Our Team
A dedicated team of volunteers, board members, and other supporters has made Hekima Place the thriving, mission-driven organization it is today. For more information, please contact us.
Kate Fletcher
Founder
Laura Bright
Executive Director
Jennifer Swank
Administrative Volunteer
Kay DeGraw
Volunteer Program Coordinator
Wendy Zepf
Sponsorship Program Coordinator
US Board of Directors
Chris Zepf
Board of Directors President
Portfolio Manager, Cinctive Capital
Richard Jacobs
Board of Directors Vice President
Retired Environmental Engineer, PPG Industries, Inc.
Christine Erimias
Treasurer
Chief Financial and Operations Officer, Fragasso Financial Advisors
Lorraine Bridy
Secretary
Writer
John Odell
Principal & Co-Founder, Warner Pacific Properties
David Leahy
Managing Director, Turner Impact Capital
Mike Manley
CFO/CCO/COO, Lynrock Lake LP
Kay DeGraw
M&A Consultant, PwC
Lorraine Jardine
Retired Secondary, School Teacher
Robert East
Professor & Director of Environmental Studies, Washington & Jefferson College
Jeannie Gambino
Managing Partner, Three Arch Advisors, LLC
Emeritus Members:
Kate Fletcher, Founder
Jim English
Kathryn English
Kenyan Board of Trustees
Rebeccah Muriguh
Chair, Kenyan Board of Trustees
Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies – University of Kenya to Lecturer, University of Nairobi
Maryann Theuri
Chair, Hekima Hills Learning Centre Board of Management and Kenyan Board of Trustees Member
Lecturer, St. Paul’s University
Margaret Nyawira
Secretary, Kenyan Board of Trustees
Program Manager, Hekima Place
Wilfred Nzau Ing’eti
Secretary, Hekima Hills Learning Centre Board of Management
Headteacher, Hekima Hills Learning Centre
Lyma Mwangi
Chairperson, Scholarship Committee, Hekima Hills Learning Centre Board of Management
Management, Human Resources and Finance
Elaine Mukuru
Retired, Education Management and Program Development
Mathias Nganga Kamau
Lawyer to Advocate of High Court, M.N. Kamau & Co. Advocates
Samuel Gthiora
Tour Operator
Rajinder Soin
Director, Vamos Architects
Beatrice Wainaina
Sales & Marketing, General Insurance
Ruth Wairimu Gathwara
Retired, Head Teacher
Janet Marie Mathenge
Director of Human Resources, Fair Acres Group of Companies
Stephen Oleku
Assistant Pastor, World Covenant Church
Fr. Sebastian Koladiyil
Lecturer, Tangaza University College & Vice Director, Don Bosco Boys’ Town Technical Institute
Ruth Nduati
Pediatrician and Epidemiologist, Lecturer, University of Nairobi