Volunteer

GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD

Tunji Ladner

Mr. Lardner holds a Bachelor degree in Philosophy from the University of Lagos (1980). His international experience includes a long association with the United Nations system, serving in various capacities worldwide.

Building on his early media career in Nigeria, he has over the last two decades gathered wide international experience including serving as an Adjunct Professor, Centre for New Media at the Columbia University School of Journalism (1996-8) and as a Research Fellow, Freedom Forum Media Studies Centre (1992-3) also at Columbia University. Mr. Lardner was also a Reuter Scholar/Knight Fellow with the Department of Communications at Stanford University (1988-9). He is a published media scholar and communications consultant with academic work at both Stanford and Columbia Universities, U.S.A., and as a consultant he has practical experience designing and managing complex and multi-media communications and public policy projects for The World Bank and the United Nations. He has served as a UN electoral staff observer and team leader, working to organize the historic 1994 South African Elections as well as a UN team leader in the monitoring of elections in Mozambique. He is the founder of WANGONeT.

Adam is currently serving as VP of Learning at Andela, helping to build the future of talent, software, and product development across Africa, North America, and Europe.

His curiosity and expertise have helped him serve as an Educator in K-12, higher ed, and professional training, as a Researcher in both academic and commercial applications, and as an EdTech business builder in multiple US cities. Throughout it all, he has held to one prime directive: to get learning right.

Amanda Gelender

Amanda is Senior Manager of Social Impact at GitHub, the world’s largest software development community. She graduated from Stanford University and is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate. Amanda oversees GitHub’s flagship social impact projects in the US and Nigeria. She has 14 years of experience in social change work across sectors and previously worked as Director of Strategy and Innovation at Vaya Consulting, a firm dedicated to supporting tech companies with diversity and inclusion efforts. Amanda is from California and currently lives in Amsterdam.

Adam Lupu – VP of Andela

Jumoke Fajemirokun

Jumoke Fajemirokun is a commercial lawyer with experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting joint ventures, acquisitions, project-related investments, public-private partnerships and other complex commercial transactions within the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors.

She holds a Bachelor degree from University of lagos and also Master of laws from Georgetown university law center.

Her experience includes working as an Advisory Legal Consultants, Senior Consultant, Legal Consultant.