Wendy comes to BOMA after 12 years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, most recently as Associate Program Officer for Financial Services for the Poor, developing and delivering solutions to drive financial inclusion for the ultra-poor in emerging markets. For more than three years, she worked closely with BOMA as a Program Officer overseeing the Gates Foundation’s investment in BOMA under the Putting Women and Girls at the Center of Development Global Grand Challenge Award. As Director of Expansion and Innovation, Chamberlin will contribute to overall organizational development and strategy with a focus on working with existing partners including the Government of Kenya, USAID, Mercy Corps, Catholic Relief Services and others to customize and replicate BOMA’s model and the Graduation Approach. She will also be charged with sourcing new partnerships and overseeing project and program design.

Sam works in all aspects of program management and development, including livelihoods and livestock market systems, capacity building, and partnership management in our Isiolo office. One of his biggest priorities and responsibilities at BOMA is managing our role in the USAID-funded Kenya Livestock Market Systems project, under an award from ACDI/VOCA. Sam is a people-focused leader with 10 years’ experience in Program Management in the areas of poverty graduation, resilience, livestock market systems, natural resource management, WASH and governance in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL’s) in Kenya and Eastern Africa. Sam came to the BOMA Project after having worked with BOMA as Program Manager for the USAID FTF Kenya Livestock Market Systems Activity.  Prior to that role, he was with Land O’ Lakes International Development as Livestock Production Advisor; and Practical Action as Goal Specialist and Head of Food, Agriculture and Disaster Risk Reduction Program. He has also served as the Kenya Representative to the Adaptation Fund NGO network. Sam holds Masters degrees in Climate Change and Adaptation and Project Planning and Management, and a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine, all from the University of Nairobi.

Boru is BOMA’s new Monitoring & Evaluation Officer in Isiolo, responsible for day-to-day-management of BOMA’s rigorous field-based monitoring and evaluation activities. He holds a degree in Accounting from Kenya College of Accountancy University (KCAU) and is currently studying for a Degree in Governance, Leadership & Election at Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA). Previously, he was a Project Assistant on the Feed the Future project with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and was involved in implementation of the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program in Isiolo County. He has also worked as a Research Assistant for Johns Hopkins University, conducting interviews on pastoral conflicts, pasture scarcity and climate change in Isiolo County.

Bety is BOMA’s Markets Linkages Officer in Samburu. She is a graduate of Laikipia University and holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce with majors in Finance and Banking. She joined the BOMA team in September 2017, and is responsible for markets analysis and assessments, capacity building for BOMA participants and staff, markets linkages, livestock value chain and promotes financial access and inclusion. Prior to joining BOMA, she worked with various organizations including, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (K.N.B.S) and Afya Timiza – Amref.

Stephen Leshorono joins BOMA after having worked as a program officer at Childfund, Kenya  and later as a county resident monitor at Water Sector Trust Fund in Turkana, Samburu and West Pokot Counties. Stephen holds Diploma in Business Management and a Diploma in Project Management from Kenya Institute of Management and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Arts degree in Project management Kenyatta University.

Jeremiah has worked with BOMA for three years as the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the Marsabit office. Jeremiah earned his Bachelors degree in Social Work from Nairobi University in 2013 and is currently earning his Masters degree in Monitoring and Evaluation at Maseno University. Before joining BOMA, Jeremiah worked for the county governments Ministry of Education in Marsabit as a facilitator. Jeremiah has also worked with a variety of NGOs including ILRI, World Vision, and IPSO SYNOVATE, where he worked as a research assistant. Jeremiah is from Ngurunit and currently lives in Marsabit.

Julieta was born and raised in Wamba, in Marsabit County, where she now mentors 55 business groups and 7 savings groups. She heard about the BOMA Project from a friend and saw the good that BOMA was doing in her community and wanted to be a part of this team. Prior to joining BOMA, she interned with the District Commissioners office in Meru.

As Graduation Adviser in our fast-growing Turkana location, Francis works on all aspects of program implementation. Francis joined the BOMA Project from Kenya Aids NGO’s Consortium (KANCO) where he was spearheading the governance and accountability program funded by USAID alongside a community TB program funded by the Global Fund. Prior to that, Francis worked at the Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) on strengthening livestock marketing systems for a resilience program funded by USADF. He has also worked for World Vision Kenya and Share International in different leadership capacities. Francis is a Doctorate student at Kabarak University pursuing a PhD in Business Administration (Strategic Management).  He holds a Masters of Science in Development Studies from Jomo Kenyatta University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies from Mount Kenya University, a Diploma in Human Resource Management from MOI University, and certificates in personnel management and industrial relations and community development from the University of Nairobi and KISWCD respectively. Francis also studied Theology where he attained a Diploma in Missions and Church Administration from SIMI and Associate Degree in Theology from Florida Beacon College and Seminary.

Abdi joined BOMA as a Graduation Advisor in Wajir County in January 2018. He holds a B.A in development studies from Mt. Kenya University, and a Diploma in community development from the Kenya institute of social work and community development, (KISWCD) Nairobi. Abdi comes to us after having worked as the SCOPE registration Officer at Danish Refugee Council (Dadaab) for Somali returnees funded by WFP. Prior to that he was Cash and Market Officer at ICRC, an unconditional cash transfer programme in Somalia based in Nairobi.