Kafuti Talahumbu

Kafuti Talahumbu is the Associate Director of Corporate Relations at The George Washington University (GW). Kafuti fosters collaborative and dynamic partnerships among the 10 GW schools, GW senior leaders, and private sector partners. His work involves initiating, developing, and facilitating private industry collaboration within a portfolio of 81 institutes and works closely with institute directors, faculty, and corporate partners to secure resources for strategic initiatives across the GW community. Prior to his tenure with GW, Kafuti served as a Channel Partner Manager at Verizon, where he forged strategic alliances in the healthcare, education, and public sectors. With IBM, Kafuti orchestrated key initiatives, including the market roll-out strategy for Watson Education’s Partner Ecosystem and expanded IBM’s government contracting footprint. Kafuti's background includes studying and reporting on Wall Street firms at The Investment Company Institute, providing critical market insights to the Federal Reserve Board, US Treasury, and other industry actors. Kafuti holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Public Policy from Saint Mary's College of Maryland and an MBA from The George Washington University School of Business. In his free time, Kafuti enjoys spending time with his family, reading, working out, and traveling.