JOSEPH OGUNBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION - Key Persons
David is a young intern and volunteer at the JOEF organization. He a high school grade 5 science student who is preparing to become an engineer. David volunteers for the Foundation whenever he is on holiday from school, helping with both administrative and other volunteer duties
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Petroleum Engineer With a Masters
Miss Olusola is a Petroleum Engineer with a Masters degree and currently practicing her profession in an Agro- allied manufacturing firm in Oyo State, Nigeria.
She joined JOEF in 2022 as the Executive Director, helping to ensure that the programs are effectively implemented by involving in strategic planning and monitoring of organization's activities.
Mr Awoyemi is a Miriam Rothschild Scholar, University of Cambridge, UK and worked as Policy Lab at the Department of Public Policy, Central European University. He is an experienced professional, leader, motivational speaker and the past President Elect of the Society of Conservation Biology (SCB) African Section. He is a board member at JOEF and unique for his vast knowledge and experience in Strategic planning and management of activities in Non-Governmental organizations. He is very keen in improving gender balance in the educational sector in Nigeria and Africa in general.
Miss Offor is a Nigerian - Canadian Educational Psychologist and Guidance Counselor. Having obtained a first degree in Guidance and Counseling and a Master's degree in Managerial Psychology, she has previously worked at the Department of Women Development and Child Rights, in the Justice, Development and Peace Commissions at Ibadan, Nigeria. She currently works as an Educational Assistant with children with behavioral and Cognitive Delay in Calgary, Canada. She is well experienced in working on charitable projects and currently the Executive Director of JOEF, providing relevant support in monitoring the activities of the organization.
Job Titles:
- Founder and President ( Board Member
- Founder and President of the JOEF
Odegua is the Founder and President of the JOEF organization and the current president of Society of Women Engineers, Lagos Nigeria. She holds a first degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master degree in Industrial and Production Engineering. She has up to nine (9) years of experience in manufacturing industries such as Food processing, Agro - Allied and Plastics. She also has up to 15 years of experience volunteering as a Non - Profit Leader, Project Manager and Ambassador for both the JOEF organization and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in Nigeria, where she managed several international and local projects to inspire young girls and helping them to find and follow their dreams as future engineers and technologists. Odegua works with the JOEF's board of directors to oversee the Affairs of the organization.
Miss Ololade graduated from the University of Lagos with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and has acquired a lot of professional experience that has helped her in achieving a proper foundation in Computer Science & Information Technology, majoring in Software development & Graphics design. She was also a Web Designer for a Movie Store System in Lagos where she gained experience to deploy scripting languages such as HTML, CSS, PHP, JQUERY and JAVASCRIPT. Miss Ololade is a part time facilitator for hands on Engineering and Technology related activities for the JOEF organization.
Job Titles:
- Program Manager
- Associate in Project Management
Miss Osaretin is a certified Associate in Project Management. She is a graduate of the University of Benin, Nigeria and has a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering. She has a certification in business management from the African Management Initiative and Kaduna Business School. She is passionate about sustainable environment for the future and is taking active steps in empowering children through personal projects and volunteering. The currently volunteers with JOEF as the Program Manager
Mrs Salako has a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and currently works as a Hydrodynamics Engineer with Global Oceon Engineers Ltd, Nigeria. While carrying out her Internship at the Center4Tech Lagos, she first volunteered on a partnership project with JOEF as a facilitator where she trained up to 100 high school girls on Electronics design and Programming. She is passionate about impacting young girls through STEM projects and also a volunteer with the Society of Women Engineers, Lagos.
Rhoda is a part time volunteer for the James Ogunbor Education Foundation and will be on this project as a facilitator.