Benjamen A. Azah - Board of Directors Member
President and Chief Executive Officer
Born and raised in Cameroon, Africa, Benjamen A Azah is married to Judith Azah, his wife for over 20 years. Together, they raised three children: Ayoungwe, Ataah, and Fombo. He migrated to the United States in 1989 with the dream of improving his hometown.
Benjamen Azah is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bonazah Community Development of Africa from 2013 to present. Co-founder of Amigo Logistics Agency, a formidable partner with a worth of leadership experience. Prior to that, he served in the United States Military as a Senior Logistician with over 19 years of federal service; 16 years in supervisory and managerial level. He served in multiple leadership positions in the United States Military to included Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, Operation and Logistics Plans Supervisor. He worked for Atlanta Committee of Olympic Games (ACOG) during the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 in charge of transportation for most foreign dignitaries and managed a staff of over 350 personnel. As the Materiel Management Manager, he contributed to the United States Armed Forces and International Securities Assistance Force in Iraq and Afghanistan where he was very instrumental in the maintenance readiness and the projection of combat power throughout theater of operation. While serving in Europe, he deployed to Kuwait where he was the Liaison Officer; coordinated personnel movement globally and synchronized departures with many Country immigration offices, Embassies, and military attachments at the United States embassies. He was then reassigned as a Writing Instructor where he taught for two years at the Advanced Individual Training Academy in Fort Lee, Virginia.
He travelled the globe extensively and worked in many countries, to include Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, Belgium, Afghanistan, and United States. He is a member of the following organizations: American Planner Association, The International Society of Logistics, The Association of Quartermasters, Honorable Order of Saint Martin, Board of Directors member Amigo Logistics Agency and Bonazah Community Development of Africa. He graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Logistics Management; a Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Environmental Studies, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; and an Associate of Arts from De Anza College Cupertino, California.
His military education includes Warriors Leaders Development Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Non-commissioned Officer Course, Advanced Non-commissioned Officer Course, instructor writer Course and Master Resilience Trainer. He has received numerous awards and decorations ranging from Meritorious Service Medal to Good Conduct Service Medal.
Email: [email protected]
President and Chief Executive Officer
Born and raised in Cameroon, Africa, Benjamen A Azah is married to Judith Azah, his wife for over 20 years. Together, they raised three children: Ayoungwe, Ataah, and Fombo. He migrated to the United States in 1989 with the dream of improving his hometown.
Benjamen Azah is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bonazah Community Development of Africa from 2013 to present. Co-founder of Amigo Logistics Agency, a formidable partner with a worth of leadership experience. Prior to that, he served in the United States Military as a Senior Logistician with over 19 years of federal service; 16 years in supervisory and managerial level. He served in multiple leadership positions in the United States Military to included Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commander, Operation and Logistics Plans Supervisor. He worked for Atlanta Committee of Olympic Games (ACOG) during the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 in charge of transportation for most foreign dignitaries and managed a staff of over 350 personnel. As the Materiel Management Manager, he contributed to the United States Armed Forces and International Securities Assistance Force in Iraq and Afghanistan where he was very instrumental in the maintenance readiness and the projection of combat power throughout theater of operation. While serving in Europe, he deployed to Kuwait where he was the Liaison Officer; coordinated personnel movement globally and synchronized departures with many Country immigration offices, Embassies, and military attachments at the United States embassies. He was then reassigned as a Writing Instructor where he taught for two years at the Advanced Individual Training Academy in Fort Lee, Virginia.
He travelled the globe extensively and worked in many countries, to include Cameroon, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Germany, Belgium, Afghanistan, and United States. He is a member of the following organizations: American Planner Association, The International Society of Logistics, The Association of Quartermasters, Honorable Order of Saint Martin, Board of Directors member Amigo Logistics Agency and Bonazah Community Development of Africa. He graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Logistics Management; a Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Environmental Studies, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; and an Associate of Arts from De Anza College Cupertino, California.
His military education includes Warriors Leaders Development Course, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Non-commissioned Officer Course, Advanced Non-commissioned Officer Course, instructor writer Course and Master Resilience Trainer. He has received numerous awards and decorations ranging from Meritorious Service Medal to Good Conduct Service Medal.
Email: [email protected]
Natalie Bethel - Board of Directors Member
Secretary General
Natalie Bethel is Marvin Sr. and Natalie Bethel's second of four children. She grew up in a military family and lived in various states and countries, including New York, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia, Belgium, Germany and Korea.
She became a single mother of three - Tyler, Nakalia and Donnell - after graduating from high school in 1998. While raising her children, she obtained a license as a Certified Nursing Assistant from the Flint Hills Job Corps in Manhattan, Kansas, in 2003. She worked for several healthcare organizations, such as Good Samaritan, Georgetown Hospital, Sibley Memorial, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in roles from nursing assistant to administrative support.
