Back group (left to right): Ian Pringle, Lydia Meister, Kari Karlsbjerg, John Lesperance, Christie Tereault, K. Balasubramian (Bala), Jasmine Lee, Helen Askounis, Ray Lee
Third row (left to right): Paul West, Frances Ferreira, Lorraine Wilson, Ruvani Ameresekere, Rebecca Kinakin, Abdurrahman Umar, Carol Walker, Patricia Schlicht, Kalyna Zazelenchuk, Tanyss Munro, Alex Hennig, Tatiana Anestik (on maternity leave, with daughter Olivia), Malay Kapoor
Second row (left to right): Doris McEachern, Anna Lee, May Li, Pauline Tham, Willie Clarke-Okah, Joshua Mallet, Dave Wilson
Front row (left to right): Amy Monaghan, Michele Gocolay, Sir John Daniel, Sharmila Gracieuse, Asha Kanwar, Angela Kwan, Kathryn Romanow
Missing from photo: Annette Bacchus, Helena Fehr
Vancouver staff,
April 2009
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Senior staff
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sir John Daniel
Vice President
Professor Asha S. Kanwar
Director, Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Ms. Doris B. McEachern
Director, Knowledge Management & Information Technology
Mr. Paul G. West
Education Specialists
Dr. K. Balasubramanian (Agriculture and Livelihoods)
Dr. Willie Clarke-Okah (Higher Education)
Ms. Frances J. Ferreira (Open Schooling)
Mr. John Lesperance (VUSSC)
Ms. Alison Mead Richardson (Skills Development)
Mr. Ian Pringle (Media)
Dr. Abdurrahman Umar (Teacher Education)
Ms. Trudi van Wyk (eLearning)
Managers and other senior staff:
Mr. Malay Kapoor, Human Resources & Contracts Manager
Ms. Rebecca Kinakin, Project Manager, Child Friendly Schools
Ms. Angela Kwan, Learning Manager, International Organisations
Ms. Anna Lee, Information Technology Manager
Mr. Raymond Lee, Accounting and Payroll Manager
Ms. Amy Monaghan, Information Resource Centre Manager
Mr. Dave Wilson, Communications Manager
Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
(CEMCA), New Delhi, India
Dr. R. Sreedher, Director
Mr. Dalip Tetri, Head, Administration and Finance
Dr. Pema Eden Samdup, Programme Officer
Ms. Rukmini Vemraju, Programme Officer