Gbadebo Odularu

Leadership: Serve as a critical layer of continuity and are expected to assume executive functions as needed to maintain operations and decision‑making. Budget and Strategic Oversight Financial governance: At its annual meeting the IEB reviews and approves the proposed budget for the coming calendar year. Vice Presidents participate in this process as board members, contributing to strategic financial decisions and ensuring alignment between resources and ODE’s mission. Specialized Portfolios * Gbadebo Odularu — VP (International impacts) with implied emphasis on membership development and outreach. Manage assigned portfolios, coordinate related activities, and report outcomes to the board. Chapter Relations and Membership Development: ODE’s priorities include recognizing student achievement in economics, strengthening student‑faculty ties across institutions, publishing The American Economist, and sponsoring panels and competitions. Vice Presidents champion these objectives within their regions or functional areas, support chapter growth, and facilitate faculty‑student engagement. Awards, Recognition, and Convention Representation Awards oversight: ODE honors student leaders with the official ODE Honor Medallion; recipients typically have held chapter leadership roles and demonstrated initiative, service, and measurable impact. * Co-lead over International Executive Board meetings, ensuring leadership continuity and strategic decision-making. * Advocate for student recognition programs, honoring exceptional leadership within local chapters. * Foster international chapter development, expanding ODE's reach and impact in the economics community.

🎓 Career Development: 1. Visionary Leadership: sets the strategic direction for AFEA's mentorship and career development programs, connecting emerging scholars — from graduate students to mid-career economists — with senior academics and practitioners across academia, government, and industry. This pipeline helps advance careers across the African sustainable development ecosystem, while supporting member visibility and career growth in academic and professional settings. 🌍 Community-Development: 2. Advancing AFEA's Core Development Mission: fostering the research findings valorization among professionals in academic, business, government, and other organizations, aimed at advancing contemporary African development frontiers through the publication of scholarly works, sponsorship of conferences, in collaboration with institutions in Africa and the Diaspora. 4. Steering Committee Governance for Impact: Overseeing the Board of Directors (BD) achievement and ensuring every BD member's work advances AFEA's mission. 5. Bridging the Diaspora–Continent Divide: Leading AFEA's unique positioning as a convener of both Diaspora scholars and Africa-based academics and practitioners, thereby generating policy-relevant research with real on-the-ground community impact. 6. Safeguarding Intellectual Freedom: AFEA takes no partisan position, and it does not commit its members to any particular position on development matters. The Chair upholds AFEA as a credible, inclusive, and intellectually honest space that draws the best minds from across the diverse ideological spectrum. 7. Growing Institutional Partnerships and Funding: playing a frontline role in securing partnerships with universities, think tanks, multilateral institutions (World Bank, IMF, AfDB), and foundations to sustain AFEA programs, the AFEA & JAD Research and Opportunity Bulletin (AJROB), and conferences — directly funding the community development infrastructure that serves members.

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Subject Area: Health Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Advocacy, Systems Design, or related areas Scope of Work: Collaborate with the YPPH team to design and deliver online workshops, webinars, and training sessions for young public health professionals. Mentor and guide YPPH participants in selected subject areas, offering practical insights, advice, and career development support. Contribute to the development of innovative approaches and solutions in the chosen subject area that align with the mission of the West African Institute of Public Health. Engage in research, policy analysis, and advocacy initiatives to promote public health awareness and best practices within the region. Enrich the learning experience, participants should participate in virtual meetings, discussions, and networking opportunities with YPPH participants and other stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: 1. Develop and facilitate interactive sessions on health technology, advocacy, systems design, or other relevant topics. 2. Provide guidance and feedback to YPPH participants on their projects, presentations, and research activities. 3. Support integrating technology and innovation into public health practices to address key challenges in the region. 4. Lead discussions on current public health issues, trends, and emerging topics to stimulate critical thinking and knowledge sharing. 5. Collaborate with the YPPH team to evaluate the programme's effectiveness and recommend improvements for future cohorts.

• Providing input and guidance concerning curriculum aspects, including admission and assessment requirements, vocational profiles, relevance, and research. • Defining and setting academic standards for the learning programs concerned. • Monitor delivery and ensure adherence to standards, contributing to program review. • Advising on changes required in the curriculum due to changes in the external environment. • Providing advice on the vocational profile of graduates and diplomats and trends. • Advising on continued professional development and extracurricular offerings. • Advising on the establishment of entities. • Monitoring and reporting on the availability and relevance of laboratory equipment and infrastructure required for all programs and curricula. • Assisting the University in staff placement for sabbaticals and/or industrial experience. • Assisting the University in developing local, national, and international partnerships.

