As a thought leader in the fields of social enterprise, education, reproductive health, and policy advocacy, ZanaA relies on thought leaders in these fields and beyond to help us refine our ideas.
| Brett Johnson | CEO and Co-founder, Benevolent Capital Partners | New York |
| Donna Klein | Executive Chair and Founder, Corporate Voices for Working Families | Washington, D.C. |
| Dr. Kamau Gachigi | Chair and Coordinator, Science and Technology Park Steering Committee; engineer and lecturer in material science, University of Nairobi | Nairobi |
| Lawrence Gresser | Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Cohen & Gresser LLP, providing pro bono legal counsel on IP, corporate structure, and other legal matters arising | New York |
| The Hon. Linda Tarr-Whelan | Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow on Women’s Leadership; former Ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in the Clinton Administration; author of Women Lead the Way | Washington, D.C. |
| Jim Hebert | President and founder of Hebert Research and Director of Research for Price Costco | Seattle |
| Judson Traphagen | Owner, PloughPenny Partners – Venture Capital and Private Equity | New York |
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Makena Mwiti
Lara Freidenfelds |
Gender Coordinator for Gender Enterprise Markets at the IFC
Author, The Modern Period: Menstruation in Twentieth-Century America; Historian; Teaching in Women’s Studies at Wellesley College |
Nairobi
New Jersey |
| Richard Seireeni | Founder and Senior Brand Architect, The Brand Architect Group; Author of The Gort Cloud : The Invisible Force Powering Today’s Most Visible Green Brands | Los Angeles |
| Sakti Mukherjee | CEO, Silafrica; Experience in manufacturing, marketing and distribution of branded consumer goods, industrial products & services | Dar es Salaam |
| Whitney Tilson | Founder and Managing Partner of T2 Partners LLC and the Tilson Mutual Funds; founder, Teach for America | New York |
| Muriithi Wanjau | Pastor of Mavuno Church and businessman | Nairobi |
