Keynote Speaker
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. Congressman
Meet the distinguished leaders, legal practitioners, scholars, innovators and international experts who guided the 2025 academy.
The 2025 academy united an international faculty to prepare fellows for leadership across law, public policy, trade, diplomacy, innovation and sustainable development. The program connected expert instruction with practical perspectives from Africa, the Caribbean and the United States.
U.S. Congressman
Head, Marcus Garvey Memorial Foundation
U.S. Congresswoman
Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Single Market and Trade, CARICOM Secretariat
Director General, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program; Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
Explore the instructors and speakers by area of study.
UNHCR Protection Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Dominican Republic)
Senior Associate, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)
Founder, Director and Legal Representative, Sembrandopaz (Colombia)
Pan-African Movement Strategist, Open Society Foundations (U.S.)
Professional Standards and Human Rights Investigator, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida (U.S.)
Regional Principal Economic Adviser, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (U.S.)
Director, Regional Integration Coordination Office, African Development Bank Group (Uganda)
Chief Economist, United Nations Development Programme (African Region)
Trade Staff Director / Chief Trade Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (U.S.)
Director, Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law; Trade Law and Policy Expert (Barbados / St. Lucia)
Non-Resident Scholar, Africa Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (South Africa)
President, Women’s Bar Association (U.S.)
Team Lead, African Startups & SMEs in Export & Trade Secretariat (Ghana)
CEO, National Bankers Association (U.S.)
VP & Global Head of Government Relations, ServiceNow (U.S.)
Principal, Swan Creek Strategies (U.S.)
Chief Legal Officer, Cars.com (U.S.)
CEO, NBA Africa (Rwanda)
Partner, Three Crowns LLP (U.S.)
President & CEO, Ford Communications (Ghana)
CEO, Invest Caribbean (U.S. / Caribbean)
CEO, Colorbox Cosmetics (Ghana)
Chairman & CEO, Arcadia Hotel & Resorts (Barbados)
Founder, Mintoma (Ghana)
Founder, Tech Law Summit; Assistant General Counsel, CrowdStrike, Inc. (U.S.)
Program Associate, Center for Law & Innovation, Certa Foundation (Rwanda)
Secretary General, Kigali International Arbitration Centre (Rwanda)
President & CEO, BVI International Arbitration Centre (St. Lucia)
President & CEO, CPR Dispute Resolution Services (U.S.)
Arbitrator & Mediator (U.S.)
Mediator & Professor, Penn State University (U.S.)
Dean, African Centre on Law & Ethics, Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration Law School (Ghana)
Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus (Barbados / St. Lucia)
Meet the fellows who participated in the 2025 program or continue exploring the Garvey–Nkrumah Fellowship archive.
Meet the 2025 Fellows