Board of Directors

Mark Ritchie > President and Board Chair

Basil Ajuo > Minnesota Africans United and Board Secretary

Deanna Nod > Nord Strategy Group

Jennifer Bonine >  Pink-Powered Innovations

Maria Dayton > LG Nova

Phoenix Eyre > Terran Life

Shawn Edwards > CHX Premium Kitchen 

Surkhel Yousafzai > LSE

Global Challenges

Established in 2018 and building on over 173 years of Exposition legacy – the World’s Fair Fund, a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation headquartered in Minnesota, USA, assists global efforts toward health, peace, technological advancement, and prosperity for all. The World’s Fair Fund works to unite all people and planet through strategic, international host-city activation partnerships, as selected by the Bureau International des Exposition (B.I.E.) in Paris, France.