She also pursued higher education and earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from ECPI University in 2018, a Master of Legal Studies from Pepperdine University in 2021 and a realtor license in 2023. She has enjoyed being a public servant and a healthcare professional, and she looks forward to applying her skills and services for the benefit of the Bonazah communities.
You can reach Natalie by emailing: [email protected]
Secretary General
Natalie Bethel is Marvin Sr. and Natalie Bethel's second of four children. She grew up in a military family and lived in various states and countries, including New York, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia, Belgium, Germany and Korea.
She became a single mother of three - Tyler, Nakalia and Donnell - after graduating from high school in 1998. While raising her children, she obtained a license as a Certified Nursing Assistant from the Flint Hills Job Corps in Manhattan, Kansas, in 2003. She worked for several healthcare organizations, such as Good Samaritan, Georgetown Hospital, Sibley Memorial, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in roles from nursing assistant to administrative support.
She also pursued higher education and earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from ECPI University in 2018, a Master of Legal Studies from Pepperdine University in 2021 and a realtor license in 2023. She has enjoyed being a public servant and a healthcare professional, and she looks forward to applying her skills and services for the benefit of the Bonazah communities.
You can reach Natalie by emailing: [email protected]
George Eyakoh - Board of Directors Member
Treasurer and Community Outreach
GEORGE EYAKOH has been a board member with Bonazah Community Development of Africa, July, 2013 to present. He have been very instrumental to the team and putting the organizational goals first.
He migrated to the United State in quest for more knowledge from Cameroon, Africa. Graduated secondary education at Government High School Andek and moved to Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology Bambili for higher education. Being motivated by the agricultural background of the family (cattle farming) and aspiring for a career, he seek admission with the National Center for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary training where he graduated in 2006 as a Vet-Tech.
He is experienced in management of agricultural and animal production activities including health, nutrition and marketing. He had worked with Ropapharms USA, LLC Rock Island. IL, Chipman Farm, Harlan IA, Abrapharm Ltd Douala-Cameroon and MINEPIA-NWR-Cameroon. He has been national and Iowa state PAS member, treasurer, Alpha sigma mu, member Phi theta kappa and had been very involve with developmental activities within his community.
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer and Community Outreach
GEORGE EYAKOH has been a board member with Bonazah Community Development of Africa, July, 2013 to present. He have been very instrumental to the team and putting the organizational goals first.
He migrated to the United State in quest for more knowledge from Cameroon, Africa. Graduated secondary education at Government High School Andek and moved to Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology Bambili for higher education. Being motivated by the agricultural background of the family (cattle farming) and aspiring for a career, he seek admission with the National Center for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary training where he graduated in 2006 as a Vet-Tech.
He is experienced in management of agricultural and animal production activities including health, nutrition and marketing. He had worked with Ropapharms USA, LLC Rock Island. IL, Chipman Farm, Harlan IA, Abrapharm Ltd Douala-Cameroon and MINEPIA-NWR-Cameroon. He has been national and Iowa state PAS member, treasurer, Alpha sigma mu, member Phi theta kappa and had been very involve with developmental activities within his community.
Email: [email protected]
Dick Metcalf-Board of Directors Member
Communications and Technology
Dick Metcalf was born in West Virginia and raised in western Pennsylvania, near Erie; he served in the U.S. Army for 24 years, then as a logistician and technical adviser for the Department of the Army Civilian for 18 years. During active duty, he served as a Chief Warrant Officer in the Ordnance Corps, responsible for huge inventory, shipment and destruction of munitions across the globe. He graduated from Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri with an associate in arts degree in Business Management in the early 1980's. His retirement from Federal service occurred in April 2014. Since retirement, he has stayed actively engaged in his lifelong avocation of reviewing music, and started a small business that assists musicians with technical tasks they have little time to perform.
Dick is the Communications and Technology adviser for Bonazah, also responsible for ensuring full outreach for social media and implementation of Enterprise-level collaborative databases and documentation that provide world-wide/world-class service to customers and donors across the globe. He is totally dedicated to customer service and the greater organizational mission of ensuring the needs of poverty-stricken people are met.
Mr. Metcalf's technical skills were honed during civilian assignments in Korea, where he served as the manager for a 15-man team that ensured U.S. Army logistics and maintenance systems across Korea were operating at peak levels. He later served as the lead for the Washington State Library effort that deployed over 250 computers to state and Native American tribal libraries with Internet services, to include special equipment packages designed to meet the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
You can reach Dick by emailing: [email protected]
Communications and Technology
Dick Metcalf was born in West Virginia and raised in western Pennsylvania, near Erie; he served in the U.S. Army for 24 years, then as a logistician and technical adviser for the Department of the Army Civilian for 18 years. During active duty, he served as a Chief Warrant Officer in the Ordnance Corps, responsible for huge inventory, shipment and destruction of munitions across the globe. He graduated from Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri with an associate in arts degree in Business Management in the early 1980's. His retirement from Federal service occurred in April 2014. Since retirement, he has stayed actively engaged in his lifelong avocation of reviewing music, and started a small business that assists musicians with technical tasks they have little time to perform.
