AFRICA CONTINENTAL CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
An African Project of Global Scientific and Ethical Relevance
MANAGEMENT Team
Bert M. Petersen, Jr. MD, FACS
Chief Executive Officer
26 years' experience as a surgical oncologist, specializing in breast cancer.
Recognized as a global leader in the development and management of health equity programs with emphasis on screening, diagnosis and treatment of cancer -- primarily in people of African ancestry.
Co-founded the Charlotte Kimmelman Cancer Institute, US Virgin Islands, the first regionally-based comprehensive cancer center in the Caribbean.
Awo A. Quaison-Sackey
President
40 years' experience in human resources, finance, law and general management with leadership roles with in various multinational companies.
Served as Chairperson of the United Nations Fund's Women's Global Advisory Committee.
Board member of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.
Ericka Consin-Mosheshe
Chief Operating Officer
30 years' experience in administration and marketing in the healthcare, non-profit and business advocacy sectors in Washington, D.C., London & New York.
Served as Vice President of a New York City not-for-profit hospital and as Executive Director of the American Cancer Society in upper Manhattan.
Former 10-year Advisory Board member of Research, Recruitment & Minority Outreach at New York Presbyterian Hospital's Herbert Irving Cancer Center.
Johanna Ekua Awotwi
Vice President, Government & Public Affairs
Over 40 years' experience in managing educational, marketing and IT operations.
Participated in UNESCO Town Hall Debates and co-chaired panels at e-governance conferences.
Listed as one of nineteen World Experts by UNPAN e-Government Survey 2016 report "In Support of Sustainable Development."
Kwabena Adu Ntoso, MD, FACP
Managing Partner
40 years' experience as a nephrologist. Served as Chief of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia.
Principal Investigator in several clinical trials that have brought several new therapies to the market for the management of end stage kidney disease.
Michael S. DeJean
Managing Partner
26-year veteran of the United States Navy with assignments in the US, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe.
Additional 13 years' experience serving as a Naval Officer Reserve Training Corps high school teacher.














