The 35th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Conference

Charting Your Course: Navigating the Winds of Change

November 21, 2008 — November 23, 2008

The Loews Hotel in Philadelphia

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Kofi Kankam

Chief Operating Officer - RUH, LLC

Kofi Kankam is the Chief Operating Officer of RUH, LLC, a mobile phone software company offering products impacting businesses, individuals, and mobile operators in Asia and India. He is also a co-founder of Admit Advantage, an MBA consulting company assisting young professionals around the world to gain entry into top-tier MBA programs. His professional experiences are within the technology, educational, and consulting spaces with companies including Accenture and Net2Phone.

Mr. Kankam is a graduate of Harvard College with an A.B. degree in biology where he was a NASA Scholar. He also holds a Masters in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he was a recipient of the Student Service Award. Additionally, he has an MBA from the Wharton School where he was a Joseph Wharton Fellow, recipient of the Wharton Venture Initiation Program grant, and chairman of the Whitney Young Conference.

The Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Conference is produced and administered by the African American MBA Association, a student-run organization of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.