Our Board

Camille Agro

Board Chair

Larry Collins

Vice Chair

Lucy
Addo-Frimpong

Treasurer

Fred Murphy

Committee Chair

Our Team

Joseph Fordyce

Senior Consultant | Ghana Projects
and Initiatives

Alison Taylor

Community Research Partner | Columbia University Assistant Professor

​Shaina Sanon

Volunteer Chair

Martin Addo

Executive Director

Monifa Maat

Senior Consultant | NYC Community Based Health Initiatives & Partnerships

The Addo Foundation Inc. was founded in 2017 out of a desire of Martin Addo, former "Mr. Ghana" Bodybuilding Champion and CEO of Southbridge Fitness Center. Upon returning home to Asafo, Ghana he realized he needed to help his small community rebuild the "The Ghana Market", largely considered the economic engine of his hometown which reared him. He gathered the closest people in his network, close relatives, family friends and professional colleagues --and together they formed the Addo Foundation Inc.

Much of the mission work of the Addo Foundation from 2017 - 2020 was based in Ghana and Phase 1 of The Ghana Market completed: the building of bathrooms (10 toilets 5 for female and 5 male and 6 showers; 3 female and 3 male; plus a sustainable water tank and ribbon cutting ceremony with village elders. Between the Fall of 2020-2022, the Addo Foundation was largely impacted by the COVID pandemic. Along with travel and health concerns, decreased funding and short staff, the foundation turned its focus on local health concerns impacting residents in NYC. Through partnerships with organizations such as Mount Sinai Hospital/IMICAH Project Heal and Columbia University, HICCC Community Based Participatory Research Programs, Addo Foundation aims to expand its capacity and talent to impact the health and well-being of communities both abroad and locally for many years to come.