2002
Emelia Arthur
Consultant
Emelia Arthur is a consultant and former Advisor to the President of Ghana from 2013 to 2017 where she assisted presidential appointees in aligning manifesto objectives with presidential objectives and specific sector policy goals. She took up this appointment after working as the Deputy Regional Minister for Ghana's Western Region responsible for coordinating development. A member of the Balaton Group, Emelia now focuses on working collaboratively to strengthen communities’ autonomous and sustainable capacities for development and influence.
Emelia previously worked as the District Chief Executive of the Shama District in the Western Region of Ghana. In the past, she has engaged in consulting and advocacy work in natural resource governance at the local, regional, and international levels, and served as the Global Team Leader for the British Council’s InterAction Leadership Program.
The 2002 World Fellows
Eighteen emerging international leaders have been awarded the first Yale World Fellowships and will spend the fall 2002 semester in a new global leadership program at Yale University. “The Yale World Fellows have already played significant roles in shaping their countries and professions,” said Yale President Richard C. Levin. “This new Yale program will give them an educational experience that will help equip them for important positions of leadership in the decades ahead.” The World Fellows Program is a major component of Yale’s broader initiative to become a global university. Selected from over 500 applications from more than 100 countries, from Albania to Zimbabwe, the Fellows are as diverse in background as...Read More
