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E-mail: jabeyioku@yahoo.com or jabeyioku@alumi.usc.edu Tel: 323-309-0233 Dr. Jolly A. Beyioku (Dr. Jolly) is the
founder and president of ACCD - a partnership of churches and church-based organizations with
a common
interest of restoring hope and wholeness in their communities for the sake
of the Lord. Dr. Jolly's leadership responsibility
is to
move the organization to the next level in its development. Prior to ACCD, Dr. Jolly
worked for World Vision
as the director of community housing and economic development along with
leadership and organizational development for thirteen years. He
managed large and small program development grants, and pre-development loan program for
affordable housing that leveraged millions of dollars and hundreds of affordable housing units
for low-income families in Los Angeles County. Dr. Jolly provides community and
economic development training, technical assistance and on-call consultations to churches
and church-based organizations in Southern California and around the country. He has trained hundreds of church leaders in
community outreach ministries and organizational development.
Prior to joining WV, Dr. Jolly was the
director of research and community development at the P. F. Bresee Foundation, and was for
many years, a community economic development consultant. Dr. Jolly is an experienced educator.
He was a lecturer of urban and regional planning at California State
University Polytechnic and a lecturer of
urban ministry development at the Bresee Institute for Urban Training.
He was also an adjunct
professor of church-based community development at the Nazarene Theological Seminary. He has directed several academic and
vocational institutions, including the American Business Institute and
Barclay College. He has also been a keynote speaker at several national
and international conferences and has contributed to several community development
studies. As a member of international
research teams Dr. Jolly has provided development consultations to a number of foreign
governments. Dr. Jolly has an extensive professional
network. He serves on the Boards and
Advisory
Councils of several public and private organizations, including Southern California Association of
Government's Regional Advisory Council, Los Angeles County Emergency Food
and Shelter Program, Committee on Review and Evaluation of CalWorks (Welfare to Work) for
Los Angeles County, Servant Partners, Edward R. Roybal Institute of Applied Gerontology,
Highland International Education, YouthBuild, Pico Union Family Resource Center, and Hope
Africa. Dr. Jolly is an ordained
minister in the Church of the Nazarene and serves as a pastor at the
Exposition Park Church of the Nazarene where his primary assignments are evangelism and
church leadership development. He
was also the
Chairman of the African Strategy Committee for the Church of the Nazarene
for a number of years. He holds Bachelor of Arts
and Bachelor of Science degrees along with a
professional Master’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and
earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Southern California. |
Rev. Jolly A. Beyioku, Ph.D.