Board of Trustees (Foundation)

A well-qualified Board of Trustees, composed of individuals with experience in business, information technology, finance, law and African studies, oversees the Ashesi University project.

Aprile Age
Director
John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation
MArch, Columbia University


Yaw Asare-Aboagye
Sr. Director, Development Strategic Technologies
Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc
DVM, University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and MS, Tulane University School of Public Health

Patrick Awuah
Founder & President
Ashesi University Foundation
MBA, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Bill Bliss
Vice President, Product Management & Search
My Space
BS, Northwestern University

Neil Collins
Managing Director - Investments
UBS
BA, Claremont McKenna College

Kristi Helgeson
Legal Counsel
Adobe Systems Inc
JD, University of Washington

Peter O. Koelle
Chairman of the Board (retired)International Moscow Bank
MA, University of Munich, Germany
MS, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA
MBA, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

Scott Kucirek
California Association of Realtors
MBA, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

David Leonard
Dean Emeritus, International & Area Studies and Professor, Political Science
University of California, Berkeley; Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
PhD, University of Chicago

Nina Marini
Group Marketing Manager
Microsoft Corporation
MBA, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Patrick Nutor
Founder & Managing Director
Accu-Computers Ltd.
A.B., B.E., Dartmouth College

Gurdeep Pall
Corporate Vice President
Microsoft Corporation
MA, University of Oregon

Todd Warren
Corporate Vice President (retired)
Microsoft Corporation
BA, Northwestern University

Peter Woicke (Chairman of the Board)
Executive Vice President (retired)
International Finance Corporation
MBA, University of Saarbruecken, Germany