1. Ako Changa Onyango
1900 Talbot Street
Baltimore, MD 21207
C: 443-929-8761 8761 W: ochanga@hotmail.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Executive Director with over five years senior-level experience in non-profit and educational institutions.
Possesses a sound background in crafting business strategies, program development and assessment, policy
creation/ implementation, financial and personnel management. A consummate mentor with substantial
experience in training, client development and fundraising. An innovative thinker who uses sound
judgment and adaptability in evaluating challenges with sensible and productive solutions. More than eight
years of experience in effective supervision to motivate, guide, and inspire direct reports. Possesses
extensive interpersonal, organizational and communications skills; and interacts effectively with all levels
of management and staff.
REVELANT SKILLS
• Mediation
o Inclusive model mediation, re-entry and family planning special areas 10 mediations
completed.
o Family/Student/Faculty mediation, conflict resolution within the BCPS framework
o Resolution planning, coping strategies and personal accountability plans within the
Baltimore City community at large
• Partner Relations
o Developing and maintaining relationships with Corporate/Non-Profit organizations
o Currently maintaining mailing list of over 5,000 individuals within the CM target area and
demographic, cultivated over 6 years
o Served as community engagement advisor to several potential partner organizations such
as Reginald Lewis Museum, BCPS, Coppin State University School of Social Work
• Program Development
o Developing extremely effective workshop modules that reflect the core values of the client
o Delivering motivational lectures/ life skills workshops to urban youth and young adults
o Producing outreach programing for target constituents to create and maintain community
partnerships
• Fundraising
o Creating and conducting fundraising campaigns for successful initiatives such as:
§ World Berries summer youth enrichment scholarships fund 2015, $18,000 to date.
§ OBI summer sessions 2008-’14 $275,000
§ The Living Village Workshop series 2013 $15,000
§ Sankofa Center for Cultural Enrichment (SCCE) annual funds drive 2009-’11
$41,000

2. • Marketing
o Using traditional and unique approaches and a vast network of talent to create and
disseminate targeted messages
o Maintaining excellent relationships with media outlets and personalities including Fox
Baltimore TV, Commercial Radio and Public Radio
o Rote knowledge of illustration programs for creation of collateral materials
o Having relationships with various printing vendors including vinyl and large format, which
allow a high quality output at the lowest possible costs
• Organizational Development (OD)
o Identifying training needs of staff based on executive examination of organization’s
mission
o Implementing standard and unique OD strategies to manipulate organizational culture
o Finding and delivering engaging, relevant professional development to keep staff
motivated and engaged
o Using standard and organization-specific evaluation tools to determine next steps and best
practices
• Volunteerism
o Minimum of 250 hours annually engaged in local volunteer activities including but not
limited to:
§ Artscape
§ Tough Mudder
§ Eco Hustle
§ Save a Dopeboy
§ 300 Men Coalition for Change
§ Bethel AME Church
§ Urban Foli Dance and Drum
**Specialized Skillset: Transactional Analysis
• During a five-year contract with the US Army intelligence corps, trained extensively in human
intelligence collection gaining nonverbal communication detection, graphing for consistency, and
extensive report writing skills. I conducted over 500 interviews in 6 countries using 3 target
languages under a variety of threat conditions and supervision levels. Several of the reports I
generated became the standard framework for oval office briefs during the Kosovar/Albanian
conflict.
o Ability to glean subtleties from interviews/conversations and cross- source confirm for
accuracy

3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Deputy Director Downtown Cultural Arts 2015
Co-Founder/Executive Director Group Harvest 2013-Present
Founder/Executive Director OBI, LLC 2011-Present
Lead Instructor Respect for Life Ed. Service 2000-Present
Administrator Connexions Academy 2008-2010
Program Director Sankofa Dance Theater 2000-2011
Owner The Finisher LLC 2003-2010
Intelligence Collector U.S. Army 1996-2003
EDUCATION
University of Maryland Baltimore, MD
Master of Science- Public Policy Expected 2017
Coppin State University Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Science- Urban Studies in Education 2013
Minor: non-profit leadership
Fort Huachuca Military Intelligence School Ft. Huachuca, AZ
Human Intelligence Collection 1998
Class Rank 6 out of 87
Defense Language Institute Monterey, CA
Spanish Language intensive 1997
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Non-Profit Leadership Alliance
National Alliance of Home Builders
National Speakers Bureau
Organizational Change Consultant and Implementer - Executive Leader- Mediator -
Subject Matter Expert on Habits and Behavior of Urban Youth -
Institutional Liaison - Technical Writer - Computerized Presentations Specialist -
Facilitator/Moderator/Master of Ceremonies - Mentor -
Fluent Spanish Speaker - Carpenter - Drummer - Creative Mind