Plan names African native as new CEO

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WARWICK – Plan, the child-focused global humanitarian organization, today announced the appointment of Ahuma Adodoadji as its chief executive officer. He was selected by the board of directors to replace Samuel Worthington, the nonprofit’s executive director since 1995.
“I am … proud to have the opportunity to lead a major U.S. humanitarian organization committed to fighting global poverty,” Adodoadji said in a statement. A naturalized U.S. citizen, he was born in Ghana and is fluent in English, French and Swahili. Educated in Europe, he receiving a bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy, a master’s in area studies and a PhD in social history from the University of London, as well as an executive certification from the Kenya Institute of Management in Nairobi.
“I have been in this line of work for more than 25 years … at grassroots, national, regional and global levels,” he noted. Most of his experience has been with U.S. organizations, most recently as the leader of a seven-agency initiative – including CARE, Catholic Relief Services, International Refugee Committee, OXFAM-GB, Mercy Corps, Save the Children-U.S. and World Vision – that aimed to improve the emergency capacity of all humanitarian agencies.
His background has given him “an experiential understanding of the complex world in which we live,” Adodoadji said. “I am able to represent the developing world to Plan’s U.S. donors and partners and I can, at the same time, explain the needs of American donors to children, their families, and communities, in the developing world.”
His goals at Plan, he said, are to increase the nonprofit’s U.S. visibility to a level commensurate with its global reputation; to expand and diversify its funding base; and to expand its activities in relief and disaster response.
“Of course, this will involve a long-term strategy,” Adodoadji said, but we will mae a start in the coming year.” Over the next year, the nonprofit projects it will grow by at least 25 percent.
Plan – a global humanitarian nonprofit that this year is celebrating its 70th anniversary – has programs promoting self-reliance for more than 10 million children in 60 developing nations. Additional information is available at www.planusa.org.

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