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MacDella Cooper

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Born in Monrovia, Liberia in the late 1970s, MacDella Cooper was one of the thousands of refugees who fled Liberia after the eruption of a civil war in 1990. After leaving the war-torn Liberia and residing in Ivory Coast, at the age of 16, Ms. Cooper and her two older brothers landed in the embattled streets of Newark, New Jersey where Cooper attended Barringer High School. Graduating 3rd in a class of 1,200 students, Ms. Cooper received a full academic scholarship to The College of New Jersey, despite her rough past and hard road.

Prior to founding MCF in 2004, Ms. Cooper was the Marketing and Events Coordinator for Jones Apparel Group, where she alongside the Creative Services team developed comprehensive marketing strategies for the Ralph Lauren, Anne Klein, Jones New York and several other fashion brands including Eredi Pisano and Duca Sartoria. She also directed the marketing and event planning initiatives for the New York Independent Film and Music Festival.

Today MacDella Cooper is known as "Liberia's Angel"
 for starting the MacDella Cooper Foundation, a non-for-profit charity that provides educational opportunities and basic necessities for abandoned children in Liberia. In 2010, Cooper opened the MCF Academy, a boarding school for orphans in Liberia. The MCF Academy is the first tuition-free boarding school that houses up to 200 students. The Academy provides a better quality of living in an environment that is safe, secure and conductive for learning. Ms. Cooper hopes the Academy will raise future leaders who take pride in their nation and themselves.

Thanks to her extensive business, political and diplomatic relationships all over the world, Ms. Cooper sits on the Board of Directors for several charities including the Segal Family Foundation and Red Cross Tiffany Circle. She has received several awards for her philanthropic efforts including The College of New Jersey Humanitarian Award, The Victor E. Ward Community Service Award, The Momentum Women™ Award, The Spirit of Friskies Award, and The Archbishop of Michael K. Francis Achievement Awards.  Ms. Cooper currently lives in Manhattan with her partner, Thomas, and two children, Ella and Mateo. In addition to founding the MCF Academy, Ms. Cooper is partaking in multiple motivational speaking appearances to share her story and influence people who are going through a hard time in life to turn around and shape it into something meaningful.



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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • OUR FOUNDER
    • GLOBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
    • CAREERS AT IMPACT
  • Our Areas of Work
    • POWER OF COLLABORATION >
      • Past Events
      • 5th Annual Power of Collaboration Global Summit 2018
      • 3rd Annual Power of Collaboration 2016
      • 2nd Annual POWER of COLLABORATION at the United Nations
      • Power of Collaboration Global Summit 2014 (Launch at the United Nations)
      • Impact Leadership 21 Summit Global Launch 2013
      • Inaugural Summit 2012
      • POC, Millennial Edition, at Microsoft
    • CONVERSATIONS WITH MEN >
      • Past Events
      • Upcoming Events
      • Why Men Should Get Engaged and Get Onboard​
    • LEADERSHIP ACADEMY >
      • Gender Attunement Group Coaching
      • HIGH IMPACT LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
      • Global Citizenship Program
    • EMERGING GLOBAL LEADERS
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