NanaEfua Afoh-Manin

Dr. NanaEfua Afoh-Manin is a physician, impact strategist, and global economic development leader shaping the future of workforce resilience, health equity, and gender-inclusive economic mobility. With over 13 years of experience in emergency medicine and international disaster relief, she brings a systems-level approach to solving complex challenges at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and sustainable economic growth.

Trained in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center, she holds advanced degrees in Public Health and Public Administration, specializing in Decision Science and Managing Healthcare Delivery. She is a Fellow at the Bloomberg Center for Cities and serves as a Senior Health Equity Researcher at the Malcolm Wiener Center's Health Inequality Lab, focusing on workforce burnout, financial insecurity, and policy innovations that strengthen economic mobility.

As Impact Strategist for The Business of Doing Good (TBDG), Dr. Afoh-Manin curates high-level convenings that study metrics to operationalize impact, offer strategic investing, and global workforce transformation. 

During the ABC Conference, Dr. Afoh-Manin and TBDG convenes with the women-led coffee industry as a model for gender-driven economic mobility, demonstrating how climate-smart agriculture, fair trade, and financial inclusion can serve as a blueprint for broader global economic reform.

A sought-after executive and thought leader, Dr. Afoh-Manin translates insights into action, shaping industries where sustainability, impact, and equity drive the bottom line.

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