Our team
LEADERSHIP & STAFF/ADVISORS/BOARD
Dr. Barasa Kiptoo
BOARD CHAIR/Co-Founder
Barasa Kiptoo is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a human rights defender with over eight years hands-on experience working with the protection and promoting the rights of vulnerable members of the society.
Barasa holds an SJD; Doctor of Laws from the James E. Rodgers College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy in University of Arizona, Tucson.
Carson Kiburo
Executive Director/Co-founder
Carson Kiburo advocates for Indigenous rights; engages in legal research, deeply rooted in the lived experiences of his Endorois Peoples heritage. As a lawyer, he focuses on the intersection of conservation law, land dispossession, and biocultural rights. Kiburo’s voice draws from both grassroots, policy and academic inquiry, engaging with Indigenous rights frameworks such as the UNDRIP and the African Charter to uphold and promote justice for Indigenous Peoples. Beyond legal research, he has led community-based digital advocacy and contributed to intergenerational dialogues on Indigenous knowledge, food sovereignty, and Indigenous governance.
Winnie Moimett
BOARD MEMBER
A registered Clinical Nutritionist and a lecturer at Kenya Medical Training College. She is a strong community advocate who is passionate about women and children health. She is currently the Project Coordinator for Indigenous Women Program.
Edwin Kebeni
Board Member
Edwin is a business lecturer and a PhD candidate at the University of Nairobi. Passionate about sustainable business practices that promote ethics and an inclusive approach, Edwin brings corporate governance and local communities-centred approach to JAC.
Evans Lokabel
Advisor
A development planning economist with an MA in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi. He is an accomplished Strategy, Program Design and Implementation, public policy, Partnerships and Resource Development specialist,
Regina Biwott
Board Member
Regina is an entrepreneur. She brings on board strategic partnerships to spearhead business empowerment among the women in the community while also focusing on tackling retrogressive cultures like FGM.
Winnie Sengwer
Advisor
An indigenous woman from the Sengwer Indigenous Community from Embobut & Kabolet. Winnie is passionate about indigenous peoples human rights issues that include land rights, climate change and biodiversity conservation and her advocacy revolves around it. At JAC she represents Kenya Indigenous Youth Kenya.
Milka Chepkorir
ADVISOR
For the last 6 years, she has been working with her Sengwer community to address land tenure issues in Embobut and Kabolet forests, their ancestral lands. Milka has a special interest in gender issues and has been working with the women and the elders in her community to have women included in the community land rights struggles.