Meet the members of JNN Foundation’s Board of Trustees and read their biographies.
U.S. Board Members
Meet our U.S. board members.
David Bolton, PhD, M.A.
 Dr. Bolton has his PhD in Research and Testing from Florida State University and his master’s degree in Research and Statistical Methodology from Andrews University. Prior to graduate school, David spent six years in Germany, where he graduated from Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemensschule, a German gymnasium in Berlin, and the theological seminary, Seminar Marienhoehe, in Darmstadt, Germany. (Read More)
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Kennedy Nyairo, PhD, MBA
 Dr. Nyairo is a Technology and IP Operations Manager, at IPVALUE Management Inc., where he’s responsible for technology and financial analysis of intellectual property (IP) assets. He leads several projects related to optical data storage, telecommunications, eCommerce, and optoelectronics market segments. He also mines technology/IP portfolios for commercially valuable assets and develops licensing deal proposals. (Read More)
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Clive Ondari, PhD, MBA
 Clive Ondari has over 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical policies and programs, having worked for the Government of Kenya and the World Health Organization on various assignments. He holds a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Master of Science in Business Administration. He started his career in academia and regulatory affairs in Kenya where he was Associate Professor and Head of Dept. at the University of Nairobi, College of Pharmacy and Chairman of the Pharmacy Board for over 10 years. (Read More)
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Marty Freitag, R.N, LNC, BA/BM, MDiv.
 Marty has been a nurse for 40 years with a few different specialty fields. Her love in the nursing field is psychiatry and she has worked for Sheppard Pratt Health Systems for 13 years. She also is a retired military nurse having served in the Air Force for 20 years. Marty took a sabbatical from the routine everyday life in the United States after retirement from the Military and spent two and a half years serving as a missionary in Tanzania, East Africa where she taught nursing subjects as well as English and worked with the students in evangelism and choir. (Read More)
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Hellen Nyabiosi
 Hellen Nyaboke Nyabiosi is the wife of the late Mr. Joseph Nyabiosi Nyakundi (JNN), after being married to him for 45 years. Together God blessed them with ten children and they were impressed to adopt five more. While raising her big family, Mrs. Nyabiosi also worked full time at the Corporative Bank in Kisii, Kenya for 27 years. In 1999, she retired and moved to join her children in the United States. (Read More)
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Jeffrey M. Goldner
 Jeff was born and raised in Delaware, USA. He has been in construction and contracting for over 30 years. Mr. Goldner has been involved with church youth and mission trip projects.  Jeff is partners in a growing solar power business in Nigeria for a few years now and has become more aware of the challenges faced by Africans. He has a strong desire to help make change for the better. (Read More)
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Pastor Elvis Mogoi
 Elvis Mogoi is a native of Kenya who was raised in a family of three siblings and loving parents, and is married to his lovely wife, Carolyne Mogoi.  He has been involved in church ministry from an early age serving as a youth leader and children’s instructor, with a focus of helping the youth and children get to know God closely and follow His ways. This ministry has involved conducting seminars and speaking engagements at youth forums and workshops. He has led several campaigns against drug abuse and creating awareness on HIV/AIDS. (Read More)
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Mrs. Ayanna Harrison
 Ayanna Harrison is currently a contract employee with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Human Development from the University of Utah in 1996 and has over 16 years of public and child health experience. In 2002, she began her public health career working with the Utah Department of Health’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Systems (PRAMS) program. (Read More)
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Brian Nyamwange, B.S.Chem.
 Brian Mogaka Nyamwange has a special connection to this foundation in that he is the oldest grandchild of the late Joseph Nyabiosi Nyakundi (JNN). The mission and goals of this foundation resonate well with the young scholar because they reflect the principles and values that he was raised with in the Nyabiosi home. The legacy of his late grandfather lives on in the lives of young men like Nyamwange, and it is for this reason that he has dedicated his life to service and self-sacrifice. (Read More)
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Kenya Board Members
Meet our Kenya Board Members.
Edward Odundo, PhD, MBS, BSc, MBA, FCPA, FKIM, CPS
 Dr. Edward Odundo is the Chief Executive Officer of Retirement Benefits Authority (Kenya), honoured by his Excellency the President, Hon. Mwai Kibaki, with The Moran of the Order of The Burning Spear (MBS), Former Director of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), Director Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), a Board member of the Insurance Training and Educational Trust and the Vice President of the International Organisation Of Pensions Supervisors (IOPS), having previously served as the Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee of IOPS. (Read More)
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Josephine Omwenga-Arasa, ESQ
 Josephine has 15 years of broad legal background and experience as a lawyer in Nairobi, Kenya. she practices in corporate and commercial law with an emphasis in children’s rights, gender and women empowerment issues in Nairobi, Kenya. Her passion for representing indigent clients has earned her a unique combination of high training and strong negotiating skills in family matters, succession, breach of contracts, insurance claims and conveyance. (Read More)
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Vera Manduku, MD
 Vera Manduku is a Radiologist/Research Officer with the Kenya Medical Research Institute. She has eight years of experience in diagnostic imaging, and is a Vice Chair of the Kenya Association of Radiologists and also of the Kenya Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (KESUMB). Areas of interest are in improved, accessible, cost effective Diagnostic Services, through interdisciplinary partnerships in Kenya and the region and also enhancement of quality health Care in Kenya and the world, through research and establishment of quality standards in Imaging. (Read More)
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Betty Bonass, MD
 Dr. Betty Bonass is a Consultant Radiologist currently working at the Kenyatta National Hospital since 2002. She also carries out part time practice at the Nairobi Hospital and Nairobi Women’s Hospital. Betty is currently pursuing technique comfort in image guided- biopsy procedures and MRI. She has Extensive experience and comfort in carrying out all modalities of Ultrasound Scanning, Doppler Studies, Breast and Pediatric ultrasounds; Flouroscopic examinations ,especially in Pediatrics’; Mammography, CT Scanning ,MRI scanning. (Read More)
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Daisy Onguti
 Daisy Onguti has five years of experience in Corporate Communications and has worked at the Retirement Benefits Authority as a Corporate Communications Officer responsible for Public Financial Education and awareness on good governance in scheme management and planning for retirement since 2008.  She has a world of experience in Strategic Communication Planning, Corporate Social Responsibility, Event Management, Media Relations, Corporate Brand Management, and Crisis Prevention & Risk Management. She is currently in Daystar University in Kenya studying communications. (Read More)
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Tracy Anne Osero
 Tracy Anne Osero is a Senior Procurement Officer at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and the Deputy to the Procurement Manager with over 20 years of experience in Supply Chain Management. Her day to day job entails acquisition of goods ranging from capital to consumable items and services as required by the Corporation. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Purchasing and Supplies Management at the University of Nairobi. (Read More)
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