Bonnie K. Holcomb – OSA Board Member
Bonnie K. Holcomb is a founder of OSA who has served in a number of capacities, including…
Bonnie K. Holcomb is a founder of OSA who has served in a number of capacities, including…
Bonnie K. Holcomb is a founder of OSA who has served in a number of capacities, including as OSA Board Chair. In 2014, she received OSA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an anthropologist and advocate with expertise on the Oromo and neighboring peoples in the Horn of Africa. She holds degrees in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and Boston University. She has co-authored Politics and the Ethiopian Famine: 1984-1985 (1986) with Jason W. Clay and The Invention of Ethiopia: the Making of a Dependent Colonial State in Northeast Africa (1990) with Sisai Ibssa. Her other published work (1973-2022) includes articles, book chapters, essays and commentary on a range of issues related to the Horn of Africa region and its peoples.
Bedassa Tadesse (Ph.D.) is a professor of economics at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Dr. Tadesse is a…
Ms. Yeshi Tolessa serves as the Treasurer of OSA. She previously served as the Auditor and in…
Getahun Benti is a professor of African history at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He earned his…
Asnake Teshome Erko was elected to the OSA Board of Directors in 2021. He has been conducting…
Dr. Asfaw Beyene is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University. His research areas are…
Robera is currently serving as OSA Board Member through 2025. Before joining the board, he had served…