A development practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience in international and local NGOs, Chris provides day-to-day leadership and management through program design and strategy, program implementation, networking and fundraising, as well as accountability and reporting to the Board, development partners, government and community stakeholders.

A finance professional with more than 20 years’ experience in providing leadership and management in design, implementation and strengthening of financial, human resource and administration systems, for organizational growth and financial sustainability. She maintains timely reporting to PEN’s funding partners and the Board, as well as government statutory bodies. Judith also supports local and international not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) to address various institutional gaps in areas of organization and financial management systems.

A finance and accounts professional and trainer with twelve years of experience in non-profit organizations’ finance and accounting, Anne supports development and implementation of sound financial and accounting systems to ensure quality financial reporting and organizational statutory compliance.

Mary has sixteen years of experience in project management and implementation, with a focus on strengthening the capacities of citizens, county-level civil society organizations and their networks on various governance issues. She also works with communities on approaches and strategies to enhance their livelihoods resilience and promotion of good governance at the grassroots level.

Jared is a development practitioner with 2 years of experience in civic space advocacy, gender mainstreaming and providing support to project implementation teams. He is interested in resource mobilization, citizen capacity strengthening and monitoring and evaluation. At PEN, he supports citizen capacity strengthening and county-level CSO Networks coordination and capacity enhancement on various governance and human rights issues. He also leads in communications at PEN.

Danson supports PEN’s administrative functions by undertaking various office support operations including timely deliveries, customer care and hospitality.

Dr. Muttai is a trained veterinary surgeon. He served as Assistant Director of the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC), Livestock Division, and as Council Member of Egerton University.

Ms Mbindyo has over 20 years’ experience in the media industry as a producer of video and audio content, and is currently the Executive Vice President – Africa, of the Hiventy Group. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Docubox Film Fund, a member of Kenya Film and TV Professionals, a corporate member of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance, a co-founder and vice chair of Producers Guild of Kenya, and committee member and secretary of Kenya Oscars Selection Committee.

A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Okondo has had a rich career spanning over 20 years in the private sector. He is currently the Managing Director of Jemco Business Solutions Ltd, the Group Chairman of the Board of Pioneer Assurance Company Ltd; a Trustee of Zamara Fanaka Retirement Fund; and the Treasurer of Sustainable Healthcare Foundation.

Ms. Gogo, an MBA holder in Strategic Management with more than 30 years of work experience, is an independent consultant in Finance, Human Resources and Strategic Management. She is a former General Manager of Kodak Kenya Ltd; serves on several Boards, including the Kakamega County Revenue Agency

George Nyakora is the immediate past President of the Africawide Movement for Children. He previously served in Actionaid International and SOS Kinderdorf in various capacities as a Director. He has in 2019 developed the National Street Families Rehabilitation Policy for the Government of Kenya.

Elijah Biamah is a Professor of Environmental and Water Systems Engineering at the University of Nairobi and a former Acting Vice Chancellor, University of Eldoret, Kenya. He has 40 years’ experience in teaching, research and consultancy in technical, environmental, socio-economic, gender and socio-cultural aspects of development projects in the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and many UN Agencies. Prof. Biamah’s consultancy experience has exposed him to the planning, monitoring and evaluation, policy and legislative issues concerning rural development projects. He has been involved in donor, community and environment-oriented project planning and management in Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and China.