ABOUT

The EDP
team

The EDP team has wide experience in mapping systems and facilitating cross-sector collaboration across multiple issues and contexts including agriculture and rural development, economic and social development, urban management, climate change and green economy management, food security, water governance, energy management, transport and mobility, and community safety and cohesion.

The EDP team in 2022. Credit: Chris de Beer-Procter

Andrew Boraine

Chief Executive Officer

Rhonda Snyders

Executive Assistant

Gill Cullinan

Operations Executive

Stacey Hendricks

Business Manager

Natashia Emmett

Programme Coordinator

Azola Zulu

Programme Lead

Marcela Guerrero Casas

Programme Lead

Rushka Ely

Programme Lead

Brian Adams

Programme Lead

Simon Sizwe Mayson

Programme Lead

Mark Abrahams

Programme Lead (M&E)

Paul Hoffman

Project Manager

Dylan Majoos

Project Manager

Vuyisa Mbayi

Project Manager

Kate Ribet

Communications Manager

Bobbie Jacobs

Programme Revenue Growth Manager

Zaakirah Braaf

Programme Assistant

Mzikhona Mgedle

Project Support

Pearl Yekela

Office Administrator

Lorraine Adriaans

Office Assistant

Andrew Boraine

Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Boraine is the CEO of the EDP. He has been involved in South Africa’s local government, urban and economic development and transition processes for the past 35 years, as activist, advisor, negotiator, government planner, city manager, chief executive, facilitator, communicator, writer and photographer.

See Andrew's full profile on Wikipedia

Andrew can be contacted at Andrew@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Rhonda Snyders

Executive Assistant

Rhonda provides administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer, Operations Executive and Business Manager. She serves as liaison to the board of directors and senior management team, organises and coordinates executive outreach and external relations efforts, and provides support to programmes and projects.

Rhonda can be contacted at Rhonda@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200

Gill Cullinan

Operations Executive

Gill Cullinan is the Operations Executive at the EDP. She works closely with the CEO to develop and implement the organisational strategy; manages the portfolio of programmes; and leads the team of Programme Leads.

Gill is a professional Town and Regional Planner with extensive experience working with local, regional and national government on developmental issues, resilience, human settlements, environmental planning, collaboration and governance matters; and stakeholder engagement processes. Gill holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from UCT, and is an Ecodistricts practitioner. Gill has worked as a writer and editor for local and international magazines, as well as a planner for MCA Urban and Environmental Planners.

Gill can be contacted at Gill@wcedp.co.za, or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Stacey Hendricks

Business Manager

Stacey focuses on the core operations of the EDP. She oversees the organisation’s office environment, and holds overall responsibility for finance and IT. While the largest portion of her work experience has been in the financial arena, she also brings an extensive knowledge of ICT operations to her role.

Stacey can be contacted at Stacey@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Natashia Emmett

Programme Co-ordinator

Natashia is the EDP Programmes Co-ordinator, focusing on support for the donor and funder reporting processes. She also provides technical and logistics support for the EDP Programme Leads, and ensures the smooth running of internal reporting and programme tracking.

Natashia has extensive experience in the NGO sector, having occupied various administrative and project co-ordination roles in this arena.

Natashia can be contacted at Natashia@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Azola Zulu

Programme Lead

Azola is a Programme Lead for the EDP with a focus on local economic development, catalytic and industry sector support and sustainable urban energy development. Previously she was responsible for promoting urban development standards towards net zero carbon targets for the City of Johannesburg.

Azola is a urban and regional planner, registered with SACPLAN and a certified business analyst. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning with additional qualifications in sustainable business analysis, human settlements management and Net-Zero accreditation processes. She is currently completing a Master’s in Architecture: Sustainable and Energy Efficient Cities. Azola’s interest lies in building strategic partnerships and collaborating across sectors to accelerate the implementation of climate-related actions.

Azola can be contacted at Azola@wcedp.co.za or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Marcela Guerrero Casas

Programme Lead

Marcela is a Programme Lead at the EDP with a focus on resilience, waste management, food security and climate change.

Marcela is a co-founder and former managing director of Open Streets Cape Town. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on Mobility. Marcela holds a Masters in Public Administration and International Affairs from Syracuse University and has worked in policy and advocacy for over ten years. She was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and has lived and worked in South Africa since 2006.

Marcela can be contacted at Marcela@wcedp.co.za or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Rushka Ely

Programme Lead

Rushka is a Programme Lead at the EDP with a focus on providing partnering solutions and collaborative processes to address challenges at local, town and city levels. Her programmes include the Safety and Garden Route Development Partnership programmes.

Rushka has over eight years’ experience in working with local and regional governments, as well as the private and non-governmental sectors and has worked on a range of developmental challenges such as economic development, regional collaboration, housing, urban development, and governance. She brings her experience of working within the South African government, specifically as part of the green economy team at the Western Cape Government to her role at the EDP.

Rushka is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Development Policy and Practice, and is particularly interested in the role of public governance innovation as a mechanism for systems change.

Rushka can be contacted at Rushka@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Brian Adams

Programme Lead

Brian is a Programme Lead at the EDP with a focus on building partnerships models across and within sectors to accelerate the implementation of development strategies

Brian has over 30 years’ experience in strategy consulting, senior management and facilitation across numerous organisations. As a facilitator, he gets teams and individuals to reflect, develop and act in ways that promote forward movement by design. Within the non-profit and social enterprise development sectors, Brian has completed extensive evaluations and consulted on organisational and programme strengthening interventions, and has facilitated restructuring and growth plans for organisations and agencies within the business and economic development sectors.

