Brigid Kosgei is the current marathon World Record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon.
Her win shattered British Paula Radcliffe's Legendary 2:15:25 16-year World Record.
She has finished in the top two in eight of the nine marathons that she has run in her career.
Sylvia Mulinge is the Chief Customer Officer for Safaricom Plc
During her tenure, the company has introduced numerous projects to support underserved members of society including the MPesa Foundation, Safaricom Foundation, Ghetto Classics and Blaze Be Your Own Boss project for the youth.
In June 2019, Mulinge was inducted as the fourth member of the UN women initiative, Unstereotype Alliance, chaired by Phumzile Mlambo – Ngcuka, the UN Women Executive Director.
Tabitha Karanja is the CEO of Keroche Breweries the first large brewery in Kenya owned by a non-multinational company.
She is among the few women who are trailblazing their way in high positions in largely men-oriented industries like the liquor industry.
In 2016, she was recognised for her fighting spirit and entrepreneurial mind and awarded the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Africa Award in the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize in Accra, Ghana.
Brenda Wairimu is a seasoned actress and TV host, making appearances in several television series.
The Mombasa-born superstar made her debut to television in 2009 when she was cast as one of the actresses in, Changing Times, a pulsating TV drama that aired on KTN. She played Shareefah together with an ensemble cast of Nice Githinji and Ian Mugoya.
She also starred in Mali, Shuga, Scandals Kibao and Kona.
Lyn Mengich is the chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). She is a leader and HR professional with over 25 years of cross-industry experience holding top-level positions in a wide range of publicly traded and private organisations.
She has a wealth of experience in leadership and Human Resource Management having worked in senior HR roles as CEO and consultant for Nuevo consulting.
Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) chairperson, Jane Kiringai, was elected chairperson of the forum of Chairpersons of Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices at the seventh annual congress held in Meru from the 10th to 12th of October, 2018.
She started her career journey as an economist at the National Treasury in the early 90s. Kiringai also served as a senior economist at the World Bank Kenya.
Julianna is a Technologist, MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.
She is the Chair of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development.
Juliana is a Co-founder at Ushahidi Inc, a non-profit tech company, which specialises in developing free and open-source software for changing how information flows in the world.
In 2019, she was awarded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the founder of software Ushahidi used for election monitoring.
Dr Chao Mbogo is the Dean School of Science and Technology at the Kenya Methodist University (Kemu).
She is also a computer science teacher, a mentor to computer science students, and a researcher in Education Technology.
She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town.
In 2017 she won the Anita Borg Systers Pass-It-On award
In 2016, she won the Google Travel Award for Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Dr. Damaris Parsitau is a gender and social justice activist, Echidna Global Scholar at the Brookings Institution, Research Associate Harvard University, USA.
She is an advocate for a just society that provides equality & adequate opportunity for women and girls
Lady Justice Grace Mumbi Ngugi is a judge of the High Court of Kenya and co-founder of the Albinism Foundation for East Africa.
The foundation comprises people with albinism, parents of children with albinism and professional friends with an interest in the rights of persons living with albinism. Aside from being a renowned author, she is also known for scooping a number of awards.
She was awarded the 2018 CB Madan Award in an annual ceremony organized by the Platform Magazine and Strathmore Law School.