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| ABOUT TARA: Staff |
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| Executive Chairman
and founder |
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David
Coulson is an internationally recognised photographer
and author of many books and articles about Africa's
cultural history and landscapes. His photographs have
been exhibited in London, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg,
Washington DC, Nairobi and Vancouver. David has worked
as consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme,
spearheading the 1999 Canon-sponsored international
photographic competition on the Environment. His fifth
book, African Rock Art, written in collaboration with
Alec Campbell, was published in 2001. David has led
TARA since he founded the Trust in 1996. |
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| Personal Assistant
to the Chairman |
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Eunice
Mbindyo was born in Machakos, Kenya where she
completed her primary and secondary education. She
joined TARA in 1999 as a Senior Secretary and moved
up to become the Operations Assistant, in charge of
TARA operations until 2008. She was actively involved
in preparation of TARA's international Rock Art Conference
in Nairobi 2004. Eunice holds a Diploma in secretarial
training and office management, and a Higher Diploma
in business management; she is fluent in English,
Kiswahili, Kikamba, and Kikuyu. |
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| Chief Operations
Officer |
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Terry
Little was recruited in January 2007 as TARA's
new COO, replacing Ms Amolo Ng'weno. Terry, formerly
Head of Communications at ICCROM (Rome), has extensive
international heritage experience. He has over 15
years of professional experience in Africa through
ICCROM's PREMA programme, and subsequently as a private
heritage consultant with the Centre for Heritage Development
in Africa (CHDA, ex-PMDA), the Ecole du Patrimoine
Africain (EPA), AFRICOM (International Council of
African Museums), Robben Island Training Programme
(RITP), among others. Terry is also a part-time lecturer
in marketing and communication of cultural heritage.
Terry is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese and Turkish, and is currently learning
Swahili. |
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| Manager of Community
Projects & Outreach |
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Gloria
K. Borona holds a bachelors degree in Environmental
Studies-Community Development from Kenyatta University.
She is currently pursuing a Masters of Business Administration
with a bias in Strategic Management at the University
of Nairobi. Gloria joined TARA in June 2007 as Projects
Assistant and is currently working on the implementation
of the project "Promotion of Rock Art Tourism in Kenya"
on Mfangano island, Suba District. Previously she
worked in Kibera slums in Nairobi with AVSI (International
Service Volunteers Association) in community projects
focusing on nutrition, health, entrepreneurship and
education programmes. Gloria aims to be proactively
engaged in interventions that lead to sustainable
livelihoods for communities, to be a key player in
the formulation and implementation of successful strategies
for organisational growth, development and competitive
advantage. Gloria speaks and writes fluent English
and Swahili. |
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| Financial Manager |
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Geoffrey
Mburu was born in Subukia Location in Nakuru District.
He joined TARA in 2004 as an accountant, and was later
promoted to the position of the Financial Manager.
He has over 10yrs working experience gained from NGOs
and other firms. As TARA's Finance Manager, Geoffrey
is responsible for overall budgeting, production and
presentation of financial reports, overseeing external
audits, design and implementation of internal control
systems, and supervision of project accounts. Geoffrey
is a Certified Public Accountant and also holds CPS
(K) and KATC (final); he is currently undertaking
a BCom. at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. |
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