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Dr. David Allen Hancock received his BSA in Management Information Systems from the University
of Michigan in 1981. In 1991, Dr. Hancock received a Masters in Interdisciplinary
Technology from Eastern Michigan
University culminating years later in his Doctorate in Management and
Organizational Leadership. Dr. Hancock brings a wealth of experience in multiple industries and organizations to provide progressive
solutions to today’s organizational issues. Dr. Hancock spent 22 years, the majority at Ford Motor Company, learning
various aspects of the automotive industry… from Information Technology to Purchasing/ Procurement models as well as
the science of Logistics and Distribution in Supply Chain Operations Management.
In the Health Care Industry, Dr. Hancock has worked with some of the largest healthcare organizations in the United
States, notably Blue Cross Blue Shield and Wellpoint,
in the development of new strategies for membership enrollment, claims processing, business analysis,
and project management.
AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Expert on issues relating to trust within organizations affecting productivity and profitability.
Keen observer and good listener to diagnose and solve problems of organizations. Able to meet obstacles and challenges and
overcome them. Have worked as a consultant to major corporations and also managed teams in a corporate environment. Responsible
for numerous projects that were managed to a successful conclusion.
LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Insightful and knowledgeable with regard to issues in transportation and logistics. Managed in-land
transportation and distribution of goods by marine, rail, and truck modalities. Involved with import and export operations
and the challenges inherent with these operations. Able to manage overall distribution network and personnel to maintain and
grow organizational profitability.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Experienced in bringing innovation solutions to data management challenges. Able to
manage teams of developers and guide them to achieve project and organizational objectives. Industry experience includes automotive,
health care, insurance, and software development. Brings unique perspective
and inter-disciplinary skill set to provide answers to questions that may challenge others limited
by a single, uni-dimensional viewpoint. Software utilized include: JCL, COBOL, DB2, IMS, PL/1, FORTRAN, and FOCUS. Query languages included: SQL, Showcase, and Advanced Microsoft
Access. Platforms operated upon: IBM/MVS, Honeywell, Burroughs, MS/DOS, and AS400.
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Dr. Anthony O. Ejiofor- Vice President:
EDUCATION:
· B.Sc. Microbiology,
University
of Nigeria, Nsukka;
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Ph.D. Microbiology, University UNN/University of California, Riverside.
· Specialization in
Fermentation Technology and Vector Biology and Control
POST-DOC:
· Biotechnical Engineering Division, Gesselschaft für Biotechnologischė Forschung, Braunschweig,
Germany
· Biochemical Engineering
Division, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Canada
FELLOWSHIPS:
· UNDP/World Health Organization, Alexander
von Humboldt Stiftung, African Biotechnology Network, and British National Council for Microbiology
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Worldwide research experience at
· Ben Gurion University of the Negev Israel,
University of Harare, Zimbabwe, International Center for
Biotechnology Research, Trieste, Italy, and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
WORK EXPERIENCE AND MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Dr. Ejiofor is a Professor of Microbiology at Tennessee
State University where he is
a Senator in the University’s Faculty Senate. He is a member of several professional organizations such as the American
Society for Microbiology, Society for Industrial Microbiology, Society for Invertebrate Pathology, the Tennessee Academy of
Science and the Beta Kappa Chi Hon Society. He is also the Vice President and Chief Financial Executive of Ebi Care, Inc.,
a multi-million dollar Middle Tennessee Agency that epitomizes care delivery in the state. Ebi Care, Inc. has operations in
major community centers of Middle Tennessee. Prior to working in Germany and Canada Dr. Ejiofor was the Head of the Department of Applied Microbiology & Brewing, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Dr. Ejiofor has published
extensively in internationally reputable journals in the areas of industrial microbiology, process control, molecular biology
and control of entomopathogens
Dr. Anthony Ejiofor brings
a wealth of experience in people management, fund sourcing and financial management acumen to Terra Brücke International as
the Vice-President. Dr. Ejiofor also serves as the President of Solace Services, Inc. a Tennessee
based management consultants to the State of Tennessee.
On community front, Dr.
Ejiofor is the Executive Director of the World Igbo Congress (WIC). He took the WIC Foundation (WICF) from the drawing board
and made it a vibrant organ of the Congress. As the Executive Director of World Igbo Congress, Inc., he has developed several
projects including models for railroad, highways, river ports and power generation with linkages for funding through BOT/BOO
arrangements with European and Southeast Asian partners.
He brings these experiences
to the Terra Brücke International team as it strives to be the foremost provider of management consultancy in infrastructural
and human resources development to the federal, regional and local governments and financial institutions of African.
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Dr.
Fumi (aka Princess Fumi) is the co-founder of CAMBIUM
BREAK, Int'l, a consortium of change management professionals
whose goal is to make a difference in the
global business market; with great emphasis on the US and AFRICA. She is also the Director of Operations
for Terra Brucke International.
Born into a Nigerian Royal Family: The Adumori Royal Household from Emure
Ekiti, Ekiti State,
Nigeria, Dr. Fumi left Nigeria
for the US over 24 years ago to complete a Masters
Degree in Communications Arts. Since then, she has graduated with honors holding a Ph.D in Strategic Communications.
In addition, she is a Registered Nurse with various experiences in the nursing field.
She has coordinated several programs for women and children with many social service agencies in the
New York and New Jersey areas, ranging from foster care, adoption, second chance homes for pregnant teenagers to crisis intervention
programs for battered women and has trained many groups ranging from small business owners to individuals on business management,
nursing education while presenting on several topics across the country, particularly on topics geared towards women
affairs.
