Joanita N. Gakami, Associate in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice, in the firm’s Newark office, was announced as a Solar Sister Board of Directors member.
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Solar Sister announced today that Joanita Nemayian Gakami has joined the organization’s Board of Directors.
An attorney with the national law firm Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Joanita Nemayian Gakami counsels her clients on numerous employment law issues and represents them in related litigation. She litigates claims of discrimination, unfair trade practices, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblowing.
Joanita, a native speaker of Maasai and Kiswalli, founded the Maasai Girls Education and Empowerment Program in 2012. The program supports the educational needs of Maasai girls attending day school in Loitokitok, Kenya. This program provides academic support and mentorship opportunities to approximately forty-five bright and talented impoverished girls.
“We are thrilled to have Joanita join our Board of Directors. Her commitment to our mission, rising from her own lived experience growing up in a rural Kenyan Maasai community, as well as her expertise in law and human resources, are tremendous assets,” said Katherine Lucey, Solar Sister Founder, and CEO. “We welcome her to Solar Sister and look forward to our future work together.”