{"id":19767,"date":"2025-02-26T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/?page_id=19767"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:04:19","slug":"donatus-ako","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/donatus-ako\/","title":{"rendered":"Donatus Ako"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19767\" class=\"elementor elementor-19767\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3d5e01 edgtf-elementor-container-inner elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default edgtf-section edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-parallax-section-no\" data-id=\"d3d5e01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a6fbd3\" data-id=\"9a6fbd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ee4f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10ee4f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2023-10-14-18-07-45.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19010\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2023-10-14-18-07-45.jpg 720w, https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2023-10-14-18-07-45-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PHOTO-2023-10-14-18-07-45-600x787.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecde17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecde17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n.da-profile { max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333; }\n.da-section { margin-bottom: 36px; }\n.da-section h2 { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a5276; border-left: 4px solid #1a5276; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 16px; }\n.da-section p { font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8; margin: 0 0 14px; color: #444; }\n.da-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin-top: 14px; }\n.da-tag { background: #eaf2fb; color: #1a5276; border: 1px solid #aed6f1; border-radius: 4px; padding: 4px 14px; font-size: 13px; }\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"da-profile\">\n  <div class=\"da-section\">\n    <h2>My Skills<\/h2>\n    <p>With more than fifteen years of leadership experience spanning the energy, petroleum, electrical utility, and infrastructure sectors, Donatus has successfully managed multimillion-dollar projects throughout the United States. His career has been marked by excellence in project execution, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and organizational leadership.<\/p>\n    <p>Beyond his professional accomplishments, Donatus is a visionary entrepreneur whose business interests span healthcare, real estate development, energy infrastructure, and community development. He believes that entrepreneurship is a powerful vehicle for creating sustainable economic opportunities and empowering individuals to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n    <p>He is passionate about teaching healthy living, financial literacy, professional development, entrepreneurship, and faith-based principles that enable individuals and families to thrive.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"da-tags\">\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Project Management (PMP)<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Petroleum Engineering<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Electrical Infrastructure<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Data Science &amp; Analytics<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Strategic Planning<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Stakeholder Engagement<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Organizational Leadership<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Real Estate Development<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Healthcare &amp; Community Development<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Entrepreneurship<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Financial Literacy<\/span>\n      <span class=\"da-tag\">Faith-based Leadership<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a976a12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-edgtf_progress_bar\" data-id=\"a976a12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"edgtf_progress_bar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-bar\">\n\t<h6 class=\"edgtf-progress-title-holder clearfix\" >\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-title\" >Leadership<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number-wrapper edgtf-floating \" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-percent\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-content-outer\" >\n\t\t<div data-percentage=98 class=\"edgtf-progress-content\" ><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ee733d elementor-widget elementor-widget-edgtf_progress_bar\" data-id=\"8ee733d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"edgtf_progress_bar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-bar\">\n\t<h6 class=\"edgtf-progress-title-holder clearfix\" >\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-title\" >Volunteering<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number-wrapper edgtf-floating \" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-percent\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-content-outer\" >\n\t\t<div data-percentage=95 class=\"edgtf-progress-content\" ><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ddc96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-edgtf_progress_bar\" data-id=\"17ddc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"edgtf_progress_bar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-bar\">\n\t<h6 class=\"edgtf-progress-title-holder clearfix\" >\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-title\" >Strategic Planning<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number-wrapper edgtf-floating \" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-progress-number\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"edgtf-percent\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h6>\n\t<div class=\"edgtf-progress-content-outer\" >\n\t\t<div data-percentage=90 class=\"edgtf-progress-content\" ><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49bbbc0\" data-id=\"49bbbc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a576553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a576553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Donatus Ako<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c18bb48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c18bb48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founder and President<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dce804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dce804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Donatus Acap Ako is a distinguished entrepreneur, engineering executive, philanthropist, and faith-driven leader whose life&#8217;s mission is centered on transforming communities through sustainable healthcare, education, economic empowerment, and servant leadership. As the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of FADA Mission International, Donatus has dedicated his life to creating opportunities, restoring hope, and improving the quality of life for underserved populations both in the United States and across Africa.