Dick is the Communications and Technology adviser for Bonazah, also responsible for ensuring full outreach for social media and implementation of Enterprise-level collaborative databases and documentation that provide world-wide/world-class service to customers and donors across the globe. He is totally dedicated to customer service and the greater organizational mission of ensuring the needs of poverty-stricken people are met.
Mr. Metcalf's technical skills were honed during civilian assignments in Korea, where he served as the manager for a 15-man team that ensured U.S. Army logistics and maintenance systems across Korea were operating at peak levels. He later served as the lead for the Washington State Library effort that deployed over 250 computers to state and Native American tribal libraries with Internet services, to include special equipment packages designed to meet the requirements of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
You can reach Dick by emailing: [email protected]
Dr. Omeichu- Board of Directors Member
Medical Coordinator/Adviser - Cameroon
Dr. Omeichu A. Amadeus is the second child of five children. He was born in Bonanyang-Etwii Ngie Subdivision of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. His parents moved to Buea in the Southwest Region where he attended Primary school at Catholic School Great Soppo he then continued at Government Bilingual primary school Bafoussam when his dad a civil servant worked. Here he obtained his first school leaving certificate. As a young enthusiastic boy in the French region, he had many companions and learned the language so fast, he would always follow his mom to the market to shop and stay by her side in the kitchen, that is how he learned how to cook. His father then decided to send him to a secondary boarding school back in Ngie for two reasons; to learn the dialect and stay away from bad companies and concentrate in school.
Dr. Omeichu is a Cameroonian native who is fluent in English and French. In 2014, he received his medical degree from the University of Buea, Facility of Health Sciences in Cameroon, and a Master of Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium in 2020. Mr. Amadeus is an accomplished Medical Doctor, with several publications who specializes in Public Health. For the past nine years, he served the public and private health care sectors, participated in community projects as well as served on the International Non-Governmental Organization, while improving the standard of living through prevention, diagnosis, and disease management. Through the years,
Dr. Amadeus has excelled in roles ranging from Chief Medical Officer, researcher/research coordinator, to an HIV Clinical Specialist. He is well versed in caring for patients who suffer from AID/HIV, Tuberculosis, sexual violence, and other diseases. He has conducted numerous tests, studies and quality improvements for populations that dwell within crisis zones of Cameroon.
Dr. Amadeus has received certifications in leadership, management, infectious disease, and global disaster relief. He is no stranger to developing and implementing strategies that render free and effective healthcare to the underprivileged/underserved and has a passion for serving and saving the lives of others.
You may reach by email: [email protected]
Medical Coordinator/Adviser - Cameroon
Dr. Omeichu A. Amadeus is the second child of five children. He was born in Bonanyang-Etwii Ngie Subdivision of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. His parents moved to Buea in the Southwest Region where he attended Primary school at Catholic School Great Soppo he then continued at Government Bilingual primary school Bafoussam when his dad a civil servant worked. Here he obtained his first school leaving certificate. As a young enthusiastic boy in the French region, he had many companions and learned the language so fast, he would always follow his mom to the market to shop and stay by her side in the kitchen, that is how he learned how to cook. His father then decided to send him to a secondary boarding school back in Ngie for two reasons; to learn the dialect and stay away from bad companies and concentrate in school.
Dr. Omeichu is a Cameroonian native who is fluent in English and French. In 2014, he received his medical degree from the University of Buea, Facility of Health Sciences in Cameroon, and a Master of Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium in 2020. Mr. Amadeus is an accomplished Medical Doctor, with several publications who specializes in Public Health. For the past nine years, he served the public and private health care sectors, participated in community projects as well as served on the International Non-Governmental Organization, while improving the standard of living through prevention, diagnosis, and disease management. Through the years,
Dr. Amadeus has excelled in roles ranging from Chief Medical Officer, researcher/research coordinator, to an HIV Clinical Specialist. He is well versed in caring for patients who suffer from AID/HIV, Tuberculosis, sexual violence, and other diseases. He has conducted numerous tests, studies and quality improvements for populations that dwell within crisis zones of Cameroon.
Dr. Amadeus has received certifications in leadership, management, infectious disease, and global disaster relief. He is no stranger to developing and implementing strategies that render free and effective healthcare to the underprivileged/underserved and has a passion for serving and saving the lives of others.
You may reach by email: [email protected]
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Dr. Amadeus Omeichu
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