Meet Our Team
Regardless of where we live, we are passionate about making a difference.
Global Team
Passionate Leaders
Diverse Expertise
Core Team
Our executive team driving the mission forward
Derick Cho
Director, Operations
Derick leads our operations in Cameroon. He is in charge of organizing our outreach efforts to prospective students and ...
Cameroon
Joyce Nguenkam
Director, Admissions
Joyce oversees the admissions to The Urega Scholarship program focusing on the design of the prospective scholar's exper...
United States of America
Daphne Chebesi
Director, Scholar Experience
Daphne works to define our scholar experience after admission. She is focused on developing and implementing initiatives...
United Kingdom
Simeon Kongnyuy
Director, Technology & Innovation
Simeon, a 2021 Urega Scholar, now leads Urega’s technology strategy end to end. He oversees internal systems, website an...
Urega Scholar
Rwanda & Cameroon
Emmanuel Ngolefac
Associate Director, Field Operations
Leveraging his background as a teacher and educator, Emmanuel helps us develop and execute our field initiatives in the ...
Cameroon
Winston Ndi
Associate Director, Scholar Experience
Winston, a 2021 Urega Scholar, is part of our programs team focused on developing new academic initiatives to help provi...
Urega Scholar
United States of America
Fellows
Dedicated team members supporting our scholars and operations
Hendrick Touka
Fellow
Project Manager at Sinco Technology
South Africa
Christian Kamgaing
Fellow
Independent Photographer at MakChris
Cameroon
Bill-Gates Nguimeya
Fellow
Software Engineer at Kaeyros Analytics
Cameroon
Jackson Matakon
Fellow
Independent Urban Architect
Cameroon
Emmanuel Mandeng
Fellow
Cameroon
Steve Kamdem
Fellow
Germany
Chinonso Achilike
Fellow
United States of America
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