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Board of Directors
Ife Adingupu
Co-Founder/President
Ife is an IT engineer with a passion for seeing relationships thrive. This passion birthed the vision to do something that can impact couples in our community to lead healthy relationships; hence the start of TMA Canada. To support this vision, Ife enrolled in formal education to become a certified marriage/relationship mentor and coach thereby providing professional and research informed support for couples.
Dr. Damilola Adingupu (PhD)
Co-Founder/Vice President
Dr Damilola Adingupu is a researcher and lecturer with a passion in education. With a belief that when marriages thrive our society will be a lot healthier, Dr Adingupu is on a mission to reach as many families as possible through the work of The Families Advocates to equip couples for healthy marriages.
Niyi Ojo
Board Chairman
As an experienced HR professional, he is dedicated to achieving business objectives by empowering people and fostering inclusive workplaces where everyone can excel. As a certified marriage mentor, he frequently shares valuable insights on building enduring relationships and is known for providing thoughtful guidance to couples.
Through his HR career and passion for marriage, Adeniyi embodies the belief that faith, love, and community can create transformative change in the world.
Ekene Obi
Treasurer
Ekene is a mathematician who works as a Data Analyst, enjoys playing chess, reading and spending time with family.
He is a devoted husband to a lovely wife and father to two beautiful children. He likes to build things and spends most of his time learning about systems and how they work. Ekene is passionate about keeping families together and he knows that the best way to do this is by helping marriages thrive.
Kemi Seedy
Advisor
Kemi Seedy is a Senior HR Professional, a Real estate agent and a Pastor in a local church. As a corporate/ business and religious leader, Kemi is always busy raising the bar for her community in human resource capacity building, financial empowerment and maximizing your potential in God. Kemi loves to speak and has spoken on over 1,000 platforms and for countless hours as a counsellor and coach. As a diversity and Inclusion champion, Kemi has led DEI initiatives for multiple Fortune 500 companies, advocating for representation and fairness.
Kemi also volunteers her time and expertise as a career coach to serve on the Board of youth development organizations, where she serves indigenous youths in First Nation communities.
When Kemi isn’t making homeownership dreams come true for her clients or honouring a speaking engagement as a pastor, she enjoys teaching children in her local church
Musap “Moose” Abdel
Strategic leader
Musap “Moose” Abdel is a visionary entrepreneur, community leader, and changemaker whose work intersects technology, education, and social impact. He is the Founder & CEO of Struggle Is Your Success (SIYS), a non-profit that has empowered over 500 BIPOC, newcomer, and justice-involved youth through entrepreneurship, mentorship, and innovation—significantly reducing youth recidivism and fostering inclusive leadership.
Moose is also the Founder and Managing Partner of QA Enterprises, an AI consultancy that helps businesses optimize operations through intelligent solutions, and the Founder of Mini Techies, an ed-tech app teaching youth STEM and AI via gamified learning with parental tracking.
Certified in Design Thinking and Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School, Moose brings over a decade of experience in IT and leadership. He serves on several boards, including the Calgary Police Board African Committee and the Government of Alberta’s Black Advisory Council, to which Premier Danielle Smith appointed him.
An award-winning advocate for Justice, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEADI), Moose is driven by resilience and a deep commitment to reducing barriers, sparking innovation, and inspiring the next generation of changemakers.
Ife Adingupu
Co-Founder/President
Ife is an IT engineer with a passion for seeing relationships thrive. This passion birthed the vision to do something that can impact couples in our community to lead healthy relationships; hence the start of TMA Canada. To support this vision, Ife enrolled in formal education to become a certified marriage/relationship mentor and coach thereby providing professional and research informed support for couples.
Dr. Damilola Adingupu (PhD)
Co-Founder/Vice President
Dr Damilola Adingupu is a researcher and lecturer with a passion in education. With a belief that when marriages thrive our society will be a lot healthier, Dr Adingupu is on a mission to reach as many couples as possible through the work of TheMarriageAdvocates to equip couples for healthy marriages.
Niyi Ojo
Board Chairman
As an experienced HR professional, he is dedicated to achieving business objectives by empowering people and fostering inclusive workplaces where everyone can excel. As a certified marriage mentor, he frequently shares valuable insights on building enduring relationships and is known for providing thoughtful guidance to couples.
