Dear ANPA Members and Colleagues,
I am pleased to write this inaugural Board Report to our membership to inform you on Board activities since July 2022. The current Board comprises eleven members, inclusive of two standing EXCO members, the National President and Secretary respectively.
Term ending June 2024: Yele Aluko, Nkem Chukwumerije, Mercy Edionwe, Lanre Jimoh
Term in current EXCO role ending June 2024: Chinyere Anyaogu, Gertie Anyanwoke.
Term ending June 2026: Oranu Ibekie; Phillip Igbinadolor, Stella Kpaduwa, Chine Logan, Nnamdi Maduekwe
The ANPA Board is committed to organizational strategy that will deliver Good Governance, Stakeholder Value, and Financial Stability.
Board Meetings
Since its June 2022 inception, the Board has met on the following dates;
- November 4-6, 2022: Winter Board Retreat, Scottsdale AZ,
- December 10, 2022: (Virtual)
- January 23, 2023: (Virtual)
- February 27, 2023: (Virtual)
- June 23, 2023: Annual Scientific Convention, New York, NY
- July 19, 2023: (Virtual)
- September 11, 2023: (Virtual)
- October 22, 2023: (Virtual)
- November 3-5, 2023: Winter Board Retreat, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
The following Board Resolutions were passed in 2023:
In furtherance of Good Governance
Adoption of Recommendation for:
- Creation of Board subcommittee to develop Board Performance Scorecard
- Implementation of subcommittee recommendation for Board of Directors Performance Scorecard
- Creation of Board subcommittee to develop EXCO Performance Scorecard
- Implementation of subcommittee recommendation for EXCO Performance Scorecard
- Creation of Board subcommittee to develop defined calendarization of ANPA Board meetings.
- Implementation of subcommittee recommendation for Board meetings to occur in June, September, November, and February and as further needed.
- Creation of Board subcommittee to develop process to evaluate current and ongoing relevance of ANPA Mission and Vision Statement to the organizational growth over the next decades.
In furtherance of Stakeholder Value
Adoption of Recommendation for:
- Honorary Membership status for Ogun State Nigeria based Dr. Oluwole Kukoyi, and for Federal Capital Territory Nigeria based Dr. Ibrahim Wada.
Approval of strategic partnerships with:
- Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO): ANPA has entered a strategic partnership with the Global Echo Network to establish and operate a highly effective Nigeria ECHO network. This scalable model of virtual care will optimize clinical care in Nigeria by connecting ANPA members to local Nigerian medical providers. Project ECHO will establish Virtual Communities of Practice in Nigeria that collaboratively scale-up the capacity for local healthcare workers to treat patients in local communities.
- Rotary Club District Nigeria: ANPA has entered a strategic partnership with the Rotary Club Nigeria to provide logistical support for ANPA’s in country activities, with an immediate focus on mitigation of HPV and polio in Nigeria.
- United Nations Foundation: Seeking to develop ANPA enabled in-country competencies to eradicate malaria in Nigeria.
The following Board Committees were formed.
- Board Performance Scorecard Committee: to develop process to evaluate performance of the BOD based on expectations outlined in ANPA Bylaws – Anyanwoke, Chukwumerije, Igbinadolor
- EXCO Performance Scorecard Committee: to develop process to evaluate performance of the EXCO based on expectations outlined in ANPA Bylaws – Anyaogu, Ibekie, Jimoh
- Board Calendarization Committee: to develop calendar of regularly scheduled Board meetings and process for regular EXCO communication to the Board – Edionwe, Eke (non-Board EXCO member), Kpaduwa, Logan, Maduekwe
- Board Mission and Vision Committee: to develop process to evaluate ANPA Mission and Vision Statement – Aluko, Anyaogu, Edionwe, Jimoh
- Board Administrative Secretariat Committee: to provide recommendations for structure, staffing and implementation of a new ANPA Executive Secretariat overseeing activities in the USA and Nigeria: – Aluko, Anyanwoke, Anyaogu, Chukwumerije, Logan
Unmet Opportunities
In furtherance of Financial Stability, the ANPA Board seeks to develop strategic partnerships of reciprocal value with US and global organizations that align with ANPA’s purpose. So doing we will build a diversified and sustainable pipeline of programmatic sponsorship and funding that will drive financial stability and enhance the ANPA brand globally over the future decades.
It has and continues to be, a singular privilege to serve.
Yele Aluko MD, MBA, FACC
On behalf of the ANPA Board of Directors