Pamela J. Oakes

PAMELA J. OAKES, Managing Director of The Profitable Nonprofit, is a Professional Speaker and Fund Development expert, having worked successfully with organizations, nonprofits, foundations, universities, government and community organizations around the world. Pamela’s passion is to ensure that those who want to change the world for ‘good’ have the funding and resources to do so.

Pamela embarked on her nonprofit career while working in Johannesburg, South Africa as a Corporate Trainer. In this role, she traveled extensively throughout the African countries of South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Nigeria and Zimbabwe conducting workshops and training seminars for government, corporate, community, and faith-based organizations in the areas of Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Change Management, Organizational Transformation, Employment Equity, Affirmative Action and Personal Empowerment.

Upon returning from South Africa, Pamela worked for nearly a decade with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As a grant maker managing a multi-million dollar portfolio. Pamela remains a spirited advocate for Equity & Inclusion and a champion for the empowerment of women and girls in developing nations.

Pamela's signature address, "I Am the Storm" is guaranteed to fire-up and ignite change-makers, community-builders, trailblazers, dream-chasers, and anyone passionate about changing this world for “Good!”