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Cynthia Ong
- President of the Board and Executive Director |
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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. |
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Lea Endres
- Secretary and Treasurer of the Board |
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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. |
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Nancy Abraham
- Board Member |
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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. |
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Caroline Gabel
- Board Member |
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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. |
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Sylvia Yorath
- Project Manager |
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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. |
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Winnie Long
- Borneo Administration & Finance Director |
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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. |
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Martin Vogel
- Project Consultant |
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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. |
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Sue Chong-Hartley
- Project Manager |
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Sue joined the LEAP team at the start of 2009 and brings with her a wealth
of experience in graphic design, photography and events management.
Born and bred in Sabah, she lived and worked in the UK for 7 years and has
also led educational expeditions for young adults to the rainforest of
Central America and Borneo and is experienced in jungle training.
Sue will be handling the LEAP website and all things graphic and
photographic for the Borneo Team! |
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Patrick Ginduh
- Project Assistant |
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Patrick joined LEAP in 2008 as Project Assistant. A Sabahan, prior to this
Patrick worked with the local community organisation PACOS on their
socio-economic programmes, including being involved in capacity building of
rural communities. Patrick comes from a farming community and is interested in organic farming and handicrafts. |
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