Mr. Samb is a social entrepreneur focused on international development, who has over seventeen years of leadership experience in nonprofit management, program design and development, database management, fundraising, and training facilitation.
Prior to being tapped as the Director of Africa Programs at Phelps Stokes, Mr. Samb was the Associate Development Director of Sasha Bruce Youthwork, where he supported the organization’s development and programmatic operations including writing proposals and developing and coordinating staff training programs. He also facilitated the creation of the Development Department’s strategic plan and assisted with the agency’s operational strategies.
Prior to joining Sasha Bruce, Mr. Samb was a Senior Fellow at Phelps Stokes Fund, developing projects based on personal expertise to address the educational needs of Africans, the African Diaspora, Native Americans and other disenfranchised populations. Mr. Samb also worked at Africare to design, implement and manage an online communication platform for twenty six field offices in Africa.
Before joining Phelps Stokes, Mr. Samb held various positions including Partner Associate at Susterrra, an information management and collaboration technology organization; and Director of Micro-Finance at Cooperazione Internazionale, an Italian NGO working in Africa, where he directed the organization’s micro-finance and fundraising activities, distributed loans, managed departmental representatives and trained entrepreneurs and potential clients in small business and financial management including Making Cents TM. He also owned a business consulting firm, where he conceptualized and researched small business ideas, provided feasibility studies and proposal writing services, trained clients, and directed them toward financial partners.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Samb founded and served as the first president of GRADES, a national economic development organization in Senegal, working closely with political and religious leaders to respond to illiteracy, the lack of qualified employees, and unemployment among youth and women in a religiously conservative area where education is not emphasized.
Mr. Samb holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, a Diploma in Business Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship, and a Masters of Public Administration in Executive Leadership at American University in Washington, DC.
Mr. Samb is an active member and board member of several African- and African Diaspora-focused organizations including Constituents for Africa (CFA), African American United Caucus (AAUC) Next Generation of Leaders, Vort Port International (VPI), and the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Africa Working Group. He is the founder of SENEGEL, an organization of Senegalese young leaders around the world, and the co-founder of African Neoleaders, an organization for emerging leaders, and CEO of EXELEADMEN, an International Consulting, focusing on executive leadership, management, and entrepreneurship training and coaching for private and public sector managers. He is fluent in English, French and several West African Languages and conversational Spanish and Arabic.
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