Maame Afon Yelbert-Sai

About Maame Afon Yelbert-Sai

Whole Woman Leader on a Mission to Inspire & Support Leaders to Unleash Potential and Maximize Impact. Strategy & Relationship Architect Leadership & Impact Coach Dynamic Facilitator and Moderator My husband and I enjoy raising our three children together, and I live by the motto “Do Good, but first Do no harm”. In college, I studied languages, living abroad in France and Guatemala. This gave me great exposure and expanded my thinking in many ways. Today, the skills I acquired during my study abroad continue to serve me in tremendous ways. In I moved to the United States for college and everything I get to do now began as part of this seed to broaden my horizon with a different experience after high school. I love music. I started singing as a teenager – singing solos in church and to entertain family and friends. Today, music remains a constant and integral part of my life. To-date, I have recorded four projects (a mixture of albums, EP and singles)- At the core, I am also a connector and a consummate networker! I enjoy identifying potential, finding talent, and connecting them to opportunities and resources to maximize impact and harness and unleash potential. All these parts that make the Whole Woman that I am led me to what I do today via the organization I founded in 2017, Mindsets for Impactful Leadership and Transformation (MILT)- Whole Woman: “Je m\'identifie comme une femme à part entière et une femme leader, ce qui signifie que je porte tout ce que je suis dans tout ce que je fais. Je suis convaincue que lorsqu\'on est ce qu\'on porte en toute intégrité, on transmet sa passion et sa vocation, et cela permet aux autres d\'en bénéficier.”

Experience

1. Core Guide (Facilitator & Impact Coach)

   Chief

   May 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   In my role: • I serve as a facilitator and executive coach for Chief\'s Core Groups •Help foster the group’s sense of connection and self-discovery, while supporting each woman\'s leadership path. Chief’s work is grounded in the mission of “driving more women into positions of leadership and keeping them there.\" Chief is specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down. Core Groups\' objectives: •To drive powerful personal transformation through a group-based experience to unpack challenges, foster deep connections, and accelerate leadership capacity •To help unravel leadership challenges in order to consistently be a better leader •To provide a confidential and supportive space to constructively brainstorm, problem-solve, strategize, and recharge in the company of trusted equals

Education

• Wesley Girls' High School

  A' level Certificate, Economics, Literature, French, History

  1994 — 1996

• Nungua Secondary School

  O' Level Certificate, French, Economics, Bible Knowledge (BK), English Literature, Agriculture Science, Home Science

  1989 — 1994

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  MAIPS, International Policy Studies, Gender and Development

  2004 — 2005

• Luther College

  Bachelor's, French and Spanish

  1999 — 2003

• Casa Xelaju, Guetzaltenango, Guatemala

  Spanish, Spanish

  2002 — 2002

• IES Study Abroad in Nantes

  French, French

  2002 — 2002