STAR 100 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: NOVISI ATADIKA

"My passion is using my investment skills toward the greater good."

MEMBER SINCE: 2008

WHY SHE'S A STAR: After a demanding day at work, many of us can't get up the energy to cook, let alone train for a marathon--but that's exactly what Novisi Atadika has been doing for the last four months, preparing to run 26 miles to raise funds for cancer research. An investment manager by trade, Novisi managed assets at an investment group for nearly four years before deciding to transition to the non-profit sector. "I need to be part of something that's making society better," she explains.

Now part of the investment team at a preeminent cancer research hospital, Atadika finds satisfaction in using her expertise to serve a cause that is meaningful to her. "I was born in Ghana, and now that I'm living in a more prosperous developed country, there's a drive from that background to do something."

Novisi will run the marathon this Sunday November 6th. Help her raise funds for critical cancer research -- DONATE HERE.

Who Should Get the Money?

UPDATE: We've extended the deadline to October 21st! Nominate a deserving charity today by emailing star100network.us@gmail.com a short paragraph explaining why you think this organization should be the recipient of our annual fundraiser.

Stars, do you know of an organization doing amazing things to benefit Ghanaians at home?? Every year we pick a charity to be the beneficiary of our fundraising effort, and this year we want you to be involved!

Email star100network.us@gmail.com to nominate a worthy organization, and include a short paragraph explaining why you think this charity should receive the funds. The deadline is October 15th, 11:59pm -- that's this Saturday! -- so get to it!

Past recipients include the Infant and Baby Unit at Korle Bu Hospital in Accra, the Red Cross (in support of their disaster relief efforts in connection with the floods that devastated Ghana's Northern Region), and Star 100 member Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo's health care initiative African Health Now in Pokuase.