ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Jackson George | Executive Director
Hon. Jackson George, Jr. is an entrepreneur who transformed his business experience into thought provoking, interactive agent of CHANGE. He is a graduate of Concordia University with emphasis in Organizational Management and Leadership. Hon. George is Executive Director of the Joseph Nyuma Boakai Foundation, the former Honorary Consul of the Republic of Liberia in Minnesota, USA. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Comfortable Living, Inc. a healthcare provider in the United States. The Founder and CEO of Strategy Africa, Inc. a Consultant Company in the United States and the outgoing President of the Liberian Business Association in the Diaspora.
Hon. George is Part Owner of The Park Liquor Outlet in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, the first Liberian-owned liquor store in the Midwest, the United States. He serves as a member of the Minnesota Malaria Community Advisory Board (CAB). He is a member of the Board of Directors of Prosperity Ready an organization that exists to develop the vast potential of immigrants to help overcome talent shortage crisis, and to enable organizations to reflect the communities in which they serve. A Member of the Board of Directors of the Organization of Liberians in Minnesota. An association with over 47, 000 Liberians in the state of Minnesota.
He is a former member of Brooklyn Park Business Forward Advisory Board. A former member of the Board of Directors of Minnesota African United (MAU), an African advocacy group that caters to the warfare of African immigrants in Minnesota.
Hon. George served on the Advisory Committee of the Hennepin County Multi-Cultural Diversity Committee and as a member of the Brooklyn Park Human Rights Commission.
He has conducted many workshops and seminars at conventions and programs. He is a Motivational Speaker who inspires people with culturally sensitive, thought-provoking methods for change. Hon. George is married to Ellena Kaine-George and have six children.
Henry S. Flanpor | Deputy Executive Director
A patriotic citizen of Liberia called by God to serve. Married and has 3 children. Has dedicated more than 29 years in professional services in Liberia.
Led a distinguished career in both public and private service, including community, services, a classroom teacher, counseling services/ advocacy for child soldiers, persons with disabilities/ Elderly people, Water and Sanitation services, Hygiene awareness, Psycho-social interventions for substance abusers / drug addiction youth, and other vulnerable people in Liberia. Facilitated trainings and supported small holder farmers in the area of best practice for the production of more yields at the local level in Liberia. Has made several interventions abroad as a Social Worker / counselor with the amputated Liberian children to obtain their prosthetics legs at the Shriners Hospital for children in Philadelphia. It was an initiative of Vice President Joseph N. Boakai Sr. in partnership with Global Medical Relief Fund (GMRF) and the Curtis family. One of the founders and Boards member for the formations of several Not-for-profit Organizations in Liberia.
A graduate from the Carver Mission Academy with High school diploma and the University of Liberia with BBA degree in Sociology and Mass communication Manor. Studied Project planning and Management from LIPA. A graduate from the Mother Pattern College of Health Sciences in Basic Social Work Skills and Training for Transformation (TFT).
Alonso Ngumbu | Finance Director
Strategic, and goal-focused professional with a solid academic background in Accounting and Financial Management; Self-confident and poised in interactions across all organization hierarchies, excellent time-management skills, an “out of the box” thinker with strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills with
- Insightful and articulate; adept at group dynamics, motivating others to achieve organizational goals.
- Strong sense of responsibility; hold intense work ethics and I am both a team player and an individual contributor.
- Problem solver; ability to handle problems with composure and provide adequate solutions in a timely manner.
Educational Background: I hold a Graduate Certificate in Auditing from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (2020), a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree with an Emphasis in Corporate Finance from Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. (2019), a Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Accounting from Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. (2014). Bachelor Of Science (MSc) Degree in Business Administration- California Coast University, Santa Ana, California-U.S.A. (2008), Diploma in Accounting from Lincoln Commercial Institute- Monrovia, Liberia (1991). High School Diploma from Kolahun Public School, Kolahun District, Lofa County, Liberia (1985).
Practical Work Experience:
U.S. Bank Minneapolis, Minnesota 2021-2022
Accounting Specialist-2 REG-E Department
Thomas Allen Consulting Inc. Minnesota, U.S.A. 2019 – 2021
Accountant- Guardian & Conservatorship Program.AFFORDABLE REALTY, LLC- Minnesota, U.S.A. 2009-2019Administrator/Managing Broker
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Minnesota, U.S.A. 2001-2004
Refugees Resettlement Case Manager
James Kokulo Fasuekoi | Communication Director
Our Communications Director is a career journalist, author and publisher
James Kokulo Fasuekoi, the JNB Foundation’s Communications Director is a career journalist, author, and award-winning reporter/news photographer, with over 35 years of professional work, mainly in newspaper journalism, and comes to the foundation with a wealth of experience.
A native of Liberia, he’s Christian and married, and editor for Global Ekklesia, a Christian News Magazine. He previously worked for most of the country’s leading independent dailies, prior and during Liberia’s first civil war, including, The News, Daily Star, Daily Observer and The Inquirer.
As a civil war journalist, Mr. Fasuekoi was Liberia-based national war correspondent for The Associated Press for eight years and some of his works were published by the BBC, CNN, New York Times, AFP, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, the Boston Globe and Baltimore Sun.
He previously studied Mass Communications at the University of Liberia in 1990, a study called off due to the outbreak of war, in addition to earning numerous certificates and diplomas from media training conducted by USIS-Monrovia, and the Ministry of Information, R.L.
In the United States, Mr. Fasuekoi furthered his studies in Journalism/Communications at LCCC (Penn.); Phoenix College (AZ), and holds an AA Degree in Biblical Theology from Spiritual Life Bible College, Minnesota, USA.
