Restoring Pride and Building Sustainability Step by Step

Greg is a consummate professional who gained extensive experience over 20 years in managing resources on large assignments as well as reporting on these at Executive Management and Audit Committee level. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Registered Auditor and Tax practitioner who trained and worked in 2 big four audit firms. He was a finance director of the local chapter of an international donor organisation. He currently chairs two audit committees and is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Western Cape Institute of Internal Auditors. His life philosophy is talking is nothing but doing is something.

Lisle is a Seasoned Management Consultant, Project Manager, Researcher, Facilitator and Lecturer with over 12 years experience in Business and Management Consulting with many large firms in South Africa. Her cross-industry experience spans both the private and public sector. She lectures Principles of Business Management, Project Management and Strategic Management at the School of Business & Finance at the University of the Western Cape and serves as a trustee on the Distell Development Trust. She is currently working on her Phd proposal on agricultural value chains, cluster and SMME development..

Mari-Lise combines an MA Degree in International Studies with 9+ years of experience, the bulk of which focusing on natural resource governance in an applied policy research environment. Her passion for the Karoo stems from a keen interest in arid/semi-arid areas, coupled with a desire to apply her experience on the rest of the African continent closer to home.

Kathy’s vocation spans 26 years of facilitation, lecturing, corporate coaching and instructional design. This experience was gained consulting with numerous South African entrepreneurial companies; national and international corporate companies; SA parastals and management colleges. She has a degree in Chemistry (UCT) and a BSc (Hons) Psychology - (Unisa). Her motivation and inspiration is driven by Einstein’s famous quote: “Nothing happens until something moves”.

Karin has a PhD in ICT and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business in Cape Town. She was a partner with Andersen and EY, but prefers to work independently and in partnership with the big players for the benefit of the small emerging organizational and social leaders, who may become the new leaders of the future. She is the founder of the Footsteps Foundation and the MotherFox set of values based governance principles. She is currently working on the re-novation of selected agricultural and other value chains for the benefit of vulnerable rural and small town communities.

A Legal, Trust and Financial Specialist, specialising in Estate & Financial Planning and Trust Law, including training of Trustees. Brian is also a part-time writer in his field of expertise, but aiming to finish that novel one day. Specialties include Estate & Financial Planning, Trust Law, Wills and Contracts.

Dr Prinsloo is a thrivalist with international executive and consulting experience in many sectors. He is a passionate educator and community building facilitator, and specialises in developing wisdom. In 2013 he published the book Aferikan Fusion Leadingship from his doctoral research as one of leadingship’s global thought leaders.

Derek has a tertiary qualification with Graphic Design and Marketing as a major, a Business to Business Marketing Diploma, together with constant Brand Positioning and Production experience working with a Positioning Specialist, re-aligning reputable brands. Marketing Management and Digital Communication Strategy are Derek's key areas, with a very strong creative background. Derek has gained more than 10 years experience within the Marketing and Internet industry, with in-depth knowledge of Web Development, Broadcast Production, Telecoms and the Internet industry.

J.D. grew up on a farm in the Overberg. He received a B.Acc degree and a B.Com (Hons) in Financial Management. J.D. did tax audits for SARS, gaining manufacturing experience in the steel and textile industries and has his own accounting practice for the past 17 years. His focus is on starting and assisting small business owners.

Michelle has almost 10 years’ experience as a solution driven Project Administrator. Being part of global projects has given her the unique ability to identify resources where others only see problems and challenges. Her new challenge, as a social entrepreneur, is to pinpoint where a part of society is stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck. Michelle finds what is not working and solves the problem by changing the system, spreading the solution and influencing society to take new leaps. She is not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish; she is finding ways to revolutionize the fishing industry.

Delivering the best possible financial solutions with efficiency and integrity. Professional services and expertise partner to provide mentorship and support services to the Footsteps Foundation Incubator Project.

ICT expertise partner to facilitate the development of the Footsteps Foundation Incubator and the enablement of digital connectivity to the SDVRCs across the Northern Cape Karoo, through a community owned network (GKN = Groot Karoo Netwerk).

Strategic development partner to promote and facilitate resourcing of the development projects of the Footsteps Foundation.

Jumpstarter is a new way to fund creative projects for individuals, charities and businesses. We believe that: A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide. A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement.

Karoo Hoogland is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa. Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland. The Footsteps Foundation is working closely with the Karoo Hoogland Municipality on development projects in the region.