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Overview | Entertainment | Venue | Honorary Host Committee | Event Committee

 

ado iconIn the true spirit of the Diaspora, our Honorary Host Committee is made up of an amazing and influential group of individuals from diverse backgrounds. All are leaders in their respective fields and many are internationally recognized for their work. We are honored to have our Ball endorsed by the following individuals and look forward to having them join us: 


HOST COMMITTEE CHAIR
CONGRESSMAN DONALD PAYNE (D-NJ)
U.S. House of Representatives

BARONESS VALERIE AMOS
Former leader of the House of Lords and Life Peer, Great Britain

AMBASSADOR AMINA SALUM ALI
African Union Mission to the United States
 
DR. WITNEY SCHNEIDMAN
Co-Chair, Africa Experts Group, Obama-Biden Campaign for the President

LUDDY HAYDEN
Luddy Hayden & Associates

JOHN PRENDERGAST
Co-Chair, Enough Project and Human Rights Activist

GWENDOLINE KONIE
Former Ambassador of Zambia

GWENDOLYN MIKELL
Chair, African Studies Program, Georgetown University

NIMCO AHMED
Political Strategist and Community Leader

RUSSELL WILLIAMS
Two-time Academy Award Winner and Artist-in-Residence, American University

UZODINMA IWEALA
Award-Winning Author

CAMILLA BARUNGI
Ugandan supermodel and entrepreneur featured on Project Runway


ISHMAEL BEAH
Author and Human Rights Activist


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EVENT COMMITTEE

JULIAN B. KIGANDA, Event Chair
President, Vibrant Design Group LLC

GULED KASSIM, Event Co-Chair
Executive Director, Institute for Global Civic Empowerment

SEWARD B. COOPER, Sponsorships Chair
IDOA Entertainment LLC

EDDIE BURKE , Sponsorships Co-Chair

MOOROSI MOKUENA, Entertainment Chair
Vice President Client Services, R3I Solutions

REGAN CARVER, Sponsorships Co-Chair

TIFFANY GREEN, Finance Chair
Lockheed Martin

ANGELIQUE MUTOMBO-DAVIS, Food & Beverage Chair
Executive Director, Black Profesionals in International Affairs

JUNIE FRANÇOIS, Logistics Chair
The Africa Society

JEMMA HARRIS, Event Coordinator

ELINOR TESFAMARIAM, Legal Counsel

SHANDA GOTTLIEB, Certified Public Accountant
Beyond CPA

ANNA OTIENO, Marketing Committee

ASMAYIT YOHANNES, Sponsorship Committee

ADAEZE OKONGWU, Volunteer Coordinator
Project Director, Brazile & Associates, LLC

 

 


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