Chika Okafor

Dr. Chika O. Okafor is the Founder of Todaydream. He has served in public service and private sector leadership roles spanning local, national, and international issues. In his hometown, he managed an arm of the Chicago Public School’s “Culture of Calm” initiative, tasked with improving school climate and reducing student victims of gun violence. Chika has worked as a business consultant in Chicago with McKinsey & Company, as a lawyer with a global law firm in London, and as a human rights lawyer both with the European Court of Human Rights in France and with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide in Washington DC. Chika is also an experienced spoken word artist and orator, having competed or performed in North America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Chika is a graduate of the Chicago Public Schools for elementary, middle, and high school. He is also a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Harvard, a JD Graduate of Yale Law School, and a college graduate of Stanford. In his spare time, Chika enjoys live music, the arts, and supporting the Chicago Bears, the Williams sisters, and Roger Federer.