| FACE Africa’s Champions represent a group of AMAZING individuals who lend their name, time and support to help us accomplish our mission. Our Champions include such groups as celebrities, entrepreneurs, athletes, lawyers, and ordinary individuals with a passion for giving back. |
Whitney Port
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| Whitney Eve Port is an American television personality and designer. She is widely known for her starring role on the MTV reality series The Hills and The City as well as for her Whitney Eve fashion line. In October 2010, Whitney traveled to Liberia to support FACE Africa and raise awareness about some of issues and challenges in Liberia. During her trip, she visited the Liberian Women Sewing Project, an orphanage, local market and tie-dye shop to name a few. Whitney has pledged to support efforts in Liberia and to date has raised $10,000 for FACE Africa in partnership with Symphony. |
Pierre Cote
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| Pierre Côté has been working in the financial sector for over thirty years and is now employed by one of the world’s largest global custodians in Canada. He has traveled extensively to India as well as Ghana and Liberia hoping to make this world a better one. Pierre was instrumental in reuniting a family of Liberian refugees in Buduburam with their mother in Liberia. His continuous support of the family and their community remains one of his greatest joy. Pierre’s love for Liberia, his passion for giving back, and his endless support for FACE Africa makes him one of our true Champions. |
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Dikembe Mutombo
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| Honored with USA Weekend Magazine’s “Most Caring Athlete Award,” and from FOXSports.com as the most generous athlete in the world, NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo of the Houston Rockets has long been dedicated to improving the health, education and quality of life for the people in his birthplace, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1997, he founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in an attempt to eradicate many childhood diseases that have virtually disappeared in developed countries while those diseases are still life threatening to children in the Congo everyday. >>Read more |
Andrew Fowler
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| Andrew Fowler is a corporate and securities attorney and Partner at Gray Haile, LLP. Mr. Fowler’s practice focuses on transactional, securities law and general corporate matters. He has acted as deal counsel on transactions aggregating well over $80 billion over the past decade. Mr. Fowler acted as long term pro bono counsel to a consortium including the Red Cross, UJA Federation and Catholic Charities, among others, as they coordinated efforts to help those affected by the September 11 Attacks. A friend, supporter and pro-bono legal advisor of FACE Africa, Andrew Fowler is a true Champion in our eyes. |
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