Gbadebo Odularu is a visionary leader and compassionate humanitarian dedicated to eradicating hunger and food insecurity. As the President and CEO of No Hunger Food Bank, Gbadebo has demonstrated unwavering commitment to providing nutritious food to those in need. With a background in the economics of community development and a passion for social justice, Gbadebo has led No Hunger Food Bank programmes such as Temporary Food Assistance Program, routine Community Breakfast, School feeding programme, Support-a-Girl-Child-Back-to-School, and Smart Mata-Agro-Hub, leading all these programmes toward ensuring continued support for Abuja and Northern Nigerian underserved populations who suffer food and nutrition insecurity. to unprecedented growth and impact, expanding its reach and effectiveness in addressing food poverty. Under Gbadebo's leadership, No Hunger Food Bank has implemented innovative programs and partnerships to ensure that individuals and families facing hunger have access to healthy and culturally appropriate food. Gbadebo's strategic vision and tireless advocacy have garnered widespread support for the organization's mission, inspiring others to join the fight against hunger. Gbadebo Odularu's tireless commitment to food loss and waste eradication at the Federal, State, and Local levels, his profound dedication to eliminating hunger and poverty, while serving the most vulnerable members of society have earned him recognition as a beacon of hope and change among the Hausa/Fulani internally displaced people (IDP) communities. As a faith leader who is always on the frontlines, and a believer in the power of service to help the needy, and heal those who serve, his leadership at No Hunger Food Bank continues to transform the lives of countless Northern Nigerians, fostering a future where every vulnerable Nigerian has the opportunity to thrive.

Strategic Vision and Leadership • Collaborate with the Board and senior leadership team to envision, lead and implement strategic plans ensuring that operating budgets, fundraising requirements, staff resourcing and development, and organizational priorities are aligned with the core mission and with consideration of all stakeholders. Internal Programs, Operations, and Staff Development • Assesses organizational capacity to implement strategies, identifies gaps in systems and staffing, and develops plans for correction, contingency, and succession; anticipates factors accelerating or impacting success. • Build and maintain a well-functioning, efficient organization through effective communications and collaboration: develop measurable goals and objectives to enable NHFB. • Communicate vision, strategy, and goals to staff; establish expectations and provide coaching, guidance, and leadership as to direction, resource utilization, and expected results. Fund Development and External Relations • Serve as the public face and official spokesperson of NHFB; promote the mission and services to all community constituencies, prospects and donors, the general public, elected officials, government agencies, and the media. Financial Management and Organizational Compliance • Manage and lead the fiscal health of the organization; ensure that the organisation's planning and budgeting process maintains a sound financial basis and supports both short-term and long-term needs and NHFB objectives. • Stewardship and accountability for the organization’s overall operational, ethical, and fiduciary integrity. • Ensure compliance with all food and occupational safety requirements. Board Relations • Serve as a thought partner to the Board of Directors to ensure relevant, accurate, and timely information is provided to inform and guide the Board’s strategic level thinking in an ever-changing environment. • Participate in the new Board member recruitment process and orientation.

RESPONSIBILITIES: - Acting as AFEA's chief spokesperson, cultivating strong relationships with major donors, corporate and foundation sponsors, clients, stakeholders, volunteers, and officials; • Maintaining a high level of visibility, both internally and externally, to promote the organization’s mission, to gain necessary resources and support, and to understand the needs of the community; • Leading and empowering the Standing Committee by leveraging a collaborative culture; • Effectively partnering and supporting AFEA’s Board Directors and Leaders on the implementation of key program areas; • Communicating regularly and openly with the Board and other constituents; • Leading the ongoing operations of the organization, including membership development, programs, and capacities; • Providing oversight for the financial affairs of the organization; monitoring the budget and expenditures; • In partnership with the Board, leading the development and implementation of strategic plans; • Advancing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion across all organizational efforts; and • Fostering effective strategic alliances with the National Economic Association (NEA), other economic and allied social sciences associations, partner agencies, and the American Economic Association (AEA), utilizing NEA, AEA, and ASSA networks to advance the work of AFEA.

The President of the Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee. In case of his disability, his duties shall devolve upon the President-elect. Each year, the President-elect of the Association shall appoint a Nominating Committee for the following year, this Committee to consist of a past officer as Chairman and not less than five other members of the Association. In addition to appointees chosen by the President-elect, the Committee shall include any other member of the Association nominated by petition including signatures and addresses of not less than two percent of the members of the Association, delivered to the Secretary before December 1. No member of the Association may validly petition for more than one nominee for the Committee.