Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo

Director

Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo has been a lawyer and strategic advisor to corporate executives, government leaders and non-profit managers for 20 years. Funmi currently serves as Head of Compliance at Palantir Technologies, Inc., a global public technology company. Funmi previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel's Office, where she advised President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other White House officials on a myriad of complex government compliance, ethics and financial disclosure issues. Prior to that, Funmi served as an advisor to former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn as General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Funmi's former government service also includes as Counsel for Policy to the Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, Ethics Counsel at the White House Counsel’s Office and Attorney Advisor at the Administrative Conference of the United States, all during President Barack Obama's Administration. Funmi began her legal career advising private sector clients as an associate with the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Funmi currently serves on the Board of Directors of BeyGOOD, the public charity founded by award-winning recording artist Beyonce Knowles-Carter and is also on the Board of Directors of Reach, Inc., a D.C. based non-profit. Funmi holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, a M.P.A. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A./B.S. from the University of Florida. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and three children. 

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/'bee-GOOD/ verb

1. To give back to your community and uplift those in need. 2. To serve with kindness and generosity, ensuring that GOOD leads the way.

/'bee-GOOD/ verb

1. To give back to your community and uplift those in need. 2. To serve with kindness and generosity, ensuring that GOOD leads the way.