Governance
Board members.
Experienced friends and supporters who guide our strategy, policies and accountability.
Shaban Varajab
Founder and Team Leader
Shaban is passionate about social change and has driven campaigns on peacebuilding, conflict transformation, youth development, gender equality, education and civic engagement. He works as a project data and accounting manager in the United States while running 42 Change Makers.
Dr. Musera Geoffrey Ababu
Board Member
Senior Lecturer in Educational Planning and Management at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, with a doctorate in Economics of Education and Management. A teacher trainer and mentor for over 20 years, he previously worked at the Teachers Service Commission. His research focuses on access and equity, education financing, schooling outcomes and policy analysis.
Dorothy Nasirumbi Okello
Board Member
A French and English translation and interpretation consultant, tutor and data analyst. She is a trained French teacher with certifications from CNED and CAVILLAM and a Master's in Applied Economics from Université de La Réunion, passionate about monitoring and evaluation, program planning and data analysis.
Wilfred Kinyanjui
Board Member
A Registered Nurse in South Bend, Indiana, and director of Embrio Enterprises INC (USA and Uganda). Growing up in Kenya shaped his passion for helping the less fortunate, and he volunteers in community projects in his spare time.
Meshack Kogo
Board Member
Data Assistant (ICT) at University Health Services, University of Nairobi, and formerly a Data Assistant with USAID AMPATH in Eldoret, Busia and Kitale. He holds a Diploma in Management Information Systems from KCA College and is completing a B.Sc. in Applied Computer Science at Kisii University.
Vincent R. Ogoti
Board Member
A scholar-practitioner who has run peacebuilding projects in Africa, the Middle East and the US. A Mellon Public Humanities Fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he holds a master's from the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute and was a Fulbright Fellow at Yale University.
Board recruitment
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