Board and Staff
Board of Directors
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Alioune Sogue, President Dr. Sam DeSouza, Vice President Kit Taintor, Executive Director (non-voting) Senait Ketema, Treasurer Fayha Suleman, Member Florian Ezui, Member |
Rachel Mukwaya, Member Maxime Edja, Member Bushra Saido, Member Raphael Mukendi, Member Boubacar Diatta, Member |
CAO’s all African board is chosen for their leadership and expertise as individuals and undergo a vigorous vetting process. The board heads a number of specialized committees, including:
- Institutional Reform, Gender Equality, and Human Rights Committee;
- Immigration, Integration and Legal Affairs Committee;
- Economic and Social Affairs Committee;
- Publicity and Youth Development Committee; and
- Case Management Committee.
Any CAO member, who has the right qualification, time and willingness to serve his/her community, is welcome to apply for a CAO committee membership. If you are interested in serving on the CAO board, please contact Kit Taintor at kitt@caoden.org.
Staff Members
- Kebede Gellan, Lifeskills ESL teacher kebedeg@caoden.org
- Linda Johnson, Coordinator of Volunteers lindaj@caoden.org
- Hussein Sirad, Case Manager husseins@caoden.org
- Adrien Mangituka, Case Manager and Community Liaison adrienm@caoden.org
- Dr. Oumar Ouattara, Community Health Project Manager oumaro@caoden.org
- Kit Taintor, Executive Director kitt@caoden.org
- Lisa Bright, Community Education Coordinator lisab@caoden.org
- Kedija Muhie, Receptionist/Office Assistant kedijam@caoden.org
- Moawia Mohammed, Computer Literacy Instructor, moawiam@caoden.org
- Suhair Abdelghani, Class Assistant, suhaira@caoden.org
- Emmanuel Ndayishimiye, Class Assistant, emmanueln@caoden.org
- George Brown, Citizenship Education Coordinator, georgeb@caoden.org
- Desalegn Seyum, Civics ESL Teacher,desalegns@caoden.org
- Yaa Frimpong, Civics ESL Teacher, yaaf@caoden.org
- Drucie Bathin, Colorado Rangers Organization, Director, drucieb@caoden.org
- Christ Hae, Colorado Rangers Organization Community Organizer, christh@caoden.org
- Setu Nepal, Global Bhutanese Community Colorado Project Coordinator, setun@caoden.org