Enakshi, as Director of the Roots to Branches Foundation, is also the driving force behind it. She is an MBA (finance & marketing) turned social worker. With a career of almost 25 years in the development sector, she has championed gender equality, human rights and inclusive development. Enakshi’s forte is in strategic planning, organisational management, designing and managing accounting and financial systems, M&E system design, project development etc. Guided by the principles of servant leadership, Enakshi is deeply committed to building strong teams with a culture of dialogue and democratic decision making at its core. Beyond the confines of a regular job, you will find her with her son navigating the roads with his wheelchair.

Jennifer aka Jenny has almost three decades of experience in the development sector in the Northeast. As a co-founder of the ant, she also headed the organisation for a decade from 2004 to 2014. With her experience of starting, building and running an organisation and partnering with many others, Jenny now supports numerous grassroot organisations in organisational and strategy design, growth planning and OD processes. With a skill for visualising ideas and concepts, Jenny has a passion for gender equality, peace and justice, working to build strong and impactful institutions even as she designs and facilitates participatory training and processes. An avid trekker, Jenny matches her love for the outdoors with her love for pani puri!