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Ebele Okobi
Board of Trustees Member
Nigeria
Ebele is the principal of Revolutionary Projects, creating beloved community for radical imagination. She has extensive experience leading global teams in tech, civil society and consumer brands. She advises creators and others pushing the arc of the moral universe towards joy and justice.
Her most recent experience includes advising Dr. Martens’ CEO, The Africa Centre’s CEO and Chair, creating a community campaign for Fatherland’s award-winning film, My Father’s Shadow, advising the 2028 documentary, book and art exhibition The Dragons, and writing a screenplay.
Previously, she was OpenAI Senior Policy Advisor, Ada Ventures Venture Partner, Senior Director of Public Policy for Africa, Middle East & Turkey at Facebook/Meta, Senior Director of Business and Human Rights at Yahoo. She worked in brand/Africa strategy at Nike, was advisory services Director at Catalyst, a policy advisor at Consumers Union and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk.
Ebele is on the Global Advisory Board of the Black Feminist Fund and Advisory Council member for the Foundation for African Art Contemporary Ecosystems. She previously chaired the development/patron’s boards of Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art, London’s Young Vic Theatre and the John Akomfrah’s 2024 Venice Biennale British Pavilion.
Ebele attended the University of Southern California, Columbia University Law School and HEC-Paris.
