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Accordia Selects Team to Advance Mission
September 23, 2013, Washington, D.C. – Accordia Global Health Foundation has named three new members to its senior leadership team: LMichael Green, Vice President, Development; Serap Akisoglu, Director, Individual Giving; and Melissa May, Director, Communications. The Washington DC-based nonprofit, which creates and supports innovative health models, builds centers of excellence, and strengthens academic medical institutions in Africa, also announced the appointment of a new office manager. The team was brought on board to raise the organization's profile and expand its program improving healthcare for Africans.
With more than 20 years in nonprofit development, strategic planning, and marketing, LMichael Green has led programs for the International Partnership for Microbicides, the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Africare, and CARE USA. Prior to his years in humanitarian assistance, Green was a successful marketing executive in the private sector. His marketing career included brand management positions with Coors Brewing Company, The Pepsi-Cola Company, Kraft Foods, and General Foods.
Green received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University with a double major in Government and Economics. He also holds a Master's in Business Administration, with a Marketing and Finance concentration, from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Serap Akisoglu is Accordia's Director of Individual Giving. She recently served as the Director of Development for the National Immigration Forum and was previously the Director of Major Gifts and Foundations at TechnoServe. She earned a liberal arts degree from Duquesne University and a graduate degree in International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. Akisoglu will focus on generating major-gift donations as a core member of the Development team.
Accordia appointed Melissa May Director of Communications. May has more than 20 years of marketing communications experience in the private and public sector. She holds a B.A. from Purdue University and an M.A. from the University of Texas. She is the former Vice President of Communications and Marketing at BrightFocus Foundation and Director of Public Information for the Population Council. She previously managed public relations teams at AirTouch Cellular (now Verizon Wireless) and Airborne Express (now DHL).
Amy Butler has joined Accordia as its office manager and executive assistant to President and CEO David Greeley. Butler has more than ten years of administration experience, working most recently at Datawatch Systems, Inc. She held previous posts at Autobytel Inc. and Rosenthal Automotive.
"We are pleased to be building on our own new capacity for healthcare systems strengthening," said Accordia President and CEO David Greeley. "This is an exciting time in our history as we're striving to replicate successful, transformative models for improving Africans' health.
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Accordia Global Health Foundation is a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that works in partnership with individuals, corporations, foundations, NGOs, and governments from around the world to address pressing health concerns in Africa by creating innovative health models, building and supporting centers of excellence, and strengthening medical institutions. For more information, visit www.accordiafoundation.org.
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