Board Chairman Vamadu Sheriff, MBA

Mr. Vamadu (aka: Ahmed) Sheriff was born and raised in Tusu Town, and attended elementary school (English and Arabic) in Kannelah Town, both of which are located in Guardu-Gboni District, Lofa County, Liberia.

Both of his deceased parents were all natives, born Liberians. In 1983, Sheriff departed Liberia for the State of Kuwait where he graduated from high school during which he served as President of the Liberian Student Association from 1986-1989.

In 2001, Sheriff graduated from Washington University-St. Louis, Missouri with a Master in Business Administration (MBA) with concentration in corporate finance and strategic planning. He received a B. Sc. in Chemistry, and minor in Mathematics from Missouri Baptist University-St. Louis, Missouri in 1993. Additionally, Sheriff has in-depth knowledge of Christian Theology (he was a three-hour course away from obtaining an associate degree in Youth Ministry from Missouri Baptist University-St. Louis Missouri). Sheriff is a licensed Investment Services Representative (Series 7 & 66) including Insurance Brokerage Services in the State of Missouri and Illinois.

Since 2004, Mr. Sheriff has being working as a Division Manager of Workforce Development at Better Family Life, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. He is responsible for overseeing 45 staff members including the development and supervision of the Career Pathway Life Sciences; ‘a national model’ biotechnology & life sciences program that recruits and trains high school graduates to transition into successful careers in science-related industries.  Prior to joining Better Family Life, Sheriff spent over 10-years as a research scientist in pharmaceutical industry and academia.  His research interests included development of nuclear medical technology and analytical chemistry.

Mr. Sheriff has being living in the United States since 1989, and has served as President of Liberian Association in Missouri-St. Louis representing over 500 Liberians from 2005-2008, and Vice President for the prior two years. As president of that organization, Vamadu worked to bring the Liberian community together and connect them to economic opportunities and social development.

This included corporative interactions with Liberian communities locally and nationally such as Springfield-Illinois, Kansas City-Missouri, Des Moines-Iowa, the Union of Liberian Association in the Americas (ULAA) as well as other ethnic communities like Congolese, Somalia, Eritrea, International Institute, Sierra Leone, etc.  I am so proud to be elected by my colleagues to serve as Chairman of the board of director for Quardu-Gboni Mandingo Association in Americas.