Meet Our Board

WAEV’s Board provides strategic oversight and governance, ensuring the organisation stays true to its mission and delivers on its goals. With diverse expertise and a shared commitment to our vision, the Board guides decision-making, monitors performance, and supports the long-term sustainability of our work.

  • Juliet Day is a originally from Moshi and is currently based in France working for the Refugee Women’s Center. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in HR Management and Master of Arts in Co-operative and Community Development. Before her current role in France, Juliet worked at TATU Project (NGO) in Moshi and Tanzanian Red Cross Society.

  • Bwire Munubi is a Research and Evaluation Consultant conducting evaluations related to health, nutrition, agriculture and food security, renewable energy, environment, climate change, gender equality and empowerment with more than 8 years in development and humanitarian settings in Tanzania.

  • Emily Umbers has almost 20 years' experience in marketing and fundraising in the nonprofit sector. She works with locally-led organisations in East Africa through her role at Partners for Equity and advocates for more and better international philanthropy in her role at the Australian International Development Network. She has a Bachelor of International Development and has previously lived and worked in Tanzania.

  • Jane has more than 20 years of experience working across sub-Saharan Africa, combining global health expertise with a strong understanding of how organizations position for growth, build partnerships, and turn strategy into action. Her work focuses on helping international development organizations navigate an evolving funding landscape, strengthen their business development and donor strategies, and align their teams and capabilities to pursue emerging opportunities.

    Based in Nairobi, Kenya, she also serves as Vice Chair of Afrikala Art Board in Kenya, an organization focused on youth mental health. She is a member of Women on Boards Network Kenya and provides business coaching to consultants and small business owners in Nairobi.

    Jane holds an MPH from New York University, a BA in Communications from the University of Colorado, and Shipley Associates certifications in Capturing New Business and Managing Strategic Proposals.

  • Saing’orie was born and raised in Lendikinya, a village in the Arusha region of Tanzania. As a child, he watched his mother and sisters experience enduring discrimination because of their gender. They had fewer opportunities to attend school and little access to financial resources. The consequences of climate change further propelled environmental degradation, making women’s daily tasks of obtaining water and firewood, even more difficult.

    Through these experiences, Saing’orie became deeply committed to improve his community through sustainable social and economic development. This passion led him to establish the framework for WAEV in 2019.