TEAM
John Manners - Founding Director
John was born and educated in the US, but spent part of his childhood in Kenya and returned there as a Peace Corps teacher in the early 1970s. A journalist by profession, he spent 18 years as a writer and editor in various branches of Time Inc., and maintained his connection with Kenya by developing a sideline covering the exploits of its runners. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Harvard University and a Masters Degree from Columbia University.
Alan Davidson - Executive Director
Alan has been with the KenSAP team since 2016. He is a lawyer by training and before KenSAP, he handled legal matters for early-stage American technology companies. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a Bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Michigan.
Ahmet Salat - Alumni Fellow ‘21
Salat is currently working with KenSAP as an Alumni Fellow for one year, before attending graduate school in 2022. He was born and raised in Wajir, Kenya. After excelling in primary school, he attended Alliance High School and joined KenSAP as a Scholar in 2016. He secured admission to Duke University on a full financial aid package as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar. Salat graduated in 2021, with a double major in Public Policy and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
While at Duke University, he pursued several enriching opportunities including internships at the UNHCR and OHCHR in Geneva, Al Gore’s Climate Reality in DC and the Uganda Village Project. In addition, he traveled to Jordan to research the impact of displacement on the lives of Syrian, Iraqi and Palestinian refugees, and studied abroad in Morocco. In an effort to give back to his community, Salat founded KESDA, a Kenya-based NGO that has been carrying out projects in his home county to improve access to quality education and employment opportunities for the youth.