Who We Are2025-05-22T18:19:35+02:00

Our Team

Andrea Kerzner

Chief Executive Officer
& Co-founder

Sandy Tabatznik

Chief Creative Officer
& Co-founder

Firdous Hendricks

Executive
Director

Melissa Jester

Programme & Communications Manager

Nwabisa Ndongeni

Senior Programmes Manager

Vika Mjoka

Johannesburg Programme & Site Manager

Linda Daniels

Content, Grants and M&E Manager

Simamkele Sitwebile

CBD Programmes Manager

Tandi Makhabeni

Programme Coordinator

Maxine Christians

Administrator

Facilitation Team

Johannesburg

Thandiwe Sibanyoni
Portia Qhemekoane
Botsang Raymond Monoana
Thulani Prince

Cape Town

Yoliswa Bambiso
Siyolisi Bani
Carol Dube
Thandi Gaji
Tandi Makhabeni
Marilyn November
Chuma Nozewu
Siphosethu Gagela
Mark Oppelt
Ryan Lott
Phumelelo Guma
Simamkele Sitwebile
Livhuwani Mukhondo

Venda

Veronica Muthelo

Zimbabwe

Rebecca Gopito

US Board

SA Board

Chairperson
Andrea Kerzner

Secretary
Terry Torok

Treasurer
Norman Cohen

Emily Beare
Kimberly Beneville
Michael Beneville
Jonathan Butler
Colin Cowie
Colin Finkelstein
Wendy Fisher
Jennifer Grubman
Lisa Kaye
Jesse Robert Lovejoy
Kweku Mandela
Busie Matsiko
Sandy Tabatznik
Michele Wiltshire
Alexandra Wynne

SA Board

Chairperson
Andrea Kerzner

Secretary
Caro Macdonald

Treasurer
Suzanne Annenberg

Abigail Bisogno
Elana Brundyn
Lungi Morrison
Oliver Nurock
Sandy Tabatznik
Marco Van Embden

Advisory Board

Greg Calejo
David Friedman
Mark Landis

Edward Nahem
Shaun Osher
Nina Rusndorf

Mark Rutstein
Lara Stein
Carmen Zita

Corporate Partners

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