Boladale Akin-Kolapo is a public health specialist with more than 19 years of experience in developing and managing large-scale health programs in both indigenous and international organizations.

She has experience in senior leadership positions on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-flagship health projects in Nigeria and currently provides technical expertise across a variety of disciplines including adolescent reproductive health; family planning; maternal, newborn, and child health; social marketing; and social and behavioral change communication programming.

Boladale is currently the Chief of Party on the Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health. She is a results-oriented leader with strong organizational, advocacy and communication skills she uses to deliver strategy and maximize organizational goals. She has implemented health interventions for major donors such as USAID, World Health Organization, World Bank, Global Fund, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and has been a major contributor to winning proposals.

• Post-graduate diploma, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Master’s degree, health promotion and public health, Brunel University
• Doctor of business admission (ABD), University of Warwick