.

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Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Kwame graduated from Harvard College in 2006 with an AB in Economics and selected as a 2008 Morgan Stanley Ambassador where the firm sponsored him to do a year of non-profit management at the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), directly supporting HCZ CEO Geoffrey Canada. Upon completing his year externship, Kwame is currently in the 3rd year of his joint degree program at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government pursuing a dual masters in Business Administration and Public Policy. Kwame was recently named a 2010 Education Pioneers Fellow and a 2011 George Leadership Fellow.

Alex Almore
Alex joined the ADI team after working in Sierra Leone on malaria eradication efforts and being particularly inspired by Project ACWA. Invigorated by the young energy that comprises ADI, she wants to continue to increase undergraduate student involvement and as well as help shape the future vision and goals for the organization. Alex is a rising senior at Harvard University originally from Midlothian, Virginia.

Darryl Finkton
Darryl Finkton is the CEO and Co-Founder of ADI. Darryl leads the health and evaluation efforts for ADI and is also the head of ADI Consultations. A native of Indianapolis, Darryl received a BA in Neurobiology from Harvard University and read for an MSc/MPH in Global Health Sciences at the University of Oxford.

Sangu Delle
Sangu Delle is the Executive President and Co-Founder of ADI. Sangu presides over our global operations and leads our fundraising, strategy and project implementation efforts. A native of Ghana, Sangu received a BA in African Studies and Economics from Harvard University. Sangu has served on the board of the African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters, and has been involved in non-profit initiatives in Africa since 2000.

Ndu Okereke
Ndu currently resides in Manhattan, NY and serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the African Development Initiative. He has been involved with ADI from its inception, serving as Director of Finance for ADI's pilot project, Access to Clean Water for Agymenti and played an instrumental role in the financing elements of the project. Ndu is currently an analyst at Morgan Stanley in their Mergers and Acquisitions department.

Oluwadara Johnson
Dara joined the ADI team in 2008 as the CEO and Founder of Project Unveil. In addition to running Project Unveil, she leads ADI's operations in Europe driving its strategy, marketing, service development, and fundraising efforts. Dara received a BA in African and African American Studies from Harvard University in 2010. She holds a Gold Medal in Drama from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Vishnu Ravi
Vishnu joined the ADI team in 2009 and is currently serving as the director of Technology. Growing up in New Jersey, Vishnu started working with computer technology at a young age and has developed numerous software and hardware solutions over the years, including this website.

Cara Guenther
Inspired by ADI's emphasis on community-based programs, Cara joined the ADI team in 2010 and was immediately impressed by the organization's dedication and quality of work. Cara is thrilled about the progress ADI has made this past year and excited about its future growth and development. Originally from Germany, Cara is a rising senior at Harvard University.

Owen Wurzbacher
Owen learned about ADI from President Emeritus Adam Demuyakor and Adam's passion for the work inspired Owen to get involved. He worked on a youth grant-making task force for the Seattle Foundation in 2009 and hopes to contribute to the future growth and development of the organization. Owen is a rising senior at Harvard University and grew up in Seattle, Washington.

Yoan N'Komba
Yoan, a native of nearby Cameroon, was introduced to ADI by its Executive President, Sangu Delle. Inspired by the great emphasis on community and accountability, Yoan joined the ADI team in 2012 to continue the work of improving health, education, and development in Ghana, and beyond. Yoan is a rising Junior at Harvard University studying Philosophy, Government, and Economics.

Sarah Cirone
Sarah's bio is coming soon.

Ralph "Tre" Hunt
Ralph "Tre" Hunt III is a freshman currently studying at Harvard University. His interests include traveling, learning foreign languages, reading, and international development. He is originally from Durham, North Carolina, where his mother, father, sister, and two brothers currently reside.

Will Brophy
Will is a rising junior from Rochester, New York. Inspired by his travels to Ghana, he wanted to involve himself in a non-profit that works in Ghana. He was intrigued by ADI's focus on financial sustainability. Since joining ADI, his interest in the role of fundraising has blossomed, and he looks forward to helping the group in this avenue.

Tsega Tamene
Tsega Tamene is a rising sophomore at Harvard College, concentrating in History and Science or African Studies. She is passionate about global health and development issues in Africa, especially Ethiopia, where her family is from. She was inspired by the likeminded mission of ADI to empower Africans through sustainable projects. As Fundraising Officer, she hopes to create new ideas for funding these projects.

