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Bio of Dr. Emmanuel O. Ojameruaye
Dr. Emmanuel Ojameruaye is President/CEO of Capacity Development International, LLC, has more than 30 years of experience in teaching, training, research, community and international development management. He is also a contract local for the American Institute of Foreign Studies-Academic Year in American Program in the Phoenix area. He was the Vice President for Research, Program Development, Monitoring and Evaluation at the International Foundation for Education & Self-Help, a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona State from 2002 to 2013. He held several management positions at the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria from 1992 to 2002, including the Head of Community Development in the Western Niger Delta region. He also served as a National Consultant Economist/Statistician for the UNDP-funded National Data Bank Project in the Federal Ministry of Budget and Planning in Lagos, Nigeria from 1989-1992, and was a Lecturer in Economics and Statistics at the University of Benin, Benin-City, Nigeria from 1982 to 1989. Dr. Ojameruaye received his master’s and doctoral degrees in Economics at Warsaw University, Poland and University of Benin, Nigeria, majoring in economic planning, energy economics, econometrics and statistics. He has attended several training programs, workshops and conferences in several countries including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, South Africa, Belgium, United States, Japan, Ethiopia and Ghana. He is a member several professional organizations including the Project Management Institute (USA), Grants Writers Association (USA), American Economic Association and the Nigerian Economic Society. His areas of expertise include community development, international development, program design and management, grants/proposal writing, economic research and policy, conflict management and mitigation, monitoring and evaluation. He has over 120 publications including three books, chapters in several books and articles in peer-reviewed journals such as OPEC Review. He has also managed several education, integrated community development, conflict management and health programs/projects in several sub-Saharan African countries. He has developed over 60 solicited and unsolicited funding proposals several of which have been funded by the United Agency for International Development (USAID), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Mars Corporation, etc. He has also authored, co-authored or contributed to over 100 program/project monitoring and valuation reports. Originally from NIgeria, Dr. Ojameruaye is a naturalized United States Citizen, married to Josephine Ojameruaye and they have five children and two grand children. They live in Phoenix, Arizona State in the US.