Team

Dr. Nedelcovych is the Founder and Chairman of Africa Global Schaffer, a strategic consulting firm focused on project development, project finance, trade facilitation, and public-private partnerships in developing countries, with a particular focus on Africa.

Dr. Nedelcovych sits on numerous corporate and non-profit Boards of Directors, including West Africa LNG Group, Schaffer International Services, Vista Bank Group, Vista Bank Guinea, Vista Insurance Guinea, Fayus Inc., the Corporate Council on Africa, Invest Africa US, and Niger Delta Partnership Initiative (NDPI). He is a former member of the US EXIM Bank Sub-Saharan African Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the MCC Global Advisory Council.

Dr. Nedelcovych served in the Administration of President George Bush from 1989 to 1993 as the U.S. Executive Director of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. He was instrumental in formulating and executing the "private sector initiative" at the AfDB. including the African Business Roundtable and the African Export-Import Bank. Prior to being named Executive Director of the AfDB, Dr. Nedelcovych held the position of Principal at Arthur Young's International Consulting Group, specializing in privatizations and private investments in Africa.

At the beginning of his career, he served in the US Government as Peace Corps Country Director in Gabon, as Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Africa at USAID, and as Special Projects Officer at the US Trade and Development Agency.

He received a BA in Political Science from Yale University, an MA in International Relations from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Political and Economic Development from Florida State University in conjunction with Mohamed V University in Morocco. He speaks French, Spanish, Italian and Serbian fluently, and has a working knowledge of Portuguese.

Justin Forzano is the founder and CEO of Open Field, an international sport-based youth development organization based in Pittsburgh, PA with the mission to improve the lives and futures of youth through sport. Open Field promotes social-emotional learning, girls’ empowerment, post-secondary education and career readiness through the global game of soccer.  Under Forzano’s leadership, the organization engages more than 1,000 youth in positive learning experiences on soccer fields in Western Pennsylvania and in three African countries (Cameroon, Guinea, and Liberia). In addition to leading the organization, Justin is an active coach mentor, facilitating programming for immigrant and refugee youth in the Pittsburgh community. He holds a Master of Public Policy Management from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and is a graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Forzano is an Albert Schweitzer Fellow for Life and was named one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s ‘40 Under 40’ in 2018.

Mr. Alpha Camara is one of the most renowned architects in Guinea. Founded in 1989, Mr. Camara's firm "Cabinet Alpha Ousman CAMARA" provides architectural and consultancy services to some of the most important clients including the Government of Guinea.

Mr. Camara and his firm have been commissioned by the Government of Guinea to build several high-profile government buildings such as the Central Bank of Guinea Headquarters and Research and Training Center, Guinea National Electric Company, The World Bank Office in Guinea, Department of Justice National Directorate of Public Contracts, twenty different buildings for the Department of National Defense as well as two luxury hotels - Hotel Havana and Hotel Kaloum.

Mr. Camara has also designed, built and renovated many structures of significant importance throughout Africa including the renovation of the IFAD Headquarters in Segou, Mali, Guinean Embassy in Lome, Togo, relocation of the villages in Manantaly, Mali, renovation of the Clinic Hubert in Dakar, Senegal, cold storage facility in Libreville, Gabon and a 5-star hotel in Accra, Ghana.

Mr. Alpha Camara received an Engineer of Architecture degree from the University of Kharkiv in 1983.

Dr. Mohamed Camara is a Special Advisor to the President of Guinea regarding agriculture, food security, and water resources as well as environmental management issues. Prior to his current position, Mr. Camara served as a campaign strategist for President Barak Obama in 2008 and as a Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Guinean Army from 2001 to 2007.

Fluent in English, French, and several African languages, and having lived in France, United States, Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia, Mr. Camara has broad international experience and deep understanding across cultures. A volunteer for Habit for Humanity constructing homes for people in need, Mr. Camara also assisted the World Food Prize Foundation, an NGO focused on human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. 

Mr. Camara received his Bachelor’s Degree in Soil, Water, Environmental Sustainability Science from the University of Foulaya in Guinea, his Master’s Degree in Natural Resources Management and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Educational Extension and International Agriculture in Developing Countries from Iowa State University.

An avid soccer fan, Mr. Mohamed Camara organized and coached an intramural soccer team at Iowa State University for four years. He is actively involved in organizing, equipping, and training several local soccer teams in rural Guinea.