Kwesi Adofo Mensah wife Chelsea Keaulani Brown studied at UC Berkley. Chelsea is the author of a children’s book called The Little Wahine.
Kwesi is the general manager of the Minnesota Vikings. He has been present with the team since 2022.
He started his executive job at the San Francisco 49ers in 2013 as Football Research & Development Manager. In 2016, Mensah was promoted to Director of R&D. He worked there till 2019.
In 2020, Kwesi became the Vice President of Football operations for the Cleveland Browns. He was responsible for monitoring the team’s day-to-day operations. He also helped Cleveland with the 2021 Draft selection.
Mensah graduated from the Princeton university with an economics degree. Subsequently, he also received his Master’s degree in economics from Stanford University.
Chelsea K Brown is an IT Professional
Chelsea Keaulani Brown works as a UX Researcher for Youtube.
She has been working there since May 2022. She is responsible for enhancing Youtube’s media partnership experience, like Movies, Series, and Originals.
Before that, Chelsea used to work at Google’s Design Systems Research as its UX Researcher. She started her work there in October 2020. She was tasked to evaluate the internal development system investments for better business efficiency.
Chelsea is also proud to be the first researcher on Google Cloud’s internal startup. She is also the co-founder of Google’s organization-wide Design Systems Research Community. This community focuses on business challenges across 89 systems.
In March 2020, Chelsea made her first introduction to Google as the Looker Data Platform Research researcher. She helped in the acquisition and onboarding process of the Google Cloud Platform.
Chelsea Brown’s Early Career
Chelsea worked as the UX Researcher for the Looker organization for three years.
She started working there in November 2017 and was embedded in the Data Platform Research. Google also acquired the Looker firm in 2019. She reported her work to the VP of Design.
In January 2014, Brown joined her first firm, Gametime United startup, as its first dedicated UX Researcher. She was involved in the Sports & Music Platform Research. She conducted user experience research and helped convert the four-people startup to 100 employees. Her office was located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Her education happened at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with an arts degree in Media, Marketing & Entertainment Management. She completed her academic life in 2013.
Her duties for Google and Youtube occur in the Santa Cruz headquarters, so she has made her residence there for easy travel.
Chelsea is also a Writer
Chelsea is active as a children’s author with many published books, such as The Little Wahine.
The Little Wahine is a book that celebrates women’s empowerment by focusing on the mindset of courage and resilience. The book was made in Santa Cruz, designed by Jihee Kim, and illustrated by Jaz Meier.
Chelsea got the inspiration for the book from her travels to Fiji, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Born in Honolulu, Chelsea has been fascinated by diverse cultures. Her family heritage is Hawaiian, Puerto Rican, and Swedish; this helped her to be interested in these beautiful cultures too.
She promoted the book on her Facebook page on 12th November 2020, stating, “18 days left to pre-order and support The Little Wahine children’s book coming to print!”
Kwesi Adofo Mensah Family
Kwesi Adofo Mensah mother Emma Mensah and father raised him in New Jersey. Kwesi is married to Chelsea Brown.
Kwesi Adofo is of American nationality due to his birth in the USA. However, he also shares Ghanaian heritage since his parents emigrated from there.
The Vikings GM can speak Twi, the official language of Ghana. Per ESPN, Kwesi had conversed in Twi with another Ghanaian player Brian Asamoah during their meeting at the Vikings training camp. Brian even stated how he felt like a family to Kwesi.
Emma was present during her son’s first official interview as the Viking GM in January 2022. Mensah lovingly refers to his mom as a superhero. Kewsi also has two other siblings: a brother and a sister.
Kwesi’s elder brother Jojo Mensah studied economics at Dartmouth College. As of 2023, he has been embedded in the finance sector.
Meanwhile, Kwesi’s sister Ku Mensah works as a digital consultant for New York’s EY Design Studio. She is tasked with enhancing the digital fronts of her client organizations.
Today, the household has residences in Minnesota and California. Kwesi spends his time in Minnesota due to his job there, while Chelsea spends more time in Santa Cruz.