Adanma Ude
Senior Director of Community Partnerships
Adanma joins us from NFTE (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship), as the former Regional Director of NFTE New England. At NFTE, Adanma worked with schools, students, and community members to help shape future leaders with the entrepreneurial skills to succeed in today’s society. Adanma also actively serves as the Co-Chair, Parent and Community Education and Involvement Advisory Council of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and brings a breadth of community partnerships experience as she also served as City Year’s Community Partnerships Director and Kipp’s Coordinator of Family & Community Engagement in past years.
Adanma is a proud alumna of Suffolk University where she received her Bachelor’s in English, and Northeastern where she earned her Master’s in Nonprofit Management and Project Management. Adanma will be supporting TPZ’s efforts in engaging with our youth recruitment partners, ecosystem building efforts, and activating the Innovation Center.
Adanma’s fun facts are that she loves to cook and is always down to chef up a home cooked meal! She is also a mom to two amazing sons, Jeremiah (10) and Micah (1.5)!