BANGOR — Penobscot Community Health Care is pleased to announce the appointment of Banjo Ogunlela, CC, MCPN, PMP, ITIL, MCSE to the PCHC Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ogunlela works as a small business advisor and microenterprise specialist at New Ventures Maine, a University of Maine program helping Mainers achieve career and business goals. Ogunlela offers online classes to entrepreneurs who plan to launch new businesses in north central and Down East Maine.
“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Mr. Ogunlela to our Board,” said Lori Dwyer, PCHC president & CEO. “His unique blend of expertise in strategic business administration, project management, and community development will be a tremendous asset to PCHC as we continue to navigate the evolving healthcare landscape.”
“I am honored and excited to join the Board of Directors at Penobscot Community Health Care,” said Ogunlela. “PCHC’s commitment to community-focused health care resonates deeply with my professional values. I look forward to contributing my experience to support PCHC’s mission to deliver exceptional care to all.”
Ogunlela recently completed his master of arts in global policy at the University of Maine where he worked as a graduate teaching assistant and lecturer. He has also earned a PhD in business administration (supply chain integration), an MA in global policy, an MSc in cybersecurity and an MBA in technology management. Previously, he served on the faculty of business and management sciences at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lectured and conducted research on business administration, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation.
Ogunlela also brings 17 years of information technology operations and training experience from professional posts with the United Nations World Food Program (in South Africa), Shell Petroleum Development Co. (Nigeria) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company.
Penobscot Community Health Care is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1997. PCHC’s mission is to ensure access to comprehensive, integrated primary health care services for all to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and the Maine communities served. Sixteen practices and program service sites in the Bangor area, and in Belfast and Jackman, offer a wide range of services including family medicine, dental, pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health and substance use treatment, specialty services, pharmacy and healthcare for the homeless. Online at www.pchc.com.