Nyemadi Pearson Earns Harvard Degree-Former Central Bank Deputy Governor adds global academic credential

MONROVIA – Former Central Bank of Liberia Deputy Governor for Operations Nyemadi D. Pearson, Yesterday, May 28, 2026 earned a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University’s prestigious John F. Kennedy School of Government, completing the programme with an emphasis in Management, Leadership, and Decision-Making — a concentration designed for senior professionals drawn from governments, international finance institutions, and development organisations worldwide.

The achievement places Pearson among a distinguished circle of Liberian women associated with Harvard Kennedy School, a list that includes former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Pearson’s career spans some of Liberia’s most strategically significant institutions — from ECOBANK Liberia and the National Oil Company of Liberia, to Managing Director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company, and ultimately Deputy Governor for Operations at the Central Bank of Liberia, a position she held from June 2019 until her resignation in July 2024, formally accepted by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai on August 12 of that year.

Across Liberia’s professional and governance circles, her graduation is being received as both a personal milestone and a national symbol — arriving at a moment when the country’s public institutions face mounting demands for technically trained, reform-oriented, and internationally exposed leadership capable of navigating the complex pressures of economic governance and institutional transformation.