Bio

Lawrence E. Adjah, MBA, M.Ed, M.Div., is an accomplished leader, best-selling author, and social entrepreneur dedicated to helping individuals and communities establish and strengthen their relationships with God, with other people (family, friends, neighbors) and themselves (mind & body). Known for addressing the issue of loneliness in the digital age, he founded the Family Dinner Foundation. Its key initiative, Our Family Dinner, reached nearly 50,000 young adults in 40 cities worldwide, fostering lifelong relationships through shared meals.

Adjah's work has been featured in Ebony, Black Enterprise, Essence, The Chicago & Miami Tribunes, and other nationally syndicated outlets. He also addresses mental health and wellness as a host and panelist for the Just Heal, Bro global tour. He authored the best-selling "The 100 Marriage: Decisions & Declarations You Need to Make Before Getting Married," offering guidance towards a prepared, lifelong marriage. Additionally, he narrated the audio version of the bible: "Lawrence E. Adjah Reads the Bible: New International Version (NIV)" (Watch God Work™ Publishers - 2024).

A licensed and ordained Minister, certified marriage counselor, and chaplain, Adjah provides gospel-based counseling, spiritual direction, chaplaincy, and life coaching to professionals and organizations.

Beginning his career at McKinsey & Company after being an All-American track & field athlete, Adjah holds a B.A. from Harvard, an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, an M.Ed from The University of Texas at Austin with distinction, and a M.Div from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, receiving the Preaching Award and the John D. Tate award.

Lawrence serves as an Advisory Board Member and Former President of the Board of Directors for The Harvard Black Alumni Society (HBAS). Lawrence also serves on the Board of Directors for the Urbanworld Film Festival and formerly served on the national Board of New City Kids. 

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Family

Lawrence Ekwang Adjah was born on January 10, 1984 in Flatbush Brooklyn, New York, to Lawrence and Cornelia Adjah, both Nigerian immigrants. He was the third born of four, and was raised alongside his three sisters. His family later moved to Piscataway, NJ where he was raised and attended high school.