Leadership
Meet the Team
Kile Adumene
Director & Co-Founder
Kile Adumene (she/her) is a Black immigrant, community organizer, and mother of four who brings both lived and professional experience to her work. She directs the Manchester Community Action Coalition (MCAC), creating space for most-impacted residents to co-create solutions and build leadership within BIPOC communities.
Kile has partnered with New Hampshire funders to advance equity-centered strategies and has led programs supporting racial and economic justice. She also serves as lead consultant for the state’s Pathways for Healing initiative, connecting marginalized communities to substance use disorder services. Kile is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Southern New Hampshire University and an award winning community practitioner.
Olympia Sanni
Administrative Assistant
Olympia Sanni is a recent graduate of St. John’s University in Queens, NY where she studied Biology on the Pre-med track. Olympia took part in MCAC's Next Gen Lab where she learned leadership skills including how to host, lead, and take charge of events. She strengthened her organization skills and is interested in working with youth and young adults to encourage them to become more involved in the community. She brings critical thinking and analytical skills to the MCAC team.
Olympia's hobbies include going to the gym, studying, watching movies, and shopping. She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
MCAC Stewardship / Wisdom Council
We envision the role of this body is to informs how to operationalize the strategic direction of the organization, while also ensuring this strategic direction is rooted in our impacted communities’ solutions.
This will include supporting us in addressing challenges, barriers, and identifying opportunities around:
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Organizational development and staffing
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Addressing the gaps and barriers to advancing community-led solutions so that we can all break through some of the persistent challenges in our work
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Financial management and strategizing around raising unrestricted resources
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Human resources, strategizing around leadership development internally and externally, and support around management within a small grassroots organization
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Providing support around how to maintain a healthy and strong organization given the political environment we are working in in NH and some of the challenges other groups have experienced.