Ivy Kihara
Board Member
Ivy is a human rights lawyer with over 13 years of experience working with different Kenyan and international not-for-profit organisations, specifically in systems and processes creation, programme and project management, capacity building, administration, human resource management, research, policy analysis, monitoring, and evaluation. She has sectoral experience in human rights, safety and security of human rights defenders, governance and democracy, NGO security management, women’s rights, youth, business, and human rights, media, and film production. She enjoys working with a diverse and complex range of partners and stakeholders. Her countries of experience are Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Burundi, Swaziland, South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal and comparative analysis with Latin America and Asia. Ivy loves to read, listen to music and walk at night (security permitting) and cook. She also volunteers her time to causes she believes in. She loves bright and bold colours and will often have flowers in her hair. She aspires to learn Spanish and sign language. She is currently the Program Director at the National Democratic Institute Kenya. She is also a person living with albinism.
