{"id":6404,"date":"2020-11-21T09:55:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T09:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estudiar.vamtam.com\/?page_id=6404"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:54:12","slug":"governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/197.137.64.198\/mainsite\/about-us\/governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Spend your next few years studying at a center of intensive scholarship and taking advantage of our multidimensional academic experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Julia Slocombe is Vice President of Regional Operations for Smart City. Currently, she oversees the management of operations at facilities in the western United States. Under her leadership, her team consistently meets financial, operational, and quality assurance performance targets at locations associated with Smart City\u2019s regional facilities.<\/p>

Ms. Slocombe has directed and provided leadership for all phases of technology and telecommunications operations in her assigned region. She has developed her team to meet the growing demands of both the internal and external customers. She was invaluable as project lead and had a pivotal role in several successful contract renewals at major convention centers, which included an exclusive 10-year technology agreement with a Neutral Host Distributed Antennae System design, installation, and management. All locations assigned to Ms. Slocombe have flourished under her guidance and remain vital company assets.<\/p>

Ms. Slocombe is a capable and experienced professional who successfully manages and leads core teams at various size operations at convention centers while increasing customer satisfaction and sales. Ms. Slocombe has made a valuable impact in the areas of revenue enhancement, relationship management\/client retention and operations improvement.<\/p>

Ms. Slocombe\u2019 s professional affiliations include the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) and the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE). She is the former chair of IAEE\u2019s Women\u2019s Leadership Forum and past immediate chair of IAVM\u2019s Diversity and Inclusive Leadership Committee. Julia has furthered her knowledge and earned a certificate in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the University of South Florida, Muma College of Business. Ms. Slocombe also serves on the Equity Task Force for the Events Industry Council.<\/p>

Ms. Slocombe is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Neighborhood House Association located in San Diego, California, where she served from 2014 \u2013 2020: including chair of the programs, nominating and bylaws committees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Phyllis Wakiaga is the Senior Advisor, Industrialisation Practice; Private Sector Development at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and former Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), one of Kenya\u2019s leading business membership organizations representing manufacturing and value industries. She is a dynamic, results oriented legal professional with a strong track record in public policy formulation, stakeholder relations, human capital management, resource mobilization, financial oversight and corporate governance. Prior to her appointment, Phyllis was the Head of Policy Research and Advocacy Unit at Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM). The Unit provides the overall direction in the policy and advocacy work of the Association.<\/p>

Phyllis represents KAM on the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), Anti Counterfeit Agency (ACA), COMESA Business Council and is a member of the Kenya Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (KECOPAC). She is also the Chair of the Kenya Water Industrial Alliance and a Director at KENGEN. Before joining KAM she was the Manager for Government and Industry Affairs at Kenya Airways where she was a key member of the Government of Kenya delegations negotiating bilateral air services agreements and was responsible for building and maintaining Government and Industry relations. She was a member of the East African Community Facilitation Team that ensured improvements across all airports in East Africa. She previously worked at Otieno Omuga and Ouma Advocates.<\/p>

Phyllis is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Masters in International Trade and Investment Law at the University of Nairobi, Masters in Business Administration from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Nairobi, Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law, a and a Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Human Resources Management Kenya.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Carole Kariuki is the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration and International Affairs from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. She has also pursued several professional courses on Public-Private Sector Dialogue, Global Leadership and Private Sector Development among others.<\/p>

Ms. Kariuki has a wealth of experience in leadership having worked for Barclays Bank of Kenya, Nairobi Chapel and Sagamore Institute for Public Policy Research, Indianapolis \u2013 Indiana, where she acted as a liaison between Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the institute before formally joining KEPSA.<\/p>

She worked for several years at KEPSA before being appointed KEPSA CEO. Ms. Kariuki is credited for transforming KEPSA from a little known Business Institution to one of the most influential institutions in Kenya and Globally. KEPSA is the Apex body of the private sector in Kenya, galvanizing the private sector through public-private dialogue and influencing the economic and development agenda of the country and Africa.<\/p>

She currently serves in several boards including:<\/p>