Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg ita ce Babban Darakta na Rise, haɗin gwiwa na Schmidt Futures da Rhodes Trust. Kafin haka ta kasance Daraktar Cibiyar Nazarin Harkokin Noma ta Mata ta Afirka (AWARD). Wanjiru ita ce kuma wanda ta kafa kuma tsohon Darakta na Akili Dada, mai ba da jagoranci ga 'yan matan Afirka da mata matasa kuma tsohon Mataimakin Farfesa a Harkokin Siyasa a Jami'ar San Francisco. Kamau-Rutenberg ta samu digirin a fannin kimiyyar siyasa daga Jami'ar Minnesota ta Minneapolis, inda ta mai da hankali kan huldar kasa da kasa, nazarin jinsi da tarihin Afirka. Kundin karatunta na 2008 kan Impact of Ethnic Politics on Women’s Rights legislation during Kenya’s Democratic Transition tsokaci game da cudanya tsakanin jinsi, (sake) samar da asalin kabilanci da tsarin dimokaradiyya a cikin kasashe masu tasowa. Rubuce-rubucenta ta yin amfani da ruwan tabarau na jinsi don gano kaciyar da aka tilasta wa maza a lokacin rikicin ƙabilanci na Kenya na 2007-08 Bayan Zaɓe na ɗaya daga cikin irinsa na farko don amfani da abubuwan da maza na Afirka suka fuskanta na tashin hankalin siyasa a matsayin hanyar tashi don yin la'akari da tsaka-tsakin jinsi da siyasa kuma an buga shi a cikin Jadawalin Aiki na Takardun Adalci na Jami'ar Oxford.