PASTOR MERCY DJENEBOU BOUARE, M.A., SHRM-CP    
Founder/President LeadershipExcellenceforWomenbyWomen (LEWW)

Pastor Mercy currently works as Workforce Manager at the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) since 2021.  She manages all human resource functions for over 120 employees at the Center for Environmental Excellence (CEE).

From 2020 to 2022, Pastor Mercy served as Member of UTA Presidential Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CoDEI).  As the primary policy advisor, on issues of diversity, racial equality, and inclusion at UTA, she advised the President, UTA leadership, and relevant organizations. In this role, she recommended strategies, policies, and practices for new, revised, and modified initiatives to the UTA President. Pastor Mercy also co-chaired UTA Diversity Programming Subcommittee from 2020 until 2021. In this capacity, she identified and supported programming for students, staff, and faculty that supports an inclusive multicultural learning and working environment.

Prior to that, from 2016 through 2021, Pastor Mercy served as Coordinator III, Special Programs for UTA Division for Enterprise Development (DED.  She managed all divisional operations, including staffing and recruitment, talent and performance management, and division strategy and implementation.  She was an expert resource for the department and central HR recruitment and portfolio/project resourcing.

From 2013 until 2020, Pastor Mercy served as Director of operations for The Gospel Royal Temple Int’l, a faith-based church. She managed all operations, budget, and communication function of the church.

Before moving to Texas, Pastor Mercy worked 2014-2015 as Administrator for Arts for the Aging (AFTA), a Washington D.C. non-profit with a mission to engage older adults and care   partners in health improvement and life enhancement through adult education.                                                               

 

2008 to 2011, Pastor Mercy worked for FHI360, formerly the Academy for Educational Development (AED), a Washington D.C. based international organization that focused on education, health, and economic development for the least advantaged in the U.S. and 160 countries.  Pastor Mercy served as Chair and Advisor for AED Workplace AIDS Committee (AWAC) from 2009 to 2011. In that capacity, she sought funding and collaborative partnership with international and domestic health care organizations, AED Senior Management, and over 3000 staffs worldwide.  Pastor Mercy developed and managed over 30 team members to increase major gifts donor pools and implement development outreach activities.  Within five months, she solely raised over $30,000 in financial and material donations for local and international HIV/AIDS organizations. She was AED 2010 Leadership Awards’ winner and was credited with increasing AED visibility by securing recognition in local newspapers.

From 2010 to 2011, she was a Communication and Program Liaison at the Global Health, Population and Nutrition unit at AED.  She liaised with the Global Partnership Coordinator for updates, reports with UNICEF, World Bank, USAID, Save the Children, and Water Advocates.  She wrote and disseminated material on the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW) to over 280 oversea participants from 78 countries.                      

Pastor Mercy also served as Public-Private Partnership Liaison for USAID Senegal Education de Base project, Dakar, Senegal from 2008 until 2010. She managed an $8 million Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) procurement involving over 30 domestic, Senegalese, and multinational service providers. She also led an effort to develop global partners for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Initiative for Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Senegal, which provided Senegalese middle schools with access to ICT to improve teaching and learning.

 

In 2009, she was nominated Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow for UTA STAR Program, USAID Macedonia Primary Education Project (PEP), Skopje, Macedonia. Selected among 20 staff to travel in 8 regions of Macedonia, she monitored, evaluated, and accessed the scalability of the project.

2008 -2010, Pastor Mercy served as Senior Operations Associate for USAID/US Technical Training Institute (USTTI) e-Government Project at AED.  She managed project activities in 19 countries with ongoing records and success rates of all activities, to develop a document of best practices and potential materials for future marketing material. Designed and disseminated the pre-seminar survey to over 35 international participants.

Pastor Mercy worked as Advertising Manager for the National Association for Convenience & Petroleum Retailing (NACS), Alexandria, Virginia from 2006- 2007.

Prior to moving to the U.S. in 2002, Pastor Mercy held diverse roles in Mali, her native country and in various African countries. She was also engaged with some famous global organizations Junior Chamber International (JCI) where she held multiple leadership positions.

Pastor Mercy is an ordained Pastor, married and mother of a miracle little boy, Israel.  She lives in Dallas, Texas.