Through his HR career and passion for marriage, Adeniyi embodies the belief that faith, love, and community can create transformative change in the world.
Ekene Obi
Treasurer
As an experienced HR professional, Ekene is a mathematician who works as a Data Analyst, enjoys playing chess, reading and spending time with family.
He is a devoted husband to a lovely wife and father to two beautiful children. He likes to build things and spends most of his time learning about systems and how they work. Ekene is passionate about keeping families together and he knows that the best way to do this is by helping marriages thrive.
Ekene is a mathematician who works as a Data Analyst, enjoys playing chess, reading and spending time with family.
He is a devoted husband to a lovely wife and father to two beautiful children. He likes to build things and spends most of his time learning about systems and how they work. Ekene is passionate about keeping families together and he knows that the best way to do this is by helping marriages thrive.
he is dedicated to achieving business objectives by empowering people and fostering inclusive workplaces where everyone can excel. As a certified marriage mentor, he frequently shares valuable insights on building enduring relationships and is known for providing thoughtful guidance to couples.
Through his HR career and passion for marriage, Adeniyi embodies the belief that faith, love, and community can create transformative change in the world.
Kemi Seedy
Advisor
Kemi Seedy is a Senior HR Professional, a Real estate agent and a Pastor in a local church. As a corporate/ business and religious leader, Kemi is always busy raising the bar for her community in human resource capacity building, financial empowerment and maximizing your potential in God. Kemi loves to speak and has spoken on over 1,000 platforms and for countless hours as a counsellor and coach. As a diversity and Inclusion champion, Kemi has led DEI initiatives for multiple Fortune 500 companies, advocating for representation and fairness.
Kemi also volunteers her time and expertise as a career coach to serve on the Board of youth development organizations, where she serves indigenous youths in First Nation communities.
When Kemi isn’t making homeownership dreams come true for her clients or honouring a speaking engagement as a pastor, she enjoys teaching children in her local church
Musap “Moose” Abdel
Strategic leader
Musap “Moose” Abdel is a visionary entrepreneur, community leader, and changemaker whose work intersects technology, education, and social impact. He is the Founder & CEO of Struggle Is Your Success (SIYS), a non-profit that has empowered over 500 BIPOC, newcomer, and justice-involved youth through entrepreneurship, mentorship, and innovation—significantly reducing youth recidivism and fostering inclusive leadership.
Moose is also the Founder and Managing Partner of QA Enterprises, an AI consultancy that helps businesses optimize operations through intelligent solutions, and the Founder of Mini Techies, an ed-tech app teaching youth STEM and AI via gamified learning with parental tracking.
Certified in Design Thinking and Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School, Moose brings over a decade of experience in IT and leadership. He serves on several boards, including the Calgary Police Board African Committee and the Government of Alberta’s Black Advisory Council, to which Premier Danielle Smith appointed him.
An award-winning advocate for Justice, Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEADI), Moose is driven by resilience and a deep commitment to reducing barriers, sparking innovation, and inspiring the next generation of changemakers.
The Family Advocates is accepting applications for Board and Committee members. Volunteer with us by serving on our Board/Committees. By joining our board, you will be helping us give a voice to members of our community battling cancer and other chronic diseases.
Contact Us
Suite 180 611-10th Avenue SW, Calgary AB
Email: info@thefamilyadvocates.ca
Tel: 403-354-2817
Charity Registration Number 703030809RR0001
Land Acknowledgement
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory. Finally, we remain committed to continue to learn about the truth regarding Colonialism and residential schools in Canada, and will actively work towards reconciliation while advocating for our government to do so as well
Contact Us
S210 – Heritage Square, 8500 Macleod Trail SE Calgary AB
Email: info@thefamilyadvocates.ca
Tel: 403-354-2817
Charity Registration Number 703030809RR0001
Our Programs
*Marriage Mentoring & Family Coaching
*Peer-To-Peer Support & Referral To Culturally Responsive Counselors
Land Acknowledgement
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory. Finally, we remain committed to continue to learn about the truth regarding Colonialism and residential schools in Canada, and will actively work towards reconciliation while advocating for our government to do so as well
