About UsHOW THE FOUNDATION STARTED
........................ MEET THE TEAMDr Bool Smuts
Director Landmark Foundation
Environmental Manager, Environmentalist, Project Manager, Fundraiser and Medical Doctor, B.Sc., MBChB, DCH, MPhil (Environmental Management) Bool Smuts practices as a sustainable development expert, with environmental management, socio-economic development and environmental auditing and risk management expertise. He has special interests in renewable energies, protected areas development and management, tourism, species conservation, resource utilisation, and related conservation economy development. He focuses on the initiation of large projects and developing innovative models to expand, consolidate, commercialise and manage conservation areas and initiatives, and related socio-economic development. Jeannine McManus
Leopard Project Research and Field Manager
Jeannine first joined the Landmark Foundation in 2005 volunteering in her spare time. In 2008 she was thrilled to undertake the research and extension work position with the organization on a full-time basis. Since joining the project she has been doing research into leopard ecology & their population density with a particular focus on establishing landscape connectivity in the Eastern and Western Cape. During her time on the project she has proudly assisted in converting over 170 000 ha of privately owned land with participating farmers into biodiversity friendly corridors. Jeannine is underway with a PhD under the auspices of WITS University. She completed a MSc at Rhodes University, South Africa with distinction in 2009. Ziggy Rode
Karoo Predator Project Researcher and Field Manager
In September 2011, Ziggy Rode has joined the Landmark Foundation, she has recently completed a MSc in Environmental Management and worked on various research projects in the Lowveld, Eastern and Western Cape. She will be starting a PhD with Landmark Foundation in the Karoo, looking at the efficacy of non-lethal control methods to control predators on livestock farms. Kate Muller
Education Program & Media Development
Kate started with the project in 2009 volunteering on field work with the objective of developing the educational programme now on its way. Her love of teaching is based on facilitating an understanding of nature and motivating for change towards sustainability. Her passion for creativity is woven into the programme. Kate qualified in 2003 at Michealis School of Fine Art, UCT, in sculpture and anthropology. She has travelled widely, worked as a field guide in the Eastern Cape and is now doing part time correspondence studies with UNISA for a Diploma in Nature Conservation. Helen Lechmere-Oertel
Manager Tsitsa Falls Project
Helen worked as the Environmental Officer for 6 years in the Forestry Sector ojnthe Eatsrn Cape before joining the Tstitsa Falls Project. She did environmental management and also ran the education center hosting 3000 -4000 students per year. She has taught for 5 years as a high school biology teachers and is a qualified tour guide. She is a founding member and co-director theMaclear Animal Centre (MAC) – a Non-Profit animal welfare organisation. Helen has wide ranging interests including the Earth Sciences Geography,Conservation (Biodiversity, Protected Areas, Cultural Heritage, Wilderness), Environmental Management and Education, Community Development, Ecotourism, History and Archaeology. Johan van Schalkwyk
Financial controller
Johan is a senior management consultant with his own company J&S Financial Services based in Port Elizabeth. He as been with the project since the early days and serves on the board of trustees and as its Financial Manager. Thank you to all those people who have contributed over the years to the makings of this project. | CONTACT DETAILSDr Bool Smuts
083 324 3344 bool@landmarkfoundation.org.za Director Jeannine McManus 084 592 4099 jeannine@landmarkfoundation.org.za Field Manager and Researcher Ziggy Rode 079 888 8871 ziggy@landmarkfoundation.org.za Field Manager and Researcher (Karoo project) Kate Muller 082 462 8598 kate@landmarkfoundation.org.za Environmental Education Helen Lechmere-Oertel 083 421 6872 helechmereoertel@gmail.com |
