Meet the Panelists

NDC-USA CHAPTER DCO

Deputy Communications Officer, NDC-USA.

I have been a member of the NPP since 1990 holding various executive positions in Ghana and USA. Am currently the PRO for NPP Chicago Chapter and a deputy communications director at the NPP USA with a responsibility for radio stations. Am also a community organiser and a businnesman.

Paul De-Sosoo is the current Secretary of the NDC Massachusetts Branch and also a member of the NDC-USA Chapter Communication team. Paul is a regular Radio Panel member political issues concerning Ghana, Africa and the USA. He assisted the branch's Chairman with the book drive campaign, in which Mathematics and Science Textbooks for JHS and SHS were shipped from Massachusetts to Ghana to support the NDC's education for all agenda. He also flew to Ghana to assist the party in Ghana in the 2016 and 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections and constantly attended major National congresses in Ghana since 2016. He was a Polling Agent during the year 2000 elections and was also a ward coordinator from 2008 to 2010 at Korley Klottey.

Born on Chicago’s South Side, Kirby Birgans is eager and motivated to be a catalyst for positive change in our communities. Kirby became a strong proponent of the electoral process by helping to elect former President Barack Obama, and volunteering to elect other Democratic elected officials. He is also actively involved with his block club, and volunteers with local community-based organizations to fight for justice against police brutality, to increase affordable housing, improve education, economic support for minority owned businesses, neighborhood beautification, and hyper- local resources. As a middle school science teacher, our youth inspire Kirby to keep fighting for changes that will keep our neighborhoods safe, clean, and prosperous by improving economic development and increasing jobs. Kirby is an alum of Chicago State University, resident of Greater Grand Crossing, activist, and teacher. Learn more at www.friendsofkirbybirgans.com

Future holds a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Informatics. Future also earned Master’s in Information Technology Management from Grand Canyon University. He currently resides in Decatur IL, with his wife Charly two beautiful children Zion and Alec. He is the President of Prestige Wellness Foundation and works for Silgan Holdings Inc., as an Application Support.

Dr. Bertha Serwa Ayi, MBChB, FACP, FIDSA, MBA Dr. Bertha Serwa Ayi is an Infectious Disease Consultant at Essentia Health West in Fargo, ND, USA. She is a clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of North Dakota and the Kansas Health Science Center. In Ghana she is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Development Studies, University of Health and Allied Sciences and the Accra College of Medicine. She is the President of the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation of North America (GPSF). She was awarded the Alcon/Paracelsus Award in Ophthalmology when she graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1997. She completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Good Samaritan Hospital Inc., affiliated with John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland in 2002. In 2004, she completed fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at a combined training program at Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration with a focus on Health Services Administration from the University of South Dakota, graduating in 2013. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and subspecialty Infectious Diseases. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA). She is an author who has published books, several book chapters in textbooks and written in several medical journals and internet publications. She was appointed a member of the case management technical working group of Africa CDC’s Task Force on COVID-19 (AfTCOR) and is a Board Member of Mercy Ships International. In 2015 she won the Women of Excellence award in the category of Women Striving to Improve the Quality of Life, under the auspices of Women Aware. In 2016, GhanaMaa, awarded her the Yaa Asantewaa Woman Distinction Award. On Sept 24, 2022 She was recognized with an award in Washington DC by Ghana Diaspora Public Affairs Collective for being a community Champion in her leadership of GPSF and her during COVID-19. She has raised three adult sons.

Founder and Minister of the GAPM, the Glorious Heart Foundation,Broadcast Journalist,Talk show host, community organizer and philanthropist and more.