Simon Gicharu is the founder and chairman of Mount Kenya University.
Gicharu is the current chairman of the Water Service Regulatory Board (WSRB), a position which he will hold for the next three years following his appointment by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in August.
Ndetei is currently the Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Nairobi. He has held the position since 1995.
In addition, he is the Founding Director of Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF).
Sam Mwaniki is a Kenyan teacher, who started off as a primary school teacher.
He is the winner of the 2021 Facebook Accelerator Program.
He is the founder of Teachers Notice Board Kenya, whose main aim is to bring teachers, trainees and tutors from all Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya together to build relationships, share
Sossion is a nominated member of parliament representing workers' interest in the National Assembly and has been active in educational matters since he started teaching in 1993, at Tenwek High School, in Bomet.
He has been passionately fighting for the rights of teachers.
Ayub Mohammed is an Islamic teacher at Eastleigh High School in Nairobi.
In 2016, he was named among 10 finalists who were nominated for the prestigious United States Global Teacher award.
Eddah Gachukia is an entrepreneur synonymous with being the co-founder of the Riara group of schools.
She is also the founding Executive Director of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), an organisation that has received several awards and honours for its contribution to female education in Africa.
Julius Jwan is the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Early Learning and Basic Education.
He served as the Director/CEO at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
Belio Kipsang is a career civil servant who has authored highly competent academic and research papers in the areas of Higher Education Financing and Planning.
He served in the Ministry of Education as its Principal Secretary for eight years, but was recently reshuffled to the State Department of Regional Development as the PS in charge of Regional and Northern Corridor Development in February 2021.
Yukabeth Kidenda is the co-founder of Teach for Kenya, an organisation aimed at supporting underprivileged communities to access quality education.
She founded the organization Human Link through which she was able to support hundreds of at-risk youth in Kenya through mentorship, academic assistance, and healthcare.
Christopher Situma Khaemba is the former headteacher of Alliance High School and the founding dean of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa. He founded the academy in 2008 after moving to the southern Africa Country.
Widely regarded as one of Africa's leading educationists, Khaemba was named the head administrator of the new institution at its inception in September 2008.