Judith Kepher-Gona is the CEO of Ecotourism society of Kenya. Judy joined ESOK in 1999 and has since
then engineered its transformation from an insignificant awareness creation organisation to a leader in
setting standards for the tourism sector in Kenya and now into performance evaluation.
Judy graduated from University of Nairobi in 1992 with a BA degree in Sociology and Geography. She
worked for the Kenya Wildlife Service, the organisation charged with management of Kenya’s national
parks. Judy is in the final stages of completing her MA in Community Development. Her MA thesis is on
private/community partnerships in ecotourism as tools for rural development.