Usap Alumni
Since its inception in 1999, USAP has been graduating students from some of the best institutions of education, mainly in the United States. The alumni network is very diverse, highly qualified in various professions and spread around the globe. All our current alumni are from Zimbabwe. Beginning 2008, students from other countries will begin joining the alumni list as they graduate from their respective institutions. Below are the profiles of our alumni.
Rodney Manzanga
University of Pennsylvania 04'
Rodney is an actuary with American International Group (AIG) in Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to joining AIG, he was an analyst with Ernst & Young LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He holds the Professional Risk Manager charter of the Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA) and is also a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA).
Rodney was born and raised in Mberengwa as a herdboy. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Actuarial Science. He interned with Prudential Financial and Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. He was the Public Relations officer for both the Penn African Students Association (PASA) and Penn Arab Students Society (PASS) while in college. He started a math competition among eight primary schools in Mberengwa. He still sponsors the competition.
Tatenda Chirusa
University of Maine at Machias 04'
Willamette University 06'
Tatenda Chirusa aka "The Godfather" graduated from Willamette University with an MBA in 2006. He's been working at KeyBank as a Portfolio Analyst as he strives to make his dream of donating $1 Million to UsapTrust come true. Currently split between either staying in the USA or going back to Zimbabwe and trying to make a difference, he believes the work experience he is getting is the most important part of his education and will be useful well when he goes back to serve his country!
Andreata Muforo
Grinell College 04'
Stanford Graduate School of Business 09'
Andreata Muforo is currently a first year student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to business school, she worked in New York City for NERA Economic Consulting as an analyst.
Andreata was born in Zvishavane, Zimbabwe. With the help of USAP, she attended Grinnell College on a full scholarship. She majored in Economics and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. While in College, she interned with Citigroup, American Express and UBS with a desire to learn more about financial services and capital markets. Andreata is interested in financial services, business strategy and international economic development. In her spare time, Andreata enjoys cooking, local and international traveling and singing.
Memory Bandera
Mount Holyoke College 04'
Before she began as a USAP student, Memory Bandera founded a national girls' empowerment movement in Zimbabwe, the Girl Child Network. While studying International Relations at Mount Holyoke College and in graduate school at Suffolk University, she expanded her leadership and community service experience through a wide variety of clubs and activities. Memory continues her commitment to the development of African girls and women as a board member for the Tariro Fund, which assists girls orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe. Currently Memory is based in Uganda working with Youth Action International as the Regional Director for East Africa.
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