Nancy Kaizilege has been named Chairperson of Policy Forum and Paul Daniels as Vice Chairperson. Ms. Kaizilege is Secretary General of United Nations Association Tanzania (UNA - Tanzania), an  organization that aims at promoting public awareness, engagement and understanding of the activities of the United Nations in Tanzania. Mr. Daniels is the Care International Tanzania Country Director, an organisation working to enhance gender equality and climate change adaptation in the rural environment of Tanzania.

Nancy has over ten years of experience in stakeholder relations through her work with the United Nations Association of Tanzania dating back to 2003. In this time, among other things, she was the first official Tanzania youth representative to the United Nations General Assembly and also worked on youth projects with UNICEF in Muyovozi, Mtabila I and II and Lugufu camps in Western Tanzania.

“Ms. Kaizilege's experience working with the traditionally marginalised including youth make her a valued advisor to Policy Forum and its member organisations," said Semkae Kilonzo, the Coordinator of the network. "We are excited to have her perspective on the Board of Directors, and look forward to her inputs as we strive to enhance informed civil society participation in decisions that determine how policies affect ordinary Tanzanians, particularly the most disadvantaged,” he added.

Nancy holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in International Business. She is also completing her final research paper to attain a postgraduate diploma in the Management of Foreign Relations from the Mozambique/Tanzania Centre for Foreign Relations.

Ms. Kaizilege succeeds Israel Ilunde of  Youth Partnership Countrywide (YPC) who at the end of his term stepped down at the 2015 Annual General Meeting. Policy Forum would like to extend its appreciation for the leadership provided by Israel Ilunde. His grassroots experience helped the network in identifying priorities and achieving its strategic objectives.