Our Team

Core

Pooven Moodley

Executive Director

Laureen Manuel

Chief Finance and Operations Officer

Gino Cocchiaro

Director of Programs and Development

Katherine V Robinson

Head of Campaigns and Communications

Lucien Limacher

Head of Defending Rights Program and Litigation

Ilse Fredericks

Bookkeeper

South Africa

Dean Palmer

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Alois Mugadza

Programme Officer

Delme Cupido

Hub Director: Southern Africa

Johnathan van der Westhuizen

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Sherelee Odayar

Community Environmental Legal Officer Coordinator

Jacqueline Rukanda

Senior Programme Officer: Defending Rights

Amelia Heyns

Programme Manager: Standing with Communities

Melissa Groenink

Programme Manager: Defending Rights

Claire Martens

Senior Communications Officer

Sinoxolo Delanto

Funder Administrator

Allan Basajjasubi

Programme Officer: Defending Rights

Ivan Franklin Vaalbooi

Programme Officer: Standing with Communities

Kenya

Nyaguthii Chege

Hub Director: East Africa

Mark Odaga

Programme Manager: Defending Rights

Rose Birgen

Programme Manager: Standing With Communities

Eva Maria Anyango Okoth

Senior Programme Officer

Justus Kithi Tsofa

Senior Community Environmental Legal Officer

Mwaura Karanja

Senior Finance and Operations Officer: East Africa Hub

Saidi Salim

Senior Community Environmental Legal Officer

Abiud Onyach

Communications Officer

Grace Wacera Wamburu

Administrative and Finance Officer

Winnie Changwony

Research Officer

Madagascar

Stefana Raharijaona

Programme Officer

Jazzy Rasolojaona

Programme Manager: Affirming Rights

Senegal

Sokhna Dié Ka

Programme Manager

Mamadou Lamine Diagne

Project Officer

Ramatoulaye SENE

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Maimouna MBAYE

Senior Finance and Administrative officer

Mouhamadou Moustapha Gueye

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Eliane Sandrine NGO NYOBE

Communication and Campaign Officer

Sadou Ba

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Papa Thierno Ndoye

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Gorgui Ka

Community Environmental Legal Officer

Thaddée Adiouma SECK

Legal Fellow

Guinea

Saa Pascal Tenguiano

Programme Manager

Golota Raphael Lamah

Programme Manager

Fellows and Consultants

Leopoldina Gouveia

Legal Fellow: Mozambique

Shannon Marcoux

International Fellow: Southern Africa

Lesley Isaro

International Fellow: Southern Africa

Hilda Joy Njoki

Research Fellow: Kenya

Dale Pascal

Legal Fellow: Kenya

Harenasoa Ranaivoson

Research Fellow: Madagascar

Gloria Thérèse GBENYEDJI

Legal Fellow: Senegal

John Lucas

Communications Fellow: Kenya

Anne Njoroge

Legal Fellow: Kenya

Our Board

Loretta Feris

Chair

Eileen de Ravin

Deputy Chair

Hadley Becha

Board Member

Makoma Lekalakala

Board Member

Lucy Mulenkei

Board Member

Njoki Njoroge Njehû

Board Member

Pooven Moodley

Executive Director

Laureen Manuel

Chief Finance and Operations Officer