Carolyn Campbell Ph.D

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Dr. Carolyn Campbell is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner at Emerging Capital Partners. She serves as Managing Partner at MEDA Ventures. She serves as a Board Member at Maarifa Education. She served as a Board Member at Wanachi Group. She provides management oversight of the firm's operations and investments. Ms. Campbell is also a member of ECP's Executive Committee and of the Funds' investment committees. Prior to joining ECP in 2000, Ms. Campbell was a Senior Associate at White & Case LLP in the firm's Warsaw, London, and Washington, DC offices. She was also an Associate Professor at George Washington University National Law Center, lecturing on international negotiations. Ms. Campbell is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She obtained a Ph.D. in Politics from Oxford University and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. Ms. Campbell also graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in economics and French and a master's in economics. Ms. Campbell has served on the boards of Eranove (West Africa), Maarifa Education (East Africa), Wananchi Group Holdings (East Africa), Spencon International (East Africa), and Société Générale Assurance Méditerranéenne (Algeria). She also serves on the board of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) and on the Legal and Regulatory Councils of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) and the African Venture Capital Association (AVCA).