<\/p><p>Born in Awing, Santa Subdivision of the Northwest Region of Cameroon, Donatus experienced firsthand the challenges of poverty, limited access to healthcare, inadequate educational resources, unreliable electricity, and the lack of basic necessities. These early life experiences instilled in him a profound appreciation for resilience, hard work, faith, and compassion for others. Despite significant hardships, he remained steadfast in his pursuit of education and personal growth, believing that every challenge was an opportunity for God&#8217;s purpose to unfold.<\/p><p>As a committed Christian, Donatus openly attributes every achievement in his life to God&#8217;s grace and providence. His personal testimony includes numerous moments of divine protection and miraculous survival that shaped his faith and purpose. From an early age, he made a covenant with God that if blessed with success, he would dedicate his resources, talents, and influence to serving humanity and advancing God&#8217;s kingdom.<\/p><p>A devoted husband and loving father, Donatus considers his greatest earthly blessing to be his family. He is happily married to Dr. Nathalie Ako, a healthcare provider serving veterans in West Texas. Together, they are blessed with four beautiful daughters: Faith, Diana, Gabriella, and Isabella. He views fatherhood as one of his highest callings and is deeply committed to raising his daughters to become women of faith, character, compassion, and purpose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd757e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd757e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><style><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><br \/>\n.da-profile { max-width: 860px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333; }<br \/>\n.da-section { margin-bottom: 36px; }<br \/>\n.da-section h2 { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a5276; border-left: 4px solid #1a5276; padding-left: 12px; margin: 0 0 16px; }<br \/>\n.da-edu-row { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: flex-start; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; font-size: 14px; }<br \/>\n.da-edu-row:last-child { border-bottom: none; }<br \/>\n.da-edu-row strong { display: block; color: #222; margin-bottom: 3px; }<br \/>\n.da-edu-row span { color: #888; font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; margin-left: 16px; }<br \/>\n<\/style><\/p><div class=\"da-profile\"><div class=\"da-section\"><h2>Education<\/h2><div class=\"da-edu-row\"><div><strong>M.S. Data Science &amp; Analytics<\/strong><br \/>Eastern University, Pennsylvania<\/div><p>2021 \u2013 2023<\/p><\/div><div class=\"da-edu-row\"><div><strong>B.S. Petroleum Engineering<\/strong><br \/>Texas Tech University \u2014 Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering<\/div><p>2013<\/p><\/div><div class=\"da-edu-row\"><div><strong>B.Sc. Geological Sciences<\/strong><br \/>University of Dschang, Cameroon<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-22a1bfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default edgtf-elementor-container-no edgtf-section edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-parallax-section-no\" data-id=\"22a1bfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5f787a\" data-id=\"b5f787a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7952400 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7952400\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Origin<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a95b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a95b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Family:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8e4807\" data-id=\"d8e4807\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe23f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe23f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cameroon, West Africa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92654d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92654d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Married to Dr. Nathalie Ako; 4 daughters<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8c3739 elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"c8c3739\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-23e0cba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default edgtf-elementor-container-no edgtf-section edgtf-parallax-section-holder-touch-disabled edgtf-parallax-section-no\" data-id=\"23e0cba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5199d49\" data-id=\"5199d49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4b0efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4b0efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8efce0\" data-id=\"f8efce0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faac189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faac189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ako.donatus@fadamissions.org<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6db738 elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"b6db738\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Skills With more than fifteen years of leadership experience spanning the energy, petroleum, electrical utility, and infrastructure sectors, Donatus has successfully managed multimillion-dollar projects throughout the United States. His career has been marked by excellence in project execution, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and organizational leadership. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Donatus is a visionary entrepreneur&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19767","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19767"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19910,"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19767\/revisions\/19910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fadamissions.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}