Rose Nyameke
Rose is Ghanaian, and joined ADI because she was thrilled about giving back to her country. She is a rising sophomore at Harvard and lived in Ghana until she started her college education.

Adiam Tesfalul
Adiam Tesfalul, a second generation Eritrean, is a rising sophomore concentrating in Economics and Government at Harvard University. Her passions and motivations come from her hopes of one day being able to give back to Eritrea in a meaningful and positive way. She joined ADI in 2012, after being inspired by its research based initiatives and projects in response to some of the developmental problems plaguing Africa. She looks forwards to contributing to the team dynamic and helping ADI spread its outreach and influence.

Debbie Onuoha
Debbie is a rising sophomore from Ghana and Nigeria, concentrating in History and Literature. She is inspired by ADI's research-based approach to finding sustainable solutions to developmental problems on the continent, as well as the opportunity for service in her home country, Ghana. As Publicity Officer, she looks forward to spreading the word about ADI's work to an even larger audience this year.

Lynda Negron
Lynda's bio is coming soon.

Naa Ayeleysa Quaynor-Mettle
Naa Ayeleysa is the president of the ADI-Ashesi team, domiciled in Ashesi University College in Ghana. She heads a strong team of dedicated members, mainly made up of Ashesi students and one alumnus to ensure the success of Project Agyementi; which seeks to build lavatories (KVIP's) for every household by June. Naa is passionate about development work with a focus on sanitation, education and economic growth. She served on the Ashesi student government as the welfare chairperson and is currently the president of the Ashesi peer educators group. She has attended such conferences for education as the World Innovation Summit in Education in Qatar, to discuss how education delivery could be improved looking through the lenses of Ghana. Naa is a rising senior majoring in Business Administration and looking forward to interning with Goldman Sachs this spring in London. She loves television and was the TV host of a live Saturday youth talk show up until late 2011.

Augustus Arthur
As a senior in Ashesi, all the values acquired throughout his leadership series from his freshman year, were properly aligned when he joined ADI-Ashesi. He learned about the team from President Naa Ayeleysa, whose passion for the development of sanitation in Agyementi inspired Augustus to get involved. Finally, he got the opportunity to exercise his role as a leader through service. He recalls that joining ADI-Ashesi was the most fulfilling decision he has taken during his time in undergrad school because of the visible impacts in the area of sanitation, which is a bottleneck for most rural communities in Ghana. He has worked on some Microfinance schemes and is looking to design one for the village as a tool for greater economic impact in the village. Augustus would graduate in June 2012 with a degree in Computer Science

Richard Odame
Richard is a vibrant and energetic young man, passionate about development work. This drive to make positive impacts in the lives of others motivated him to join the ADI-Ashesi team as head of operations and was immediately impressed with the projects being undertaken by the team. His vision is to spearhead all operations tasks to ensure the success of the Agyementi project primarily because it would help develop the Agyementi village in the area of sanitation. Richard is a freshman majoring in Business Administration and has strong interests in Accounting.

Nii Kommey Tetteh
Nii Kommey is a freshman who believes in the concept of community service. He recognized ADI-Ashesi as an avenue to practice this belief and subsequently joined the team. He loves the experience because he can see the direct impact it is making in the lives of the people of Agyementi. Nii Kommey is majoring in Business Administration and loves to teach Calculus in his free time.

Phoebe Amoako
Phoebe is a freshman student undertaking a major in Management and Information Systems (MIS). Her strong passion for community service and creating change positively in the lives of the less privileged coupled with her great writing, communication and public speaking skills, motivated her to join the Ashesi-ADI team as the head of Public Relations. Phoebe hopes to make an impact on not just her society but her generation as a whole by simply being the best that she can be. She certainly believes that being a part and contributing to the future success of ADI and its initiatives is a step in the right direction.

Nanette Taylor
Inspired by the impact ADI-Ashesi was making in Agyementi, Nanette joined the team as a research analyst to profile the members of the community in relation to the impact being made through extensive research into the state of the community (before and after coming into contact with ADI-Ashesi). The aim is to serve as a tool of measurement of the impact ADI-Ashesi is making in the lives of the people of Agyementi. Nanette is a freshman looking to complete a major in Business Administration. She loves to travel.