BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Charles Field-Marsham is a Canadian entrepreneurial businessman with more than 25 years of experience in building businesses. He is the founder of Kestrel Capital Management Capital (KCMC), a company which provides strategic, investment and management consulting services to businesses in and outside Canada. Charles also owns and is chairman of the following businesses: Kestrel Capital, Panafrican Equipment Group, and Kenya Fluorspar, a fluorspar mine he purchased in 1997 but closed in 2017. Collectively, the companies employ approximately 400 people with operations in Canada, Dubai, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In January 2020, Charles invested in and became a board member of Slingshot Sports LLC, a world leading brand of kiteboarding equipment, headquartered in Hood River, Oregon.

Jane Manners - Secretary

A lawyer by training, Jane is currently completing her PhD in American legal history at Princeton University. Before coming to Princeton, Jane received both her JD and her AB from Harvard, where she was captain of the Harvard indoor and outdoor track teams. After law school, she clerked for Judge Mark Wolf, chief judge of the federal district court of Massachusetts. She has also worked as a teacher, a grant maker, a journalist, and a presidential campaign staffer. Starting in the fall of 2018, Jane will be a Bernard and Irene Schwartz Fellow at the New-York Historical Society in New York, NY.

Kevin Blaney - Board Member

Cynthia Masai - Board Member

Rose Ruhiu - Board Member

Rita Field-Marsham - Board Member

Rita is a Kenyan-born lawyer. She worked in the private sector as a lawyer and founder of Field-Marsham & co advocates, worked in the executive arm of government as prosecuting counsel at the State Law Office in Kenya and in the in legal aid sector as a pro bono lawyer for the high court and court of appeal in Kenya. From 2005-2010 she served on the board of Young Patron’s Circle (YPC) at the Royal Ontario Museum. In 2009, she founded Knowledge Empowering Youth (KEY), a charitable program that provides turn-key libraries in Africa of which she remains the CEO. In 2011, she co-founded FMNB Projects, a Canadian based for profit social venture.

Wandia Gichuru - Board Member

Wandia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vivo Activewear, a retailing clothing business that was started in 2011. In 7 years of operation, Vivo has blossomed into the “go-to” store for stylish yet comfortable, functional and affordable women’s clothing in Kenya. Prior to starting Vivo, Wandia spent over 15 years as international development adviser and held positions with the UK government, the UN and the World Bank. She is also passionate about transforming lives through job creation and supporting women in business. She is based in Kenya.

Dhiren Chandaria - Board Member

Viona Shina Leboo - Board Member

Shina is an Analyst on the Global Marketing team at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager guiding individuals, financial professionals, and institutions in building better financial futures. She completed a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College in 2016. She was born and raised in Oloitokitok, Kenya, a border town on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. She is the first-born child in a family of 3 children and is part of KenSAP’s class of 2011. She lives and works in New York city, but she remains close ties to her home community, mentoring young Maasai girls and developing a financial inclusion program for youth in her home community.