Board of Directors
ADA MWANGOLA
Board Chair
Ada is a social development expert with over 20 years of experience in Government and development agencies ranging from national to international. She is currently the Director of the Social and Political Pillars of Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat. Ada holds a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, and an M.A. in Sociology and Industrial Relations and a Bachelor of Commerce from Nagpur University, India. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Organisational Leadership at Panafrica Christian University. Ada has great interest and passion for initiatives that make positive impacts to livelihoods in the African continent. Her strength is in policy formulation and she is excited to lead Ujamaa as we scale ETT to all of Kenya.
PRASEDE KIHORO
Board Member
Prasede is a passionate and dedicated Senior Teacher with over 30 years of experience and serves as a Curriculum Specialist for persons with disabilities in the Teachers Service Commission. She is a Commissioner in the Catholic Justice And Peace Commission and is a Youth Counselor at the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. Prasede is passionate about empowering young adults through mentorship and is committed to sharing her wealth of experience in life skill training and sexual reproductive health.
ZIPPORAH MUSENGI SUPUK
Board Member
Zipporah Musengi has over 18 years in the public service with 10 years serving as the head of Gender disability and child protection at the Teachers Service Commission Kenya. She holds an MBA from Sunderland University and has been appointed to multiple Kenyan national committees pertaining to Gender and Disability. She has implemented various projects such as European Union Ending Violence against Children, DFID and The British Council on Education initiating the Beacon Teachers Nationally. She is also a Master Trainer for 12 countries within the great lakes region in Africa on Sexual and Gender Based Violence. She is also the lead capacity-building trainer on Gender Child protection and Disability issues in education
BRENDAN ROSS
Board Member
Brendan Ross has served as the UNICEF chief of child protection in multiple countries in East Africa. He has strong leadership capabilities and a longstanding commitment to the wellbeing of vulnerable children everywhere. He is an International development professional with 15 years experience working in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Australia, along with operational experience in the United Nations and leading Non-Government Organisations throughout East Africa. Brendan is a strategic thinker with strong communications and people management skills. He has an extensive background in programme/project design, monitoring and evaluation. He has introduced and supported Ujamaa throughout it’s decade long expansion into Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan and Somalia. He currently serves as the UNICEF Chief of Child Protection in South Sudan.
JAKE SINCLAIR,MD
Founder
Jake is a San Francisco-based Pediatrician and Founder of Ujamaa-Africa. He is an entrepreneur who developed innovative models of healthcare delivery including the first Pediatric Hospitalist Group and the first Pediatric Urgent Care integration with private physicians in the USA. He has been working to develop evidence-bsed models to care for high-risk youth for the past 35 years. As a survivor, he is a passionate advocate for young victims of domestic and sexual violence and has developed successful Youth Empowerment programs in the USA and Africa.
PALOMA CARBONEL ROBERTS
Board Member
Paloma is an educator with a focus on trauma recovery. In addition to her teaching credential from UC Berkeley, she is trained in Spinefulness somatic healing and has a wide ranging clientele in Silicon Valley helping adults and children with trauma recovery through body work. As a survivor, Ujamaa’s work to prevent rape resonates deeply with both her personal and professional commitments.
DAWN NAKANO
Board Member
Dawn has 27 years experience facilitating program and curriculum development in the education, environmental and civic engagement sectors. After almost a decade conducting public policy research at think tanks in Washington DC, Dawn honed her skills as a process facilitator for multi-stakeholder initiatives involving teachers, schools, non-profits/NGOs, and city and government agencies. Having launched multiple non-profit start ups, Dawn also has extensive non-profit management and fundraising experience.
DENNIS PAGE
Board Member
Jannis Page is West Coast CSRE Vice President at KKR, a leading global investment firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. His professional life has ranged from restaurateur to wildland firefighter. Outside of his professional life, Dennis is a dedicated youth sports coach and mentor in the Bay Area. He is currently a coach with San Fransisco Golden Gate Rugby Club.
BENJAMIN OMONDI MBOYA, MSC
Board Secretary
Benjamin joined Ujamaa Africa in 2012 as a researcher and became Executive Director in 2014. He has led Ujamaa through its expansion from Kenya to Malawi, Somalia and South Sudan, and is currently leading Ujamaa in developing and implementing a countrywide scale up of our flagship program, Empowerment Transformation Training, to Kenya, Malawi and Somalia. He has co-authored several research papers in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, and the United States International University (USIU) studying the effectiveness of Ujamaa’s unique dual-gender approach for preventing violence against women and girls. In addition to an undergraduate degree in public health, he holds a Master’s degree in Biometry from the University of Nairobi, School of Mathematics and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at University of Nairobi. Prior to joining Ujamaa, Benjamin worked with the US Army Medical Research Unit in Nairobi and at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust.