Saartjie Baartman Centre staff members:

Director
Synnøv Skorge ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Provides strategic leadership to the Centre; responsible for strategic planning for the growth and sustainability of the Centre, for partnership development, fundraising, networking and the replication of similar centres in other parts of the country.

Centre Manager
Shaheema McLeod ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) 
Oversees the day-to-day running of the Centre; responsible for HR, and marketing and public relations strategies.

Administrator
Cindy Layman ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Responsible for the training venue bookings, and for general office management; assists with the general management of the Centre.

Financial Administrator
Shumeeze Johaardien ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) 
Responsible, together with the Centre Manager, for the financial management of the Centre.

Receptionist
Michelle Smith ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) 
Manages the switchboard and directs clients/visitors to the relevant partner/staff member.

Researcher

Researches areas identified by the organisation and the partners, such as the development of a manual of guidelines for replicating the Centre model of service provision, and economic empowerment in the context of poverty and abuse.

Empowerment Programme Manager
Ilse Ahrends ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )  
Manages the direct services at SBC - intake and counselling, awareness raising and training, legal project, and coordinates the direct services provided by the partners to SBC clients.

Counsellor

Provides counselling to residents and other clients; coordinates and supervises intake workers (psychology interns); facilitates domestic violence education and awareness workshops for schools, and elsewhere on request; trains lay counsellors for the gender-based violence sector.

Social Worker
Dorothea Gertse ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )   
Provides counselling to residents and other clients; coordinates and supervises social work interns; facilitates domestic violence education and awareness workshops for schools, and elsewhere on request; trains lay counsellors for the gender-based violence sector.

Legal Advisor
Charmaine Morris ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) 
Manages the Legal Advice and Training Project, provides legal assistance to Centre clients and participates in the development and presentation of information and training workshops on various aspects of the law.

Paralegal Assistant

Assists the legal advisor with assessment interviews, accompanying clients to court and following up client cases.

Residential Programme Manager
Hermien Gibson ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Manages the emergency, short-term and long-term residential programme; responsible for policy development and fundraising for the programme; plans and coordinates the job skills training for the residents; coordinates and supervises international and local volunteers.

Residential Programme Assistant
Kryska Marquard ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Assists with the day-to-day running of the residential programme and is on call after-hours for emergency intakes.

Maintenance
Kenneth Lockman
Responsible for the general maintenance of the building and grounds.

Kitchen Chef
Achmat Allie
Provides catering for meetings on- and off-site; offers refreshments and meals to all staff at the Centre.

"Eerste Begin" (Worcester Shelter) staff members

Project Coordinator
Heather West
Responsible for the day-to-day management of the shelter and for networking with local organisations.

Social Worker
Johanna Hector
Responsible for individual and group counselling, psycho-educational workshops and relevant referrals.

Night Supervisors
Felicity Fransman, Bertha Klein
Rotate shifts, working at night and over weekends in the Shelter. Responsible for the wellbeing of the residents, for taking in emergency cases and making relevant referrals.

Saartjie Baartman Centre Board of Management:

• Chairperson: Gillian Kerchhoff
• Vice Chairperson: Lilian Chenwi
• Treasurer: June Pym
• Secretary: Sharon Kouta
• Staff representative: Ilse Ahrends

Crystal Orderson
Nokuthula Shabalala
Tamara Esau
Synnøv Skorge