Mercy Umeri
Mercy Umeri is currently a graduate student of the Hugo Wall School, pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a graduate certificate in Non-profit Management at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. She is a member of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and a certified trainer with the Centre for Management Development (CMD) from Nigeria. Her ultimate goal is to be well equipped for a career in organizational and non-profit management so that she can contribute tangibly to the development of education for girls and women in Africa and all around the world.
Over the course of fifteen years, Mercy Umeri worked in non-profit organizations
and eventually started her own management and development consulting firm in 2011.
She is deeply involved in building capacity for governments and organizations. She
has organized educational programs and training workshops in workforce development
offering performance improvement to government agencies within and outside Africa.
Mercy Umeri is very passionate about the issues of gender equality and women’s inclusion,
which is a core part of her work. She believes that education will empower and put
women on the path to limitless possibilities. She encourages more women to get involved
in empowering other women, in her words, “We better understand the battles that we
face and we can tell our stories better than anyone else”.
Highlights of how the topic is connected to the theme of curiosity, creativity and
connection.