Vada O. Manager

Vada O. Manager serves as Founding Chairman & CEO of Manager Global Holdings LLC (MGH) and as a Senior Counselor of Washington, D.C. based APCO Worldwide. Mr. Manager has served on Helios Education Foundation’s Board of Directors since 2015 and currently leads the Foundation’s Finance Committee.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Manager served for 12 years as the Senior Director, Global Issues Management for Nike Inc., where he served in a variety of capacities within its highly valued Corporate Leadership Team of top international management. In addition, he has served on the executive staff for two Arizona governors and advisor to a Washington D.C. mayor. Mr. Manager was also invited to participate in the transition planning process for former President Nelson Mandela in South Africa following apartheid.

Mr. Manager is a member of the Arizona State University Board of Trustees and inducted into its Hall of Fame (College of Liberal Arts). He also serves on the board of the Arizona State University Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and is on the board of Genesis City, a nonprofit youth serving organization in Phoenix.

Mr. Manager served a combined 18 years as a public company director for both Valvoline Inc. (NYSE-VVV) and its former parent company Ashland Inc. (NYSE-ASH), where he served as Chair, Governance & Nominating Committee for both entities.Valvoline was a former commercial business division within Ashland until its debut as a public company in 2016. Mr. Manager also chairs the Arizona Venture CapitalCorporation whose mission is to invest in startup entities to enhance Arizona’s vibrant economy. He is also an equity partner and Board member for the experiential marketing firm, Think TRUE.

Mr. Manager holds an undergraduate degree from Arizona State University andconducted graduate level (fee research) at the London School of Economics.