With her
passion for life and fashion, she alongside her partner, Ms. Yolanda Shields, launched a Fashion House based out of US,
whose primary goal is to bring awareness to poverty and hunger in third world countries, particularly Africa.
The ADASSA Brand as well as the Foundation: ADASSA ADUMORI FOUNDATION, are just a tip of what Dr. Fumi has brought to todays' business market.
It is no
surprise that she has decided to lead this team of effective and efficient professionals in bringing change to the business
sector in the global market with great emphasis on Africa. She is also more than happy to
return to our homeland-Nigeria to help "build the bridge" between Africa and the US. Her desire is to help people achieve their ultimate potential. She is
accomplishing this by leading this consortium with great pride and humility.
AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP:
Possess
an adept ability to guide, manage and mobilize individuals, faith organizations, non-profits, community groups and local and
tribal governments to come together to serve those in need. Not easily deterred when confronted with obstacles or challenges.
Has the ability to identify issues, assess options, formulate and implement successful strategies to meet needs. Understand
and appreciate the religious, cultural, social and geography diversities of Community being served and able to work effectively
with a range of individuals and groups. Possess a passion for service and an excitement for ones responsibility to promote
and advance the goals of the community initiatives program being represented.
SOCIAL SERVICE/ NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION/ WOMEN’S AFFAIRS: Management,
Foster Care and Adoption; Family Preservation; Women Domestic Violence Shelter; Teenage Pregnancy Program-2nd Chance
Homes for Pregnant Teenagers; Crisis Intervention; Senior Care; Individual and Group Therapy; Case Management; Child Abuse
and Neglect; Senior Abuse and Neglect; Medicaid & Medicare Services: US Gov’t Subsidy Health Care Plan; Adult and
Child Protective Services.
EDUCATION/ TRAINING: Management
Training at Executive Level; Development and Implementation of school curriculum (primary through university levels); training
staff, students and governmental arms; technical expertise in building and maintaining schools from ground up; developing
technical materials to run varied Health Plans; entrepreneurial training, business development and start ups: Business plans
and grant writing.
NURSING & PUBLIC HEALTHCARE: Effective
Supervision of Established Programs; Policy, Procedure Designing & Implementation; Reviewing of current Health Plan Systems
in California &Tennessee to provide corrective measures for growth; Effective Partnership Collaboration with outside Agencies
to roll out new Health care programs; knowledge of disaster relief; Knowledge of: Case Management; Diabetes Management; Renal
Failure Management; HIV/AIDS; High Risk Pregnancy; Pediatric Care; Immunizations; Neonatal Care; Obstetrics Nursing; Medication
Management; Adult Medical-Surgery Nursing: Cardiac Care, Respiratory, CHF, Neuro, Trauma, Burn Victims Care, Asthma, Oncology
(Cancer Care); Intensive Care; Geriatric Care.
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Mrs. Nonye Ejiofor-Director of Human Resources
EDUCATION:
B.ED, Counseling, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
M.ED, Counseling, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Nonye Ejiofor is the President / CEO of Bastion Inc, Nashville Tennessee and CEO of Solace Services LLC also in Tennessee. She was a Team Leader with Tennessee Department of Children
Services. She was the first Guidance Counselor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Bastion Inc educates and empowers immigrants in Tennessee. It also educates and trains HIV / AIDS trainers in Nigeria. Solace Services LLC, is an agency that provides services to children in
state custody, trains foster and adoptive parents for local and international adoptions, provides counseling services for
adoptive parents. The company also does consultancy services for International business investments in Nigeria by providing relevant and up to date information about various aspects of business
development and market information about business investments, opportunities and legal implications of owning a business in
Nigeria.
Nonye
Ejiofor is the Director of Human Resources for Terra Brücke
International. major Banks, Platinum Habib Bank in the United
States by recruiting customers and marketing the bank. The company counsels Nigerian Diasporas
in the process of relocating to Nigeria.
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
She specializes in the following training: diversity, leadership, HIV/AIDS trainers training, economic empowerment,
business start up and management and foster and adoptive parent training. She is also a motivational speaker and offers career,
educational and marriage counseling.
Her community service pursuits are many. Her affiliations include a Commissioner
in the Human Relations Commission of Davidson County Metro Government, Leadership
Nashville Class of 2006, CABLE (Nashville’s Premier
Business and Professional Women’s Networking Organization) and Nashville African Chamber of Commerce. She is also a
board member of the following organizations: American Association of Refugee and Immigrant Women, Women in Numbers (WIN),
Community Nashville (Formally NCCJ) and Metro Human Relations Commission to mention just a few. Ms. Ejiofor believes that
to give back to the community is to strengthen one’s life.
She received the Bank of America local
Community Hero Award of 2006 for the bank’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative. She was also Athena Nominee in 2007;
The ATHENA Award honors outstanding women leaders for their career successes, service to community and encouragement of women
that seeks to inspire others to achieve excellence in their professional and personal lives. Nonye Ejiofor is determined and
incredibly passionate about everything she does. She inspires people for all
the right reasons. She is a voracious worker because she knows that the people she inspires will make positive impact in the
community. A devoted mother, wife and active member of the community, Ms. Ejiofor
has diligently held to her vision and has been known to bring passion, commitment, decisiveness to all her community and business
involvement.
Her dedication to a project is best defined by tenacity and positive
results. She strives to lead by example in every endeavor. She is always thinking of ideas for improvement for her company
or other organizations that educate and empower people to realize their full potential and be the best they can be. Her leadership
style is one of inclusive and leading by example.
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