Joan Koomson has extensive experience in the areas of publicity, fundraising and grants management. Before joining the African Women’s Development Fund, she worked at Plan International as the Resource Mobilization Manager for four years. Joan also worked as a World Bank Consultant on the Government of Ghana Public Sector Restructuring Project under the National Institutional Renewal Programme (NIRP) under the Office of the President.
She holds a B.A. degree with honors in Sociology, a Certificate in P.R., Advertising and Marketing from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, and an M.B.A. in Human Resource Management from the University of Ghana Business School.