Lanre Williams-Ayedun

Lanre currently serves as Senior Vice President for International Programs at World Relief, leading a team that provides humanitarian relief around the world in partnership with the church. A proud Nigerian-American, Lanre’s upbringing across Africa and coming to the US as a teenager deeply informed her passions for high quality, faith-informed support to local efforts that promote human flourishing. Lanre is a public health nerd, an Afrobeats aficionado and loves to talk about authentic relationships and human connection. Over her twenty-year career, Lanre has specialized in strategy and systems building for program design, implementation, monitoring, accountability and learning. She has worked for faith and secular development organizations and has had the opportunity to travel extensively to hard-to-reach communities around the world. Lanre is a sought-after public speaker on faith and development and serves as a board member, coach and advisor to several organizations. Lanre has master’s degrees in International Development and Public Health from George Washington University, and a certification in Human Centered Design from Johns Hopkins University. Lanre speaks four languages at various levels of proficiency and currently lives in Sterling, Virginia with her husband Yomi. They have been long-term members of Fairfax Church where Lanre serves on the care team as a lay counselor.