Madonna Kendona is the Director of Programs at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development. She is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in program management, grantmaking, and advocacy for women’s rights and economic justice. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and French from the University of Ghana.

Madonna has led impactful initiatives globally, including as Director of Programs at Women First International Fund, where she led the organization’s programmatic expansion, increasing grantmaking threefold, and as Programme Lead for the African Women’s Development Fund’s “Leading from the South” initiative, disbursing over $22 million in grants across Africa and the Middle East. She is also a member of the inaugural class of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Program and an alumna of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitors Leadership Program.

Madonna lives in Accra with her family.