Organisations which have benefited from Brian’s work include the Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of the Western Cape; the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government; the City of Cape Town, the Development Action Group, the Craft Design Institute, the Cape Chamber of Commerce; and the National Development Agency.

Simon Sizwe Mayson

Programme Lead

Simon is a Programme Lead at the EDP with a focus on enabling wellbeing economies in the face of climate change and growing inequality.

An aspiring changemaker, Simon has a Masters in Development Planning and recently completed his action research Doctorate where he focused on enabling wellbeing economies in Johannesburg’s inner city. As part of this he set up the intermediary organisation Makers Valley Partnership, and founded coworking and co-living spaces in the area. Through this work and in previous roles with the City of Johannesburg, Planact and UN-Habitat, he has found partnership-building to be the most effective approach to enabling action. Simon has been recognised as one of Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans, News24’s 100 Young Mandelas of the Future, and is a member of the Community Economies Research Network and Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

Mark Abrahams

Programme Lead (M&E)

Mark is a Programme Lead at the EDP with a focus on monitoring & evaluation for the organisation as it consolidates its position as a strategic intermediary organisation working to address development challenges.

Mark has more than 20 years of experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation, with assignments completed in countries across Africa, including Uganda, Kenya and Cameroon. Mark is a founding member and former chairperson of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA), as well as Editor-in-Chief of the African Evaluation Journal, a publication of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA).

Before joining the EDP, Mark was an independent consultant and senior associate with Southern Hemisphere, a development agency based in Cape Town. He has previously worked in higher education, and on development projects with provincial and national government departments and non-governmental organisations.

Paul Hoffman

Project Manager

Paul represents the EDP in the Garden Route, helping to build a shared economic vision in collaboration with the district and local municipalities as well as with stakeholders in the private sector.

Paul Hoffman has a Master’s degree in Marketing Management and almost 35 years of experience in a number of disciplines, including business and marketing strategies, export development, and enterprise development. He has worked across a broad range of sectors, managing his own business, and working in large corporations and as a lecturer.

Paul can be contacted at Paul@wcedp.co.za, or on +27 (0) 82 577 5302.

Dylan Majoos

Project Manager

Dylan Majoos is project manager for the EDP’s safety programme. He helps to organise and facilitate workshops and meetings as well as support capacity building, reporting and learning processes.

Dylan has a Master’s degree in city and regional planning and over seven years of experience in the private sector and non-governmental sectors with a focus on urban and human settlement development. He has a passion for designing inclusive development processes that emphasize a bottom-up approach to ensure that all voices are heard.

Dylan can be contacted at Dylan@wcedp.co.za or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Vuyisa Mbayi

Project Manager

Vuyisa is project manager for the EDP’s safety programme. He helps to organise and facilitate workshops and meetings as well as support capacity building, reporting and learning processes.

Vuyisa has a background in project management, designing and delivering grassroots campaigns, training and facilitation within the non-governmental sector, with a focus on equal access to education. He has an interest in public administration and enabling entities to navigate the public sector.

Vuyisa can be contacted at Vuyisa@wcedp.co.za or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Kate Ribet

Communications Manager

Kate is the Communications Manager for the EDP, overseeing the EDP’s external communications and providing communications support to the EDP’s programmes.

Kate has over ten years operational communications and advocacy experience in public health and social justice across multiple countries with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Regional Office for Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication.

Kate Ribet can be contacted at kate@wcedp.co.za, or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Bobbie Jacobs

Revenue Growth Manager

Bobbie works as part of the Revenue Growth Team to support the EDP’s programme of expansion, building partnerships and networks and pursuing opportunities for revenue growth to support inclusive economic development in the Western Cape and nationally.

With a passion for socio-economic development in Africa, Bobbie has over ten years of senior management experience within the public sector as well as 15 years of experience as a consultant for the private and non-governmental sectors, specialising in building partnerships between and

across sectors. Her expertise includes strategy and policy development at the executive level, stakeholder engagement and project delivery at local levels.

Bobbie can be contacted at bobbie@wcedp.co.za or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Zaakirah Braaf

Programme Assistant

Zaakirah is the programme assistant for the EDP. She provides both technical and administrative support to the EDP team, including support on stakeholder engagement and support to logistics and project tools for EDP workshops and other engagements.

Zaakirah can be contacted on Zaakirah@wecdp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200

Mzikhona Mgedle

Project Support

Mzikhona provides project support for the EDP’s programmes, as well as community liaison support for local stakeholder engagement strategies across programmes.

Mzikhona has a national certificate in Marketing Management N4 and previously worked at Open Streets Cape Town as an Engagement and Mobilisation Coordinator for five years. He is the founder of the Langa Bicycle Hub which was established in 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mzikhona also promotes and advocates for the use of Non-Motorised Transport in Langa. Mzikhona founded the Langa chapter of the Community Action Network (CAN) under the umbrella of Cape Town Together network, a community response to COVID-19, which helped deliver medication and meals from Langa community kitchens to homes by bicycles. Mzikhona can be contacted on mzikhona@wecdp.co.za, or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Pearl Yekela

Office Administrator

As office administrator, Nontyatyambo Pearl Yekela supports the EDP with administrative functions, provides support to the business manager and oversees logistics support to workshops and other EDP events.

Pearl holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and has more than four years’ experience volunteering in the non-profit sector.

Pearl can be contacted at Pearl@wcedp.co.za, or on +27 (0) 21 832 0200.

Lorraine Adriaans

Office Assistant

Lorraine Adriaans is the EDP Office Assistant. Her position includes a number of office support roles, including cleaning and event support.

Outside of the EDP, Lorraine is actively involved in a broad range of community fundraising initiatives and community events.

Lorraine can be contacted at Lorraine@wcedp.co.za, or on
+27 (0) 21 832 0200.

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