Senior Staff
Management Staff
With a workforce of more than 70 men and women, as well as dozens of volunteers in five countries, Nascent Solutions staff members are as diverse as the projects we implement and the talents necessary to accomplish our mission.
Senior Management Staff include:
Beatrice Wamey PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer
Beatrice’s commitment to improving the lot of the underserved in Africa is legendary among her friends and family. She ascribes this to her upbringing in the tiny mountain village of Lum-Oku, in the north west of Cameroon. Her father died when she was just 12, her two older sisters had already left home and she grew up with her widowed mother as her friend and companion. Walking 12 miles to and from school everyday, and helping her mother raise the money that would be needed when she left for secondary school served as a life lesson for perseverance, self-sufficiency and the ability of the very poor to attain ostensibly unattainable goals.
Today, that little girl from a small mountain village is the founder of Nascent Solutions, holds a Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology from the University of Indiana at Bloomington, a Masters degree in Linguistics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Il, a Diploma in Education from the Higher Teacher’s College and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature both from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon. In the interim she blazed several trails, among which was that of the only female member of the first education board in Cameroon, which was created after a protracted struggle waged by the Teachers’ Association of Cameroon, of which she was the only female executive member at the time.
No wonder she considers her life and her achievements a model that can very well be emulated by countless little girls and boys that are weighed down by the burden of poverty in villages all across Africa.
Reimund Kube, Sr. Project Officer
Reimund joined the Nascent Team in summer 2011 as environmental advisor. He has about twenty years experience in international development cooperation. He lived and worked in the field for more than twelve years in the South Pacific, Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa, planning and implementing programs of sustainable agriculture and management of natural resources. He is convinced that in order to overcome the biggest threats to our home planet, we will need to follow worldwide radically different ways of thinking, producing and consuming. Reimund holds an MS. in International Agricultural Development from the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.
Anne Sellers
Brenda Bentley, Accountant
Ms. Bentley brings over 25 years of accounting, management, and financial analysis along with extensive knowledge of nonprofit financial management. Ms. Bentley joined the nascent team on September 1, 2011. After receiving a BS in Elementary Education, Ms. Bentley switch careers and returned to George Mason University located in Fairfax, VA, where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. Ms. Bentley has served as an accountant, Department Head and as a CFO for several government contracting agencies, and as accounting manager for a non-profit organization.
Courtney Hawthorne, Office Manager
Courtney Hawthorne assumed service as Office Manager for Nascent Solutions, Inc. on September 20, 2011. She maintains and oversees the day to day functions of the organization and works closely with the President/CEO – Dr. Beatrice Wamey. Courtney brings a diverse work experience to Nascent Solutions, including over ten years of experience in business management.