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Cynthia Ong
- President of the Board and Executive Director
Cynthia brings 20 years of entrepreneurship, social justice and community activism, through her roles as founder/co-founder, board director and/or CEO of numerous organizations, both for-profit and not-for-profit in South East Asia and in the U.S. Her experience has been in the fields of organizational leadership, special events and project management, and group facilitation/mediation.  
Lea Endres
- Secretary and Treasurer of the Board
As writer and educator, Lea has spent the past dozen years designing curricula and facilitating conferences around the world. She has worked with Human Rights Watch, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the National Campaign on Peace Education, and the World Youth Education Project developing programs that engage young people in the process of social change.  


             
Nancy Abraham
- Board Member
  Nancy is the President of the Alexander Abraham Foundation as well as the Flying Elephants Foundation, and has supported LEAP and conservation in Sabah since 2005. Her influence and support of LEAP has been pivotal to its success and she continues to provide a breadth of knowledge and valuable connection.  
Caroline Gabel
- Board Member
  Caroline is the Founder of her Shared Earth Foundation and has supported orangutan conservation since 1991. She began her work in Sabah in 2005 following her first trip to that Malaysian State on Borneo. She supports orangutan, elephant and rhino conservation through LEAP and HUTAN.  
               

Borneo Executive Team

 
Sylvia Yorath
- Project Manager
  Sylvia has an honors degree in Zoology and has worked with several international conservation education projects. Based in Sabah for the last 20 years, Sylvia has worked with Sabah Forestry Department, the local ecotourism industry and the Sabah Foundation, focusing on nature interpretation, public awareness and environmental education.  
Katie King
- Project Manager
  Katie has worked in Borneo intermittently over the past 6 years, recently returning to work with LEAP in environmental and social issues after obtaining a MPA in Environmental Science and Public Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs from Columbia University.  
               
Winnie Long
- Borneo Administration & Finance Director
Winnie brings 20 years of experience in financial management, holds a professional degree in Corporate Secretary & Administration, is a qualified Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and is a qualified TESOL teacher with a Diploma in TESOL from the London Teachers Training College, United Kingdom.
Martin Vogel
- Project Consultant
Martin has worked in Sabah and Sarawak for over a decade in both conservation and community based ecotourism development. A Tourism Planner by profession, Martin brings hands-on skills & experience in tourism, workshop facilitation, communications planning & delivery, people empowerment, community level coordination, as well as community forestry and wetland forest habitat restoration science.  

USA Executive Team

 
Angela Sevin
- Associate Director
  Angela Sevin is an educator, facilitator, writer and community activist. She holds a master’s degree in experiential education and has volunteered in numerous capacities for a wide spectrum of non-profit organizations as an outdoor educator, group leader, peer counselor and mentor. For the past six years, Angela has worked towards creating educational environments inclusive of social change ideals and activist principles balanced with the pursuit of individual empowerment.  
Steve May
- USA Coordinator
  Steve has many years experience working with non-profits, working to support environmental, educational, and artistic missions. He has worked as an experiential and environmental educator, as well as having worked in the business sector. He is also a musician who enjoys exploring many genres and musical traditions.  
               
Marilyn Madsen
- USA Finance
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Advisory Council

Borneo Council

• Dr. Jay MacPherson - Chair
• Carol Bates
• Dr. Tuck Taylor
• Chris Elkins - Finance Advisor
• Dr. Michael Schmidt

• Anne Lasimbang
• Claudia Lasimbang
• Ignatia Olim-Marsh
• Dr. Robert Ong
• Dr. John Payne
• Dr. Isabelle Ancrenaz
• Dr. Marc Ancrenaz