09/03/2021
Today we celebrate Adjoa B. Asamoah, a seasoned executive, award-winning impact strategist, international influencer, leading authority on racial equity, and the founder of ABA Consulting,
She was tapped by the Biden-Harris campaign to serve as the National Advisor for Black Engagement and has served as a trusted advisor to numerous federal, state, and local officials. She is highly sought after to develop both high-profile and grassroots stakeholder coalitions, and liaise between political and corporate entities.
Adjoa chairs the Democratic National Committee’s African American Leadership Council, and has worked on several bi-partisan initiatives--including training women across the political-ideological spectrum at American University’s Women & Politics Institute.
She has provided subject matter expertise as an appointee to numerous national commissions, committees, boards, think tanks, and advisory councils for notable organizations, including NAACP, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Incorporated. She has been appointed by multiple DC superintendents to the federally-mandated State Title I Committee of Practitioners, and she has been elected as chair for four consecutive years. DC’s mayor appointed Adjoa to be her senior policy advisor managing the equity portfolio, and to the Commission on African American Affairs—serving as the highest-ranking elected member.
Adjoa is a frequent guest lecturer and was a teaching assistant and adjunct professor. She holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and African American Studies, and a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Temple University; a post-master’s certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from St. Joseph’s University. Adjoa was an international student at the University of Ghana and is an alumna of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University. She completed the UPENN Equity Institute for Doctoral Students at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, and is a doctoral candidate in Leadership (Administration and Policy) at The George Washington University.
She holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and African American Studies, and a master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Temple University; a post-master’s certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from St. Joseph’s University; and she holds multiple licenses, including one as a behavior specialist. Adjoa was an international student at the University of Ghana and is an alumna of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University. She completed the UPENN Equity Institute for Doctoral Students at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, and is a doctoral candidate in Leadership (Administration and Policy) at The George Washington University.
