As Development and Communications Associate, Ivy supports Firelight’s donor relations, communications, and fundraising efforts.  

Prior to joining Firelight, she served as External Relations Associate at Educate!, where she managed a grant portfolio across East Africa and supported fundraising strategy and donor communications with major international funders, including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the Mastercard Foundation, and the World Bank. She also worked with Dalberg Advisors as a Global Knowledge Management Associate, where she supported business development, designed and maintained knowledge management systems, and developed knowledge resources to strengthen consulting delivery across thematic areas such as education, artificial intelligence, gender, agriculture, and food security.

Ivy holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics from the University of Nairobi.