About the Speaker

Corporate Trainer, Speaker and Award Winning Educator

Dr. Emmanuel Ngomsi is a renowned corporate trainer and consultant who had lived in Africa, in France and in the USA. He is fluent in English and French, three African dialects, and speaks some German and Spanish.

Dr. Ngomsi specializes in teaching Americans about the cultures of West Africa, and in promoting a love of cultures, respect for diversity, and international experience among US citizens. His clients include corporations like Shell Corporation, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals, AAA of America; US Federal Government agencies like the GSA, The State Government agencies, and hospitals; the Social Security Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and colleges and universities.

Emmanuel is an experienced educator who has taught French, Biology and Chemistry to Cameroonians, French, and American students, and served as Administrator of the International Studies with a School District. As Professor, he designed and taught courses on African cultures and education, as well as culture and diversity in the workplace. For two years he was senior culture coordinator for the College Semester Abroad (CSA) at the School for International Living in Bratlleboro, Vermont.

Dr. Ngomsi spent nine years as cross-cultural instructor and Chief-language Coordinator for the US Peace Corps in Cameroon. He has also served as presenter at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the State Department in Washington DC.

Dr. Ngomsi was honored in 1995 when he received the National Foreign Language Fellowship Award, from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. This distinction allowed him to pursue his dream of researching African folkloric and children’s games. He is the creator of YAN-KOLOBA: A Teambuilding Game Rooted in the Cultures of Africa. He is author of Cultural Detective West-Africa and Cultural Detective-Cameroon.

Emmanuel earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a master’s degree in biological sciences at the University of Yaounde, Cameroon; an Educational Specialist Degree in Urban Leadership and Policy Studies in Education, and a Multidisciplinary Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Administration and Educational Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is active in numerous cultural, foreign languages, educational and professional training associations, and has been a guest-speaker, lecturer, and presenter at various national and international conferences.

Since 2004, Dr. Ngomsi serves as faculty member at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication (SIIC) at Pacific University in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches courses on valuing, managing and leveraging diversity in the workplace to Human Resource and Diversity Managers of various major organizations including numerous Fortune 500 companies.