Godfred (Kofi) Nyarko is the Research Program Manager for the National NGO Program on Humanitarian Leadership at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He also serves as a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant for the Signal Program. 

Kofi has a diverse professional background. He served as the Country Director for Mercy Project Ghana where he fought daily to eradicate slavery from his homeland. Kofi helped liberate over 50 children and reunified them with their families. In past years, Kofi worked in health information management both in the United States and Ghana, including working as a Biostatistics Assistant at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana, and as a Project Assistant at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Kofi holds a BA in Population and Health from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and an MA in International Development Policy with a certificate in Negotiations and Leadership from The University of Chicago. Kofi is interested in organizational effectiveness, particularly within the humanitarian sector.