Jesse Dompreh, Pastor

Jesse Dompreh, after receiving his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Ghana in August of 1980, migrated to Springfield, Illinois to undertake a twelve-month internship with the Dept. of Financial Institutions. In 1982 he received his graduate degree in Public Administration from Sangamon State University in Springfield. In 1995 he received a Certificate on Estate Planning and Wealth Accumulation from Oxford University, England. He’s also the recipient of the following designations from the American College: C.L.U. (Chartered Life Underwriter); ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant) and CASL (Certified Advisor for Senior Living).

Jesse is a State Farm Agent who is involved in the Albuquerque community. He has served as parliamentarian of the New Mexico JTPA Coordinating Council, chairman of DOE/Sandia Nat’l Labs citizens’ advisory board, and president of NM Coalition for Literacy. He is a member of the Governor’s Business Executives for Education, former chairman of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The Greater Chamber recognized Jesse with the Chairman’s Award for Excellence.

In August 2004, he was ordained Itinerant Elder in the AME Church in Phoenix, Arizona.

Jesse has two daughters, Monica and Jessica, and one son Matthew.