Meet The Board
Meet The Board
Our Board of Trustees brings together seasoned professionals with decades of experience across the arts, media, strategy, and enterprise. Each member contributes distinct expertise, leadership, and conviction, ensuring strong governance, strategic direction, and meaningful impact across all of MMÉLÌ Arts Foundation’s work.
FOUNDER/ CEO
Nina
Anyianuka
NINA ANYIANUKA is an award-winning journalist, author, and cultural entrepreneur with experience spanning investigative media, publishing, and creative sector development. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MMÉLÌ Arts Foundation, where she provides strategic leadership across programme design, partnerships, and institutional growth. Her work focuses on building sustainable creative ecosystems, strengthening cultural infrastructure, and positioning African creative enterprise within global markets.
CHAIRMAN
RICHARD MOFE-DAMIJO
RICHARD MOFE-DAMIJO is a distinguished media executive, cultural leader, and lawyer, with a career spanning broadcasting, film, public service, and creative industry governance. A highly respected figure in African film and television, he has also served in senior public leadership, including as Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Delta State, where he advanced cultural policy and Nigeria’s creative economy. As Chairman of the Board of Trustees of MMÉLÌ Arts Foundation, he brings strategic leadership, cultural authority, and institutional credibility to the Foundation’s mission to strengthen Africa’s creative ecosystem and position culture as a driver of social and economic transformation.
SECRETARY
Mina
Johnson-Hart
MINA JOHNSON-HART (PhD) is a seasoned legal and governance strategist with over three decades of experience across corporate, legal, and advisory sectors. She has held senior legal roles, including within the Legal function at NLNG, and currently serves as Managing Director of Tuluma Consult Nigeria Ltd, where she leads governance, risk, and compliance advisory. Her depth in regulatory strategy, institutional integrity, and operational excellence strengthens MMÉLÌ Arts Foundation’s governance framework and long-term sustainability Mina is an alumni of Walden University Minnesota.
