Bio

 

 

 Wolle is a leader, board chairperson, and politician with eleven years of experience in global leadership, executive leadership, thought leadership, and military leadership. Wolle has led organizations and initiatives globally and nationally in the areas of public service, leadership, international affairs, politics, and defense and innovated structures for a fair cooperative, and secure world. 

Wolle’s fascination and love of public service began twenty-five years ago at the age of eight years old due to internal desire, family, community, and life experiences. One reason was internal desire. Wolle was inspired by the potential of individuals, groups, and countries to do great things when visiting the architectural sites of the Abyssinian empire, Ancient Egypt, New York City, and other societies. Wolle was equally struck by the extreme pain and suffering of many people around the world which was disturbing, and she always felt the need to contribute. A second reason was family. Wolle came from a leadership and service family starting from the royal family of Ethiopia historically such as her great-grandmother who sent troops to fight the Italians in the battle of Adwa and won. She considered women in defense and leadership even at the level of generals completely normal, so she never felt inhibited to pursue a career in service or leadership. On her father’s side, she heard of the world of diplomacy working as a senior regional advisor in the U.N., and from her mother’s side, she heard of the world of revolution from her young adulthood fighting with the student revolutions against the Mengistu regime’s red terror era. This gave Wolle a basic understanding at a young age of working both within the system and from outside the system. Wolle was also fortunate to have a community of people who guided her and an international-American-Ethiopian-Zimbabwean background. She grew up in Zimbabwe in a close-knit community that instilled the importance of working together. She attended an American international school where she saw how it was possible for kids from different national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds to come together. She admired good fighters around the world who endured so much such as imprisonment or poverty when fighting for causes considered a threat to corrupt actors and further learned how essential good leadership and sacrifice is. In school, as she learned about politicians, scientists, musicians, among others, she gained a deeper appreciation for great thinkers, changemakers, and beautiful people. 

One thing that has never wavered is Wolle’s involvement in leadership and public service. In terms of military leadership and strategy, Wolle formulated and executed plans created on a standing global military capability to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity. Wolle created organizations with innovative organizational structures and led development efforts from ideation to planning to legal formation to outreach to execution. Wolle built partnerships and maintained relationships across borders with individuals in over 30 countries in six continents. Her strengths include strategic vision and strategic thinking as she has created new structures outside and within the system for a fair, cooperative, secure world then attempted to institutionalize the structures. Her passion, dedication, sacrifice, and integrity come in handy when making necessary sacrifices that are consistent with her belief in the importance of public service. Wolle led multiple initiatives concurrently and simultaneously by bringing people together to collaborate on the initiatives by 

utilizing a mix of methods and conducting strategic planning and operational planning. Wolle built and managed a team of twenty-five partners as owner of the Public Service Alliance for Africa LLC. She recruited team members, worked directly with team members on an hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly basis, and actively supported partners through their professional and personal journeys. As for social innovation, Wolle envisioned the Public Service Global Alliance Inc and the Public Service Alliance for Africa LLC and the Movement for Africa in the past two years alone and previously planned and led various other initiatives such as a standing global military capability to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity. She engaged with hundreds of senior government, military, and police leaders among others when warranted to advance a mission. Wolle was politically active in many political parties over 11 years. She is ideologically conservative although she have been active in a range of party ideologies globally and in opposition groups. 

Wolle is currently the Board Chairperson for the Public Service Global Alliance Inc where she is in the process of creating a public service alliance of public service entities worldwide to improve leadership, public service, and governance with the ideology of leadership development where ethics and competency prevails over more traditional ideologies. Wolle focuses on addressing the root causes of policy issues however large and unwieldy they may be in the belief that it is better to try and to fail than to be complicit, indifferent, or apathetic. 

Wolle developed the leadership strengths of intelligence, intensity, integrity, critical thinking, vision, innovation, good character, strong will, love, kindness, passion, dedication, and strength. Wolle has made lifelong learning a habit through learning from observation, audio, and people, and receiving constructive feedback. Wolle has also fought in times of perceived or actual crisis. As for love, kindness, and strength, Wolle possesses a strong love for the people of the world and for fellow citizens and continuously has made sacrifices in service of communities and nations. Wolle is still learning in the Christian faith and always prioritizing spirituality and good values. As for intelligence, analytical skills, and critical thinking, Wolle graduated with best thesis prize and academic achievement award from Harvard University and graduated valedictorian in high school and valedictorian in middle school while participating in over twenty extra-curricular and community service activities. As for decision-making, Wolle mix’s both executive decision-making with collaborative decision-making to make sure merit and the best ideas prevail, and she has leaned heavily on others and received their insights and advice before making critical decisions. As for intensity and strong-will, Wolle has worked for 84 hours per week for months over years in hopes of making a positive impact in the world. 

Wolle’s objectives are to live a life guided by honorable actions, make a significant positive impact in the world, and achieve excellence. 

Meskerem Wolle Professional Biography_English.pdf135 KB