Kemi Kakonge-Ruyondo

Kemi Kakonge-Ruyondo

Washington, D.C., USA

Kemi is supporting conservation finance learning across the Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) and the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA). She first joined CSF and the CFA as an intern helping to build the Finance for Nature (F4N) course, and now supports CSF's courses and the Numbers for Nature Training Institute, along with the CFA Incubator's work with early-stage conservation finance projects. Previously, Kemi was a Fellow at the World Resources Institute and a Technical Advisor with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in Uganda. She holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning from the University of California, Davis. Now based in Washington, DC, Kemi enjoys long walks through Rock Creek Park and working on puzzles, drawn to the quiet satisfaction of untangling complexity one piece at a time.