Joyce Malombe

Program Director, Wellspring Advisors

Joyce Malombe is the Program Director for International Children’s Education at the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. Prior to joining Wellspring in January 2012, Joyce worked as a consultant for several organizations and held numerous positions including Program Officer for Education at ELMA Philanthropies where she started and led programming in nine Southern Africa Countries. Joyce has served in a number of nonprofit boards in different capacities.

Joyce worked with the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program as Director of Africa and Middle East and Coordinator Leadership for Social Justice program in all 22 Ford Foundation country offices. She additionally served as a Senior Scientist at the World Bank as well as an Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Southern New Hampshire University and the University of Nairobi.

She has more than 25 years of experience, receiving a BA and MA from the University of Nairobi and a PhD from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.