Member Shout Out - Adey Assefa

We are so proud of these Fountain of Life members who were included in the 2022 list of Wisconsin's Most Influential Black Leaders this week by Madison365. Congratulations!

Adey Assefa is Economic Inclusion Manager at the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce where she works to help the region and its businesses re-imagine its workforce systems for a better, more inclusive and more equitable future. Prior to taking on that role in June 2020, Assefa worked at UW-Madison within various programs including the development of the RISE program, directing the African American Student Academic Services office, advising the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts scholarship program, and directing the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives. She received her bachelor's in social welfare and her master's in counseling from UW-Madison and grew up in the Eagle Heights neighborhood. Read Sis. Adey's Madison365 bio.