Board Members
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Reverend McGee brings a wealth of expertise in social and community activism, regional and international development,
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Nagraj is a Global IT Business Director at Axistechnolabs responsible for driving the company’s business worldwide.
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Sonya McGee
DirectorSonya McGee is a Native Mississippian and Tougaloo College graduate, Sonya McGee is an Area Sales Manager with Depuy-Synthes in the Washington, DC area. She holds over fifteen years of experience in the healthcare industry with a focus on sales, marketing and business development. Dedicated to philanthropy, she has raised thousands of dollars for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; alongside participating in their endurance training events held in Ireland, Alaska and Arizona. Her humanitarian efforts extend to Kenya where she participated in mission work with Elizabeth Baptist Church, building schools in Nairobi. Passionate about world travel and human connections, Sonya is the recent Co-founder of the Mississippi Passport Initiative (MPI), an organization promoting awareness of and access to international exchange opportunities and global awareness through education seminars and travel scholarships. MPI’s mission is to increase the number of Mississipians with passports and enrich international experiences.
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Nagaraj Baptla
DirectorNagaraj is a Global IT Business Director at Axistechnolabs responsible for driving the company’s business worldwide. With over fifteen years of experience offering a proven track record in developing and executing strategic business and management programs. His skills in automating online learning platforms for training and documentation are invaluable to the growth of the organization’s mission to empower women through the acquisition of new and tangible skills. Nagaraj is self-motivated, astute, and analytical, he has a great interest in promoting self-sufficiency and utilizing technology to improve the lives of people from traditionally excluded communities and countries. As a board member and advisor, his humanism and dedication to the mission is invaluable, and like Swami Vivekananda, he believes that “The great secret of true success and happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most success.”
Call:+91 99988 21457
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Ayanna Nahmias, PMP
Founder & Executive DirectorAyanna Nahmias, PMP is the Founder and Executive Director of Zimbabwe Farm Project. She is a certified Project Management Professional and Information Technology consultant, who initially self-capitalized the Zimbabwe Farm Project in 2015. She uses social entrepreneurship to increase women’s empowerment and food security. She believes that the only path to self-sufficiency, self-determination, and freedom is achieved through skills-based learning and work opportunities. As a daughter of Africa, it was important for her to honor her father’s legacy after his passing in Zimbabwe. He was a Pan-Africanist who believed in and worked for Africa’s empowerment and self-determination. She carries on this dream and is committed to “leaving the world a better place than the one into which she was born.”
Call:+1 202 669 6626
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Marco Nahmias
DirectorMarco Nahmias is a board member of the Zimbabwe Farm Project. He is a resident of Costa Rica and the founder of Eco-living, an organization focused on minimizing waste, limiting the use of earth’s natural resources, and the wise use of the environment. He brings his expertise and unwavering commitment to providing renewable resources and sustainable living solutions to the organization. He also brings his unique skills of working in a country resplendent with natural resources which need to be preserved while empowering the local community. Marco believes that “there is an endless supply of natural resources that can be restocked or made available without hampering the natural ecosystem, such as solar, wind energy.”
Call:+1 917 767 2016
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