Venitia Govender (Chairperson)

A Human Rights Lawyer. She works as a consultant and monitor organisations like Niza (Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika), ICCO(Interkerkelijke organisatie voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking).

She travels around Southern Africa for project evaluations and appraisals as well as Europe to give her input on matters of projects and development cooperation in general.

Sibongile Khumalo (Deputy Chairperson)

A musician, first lady of both classical music (both African and European) and Jazz.

She is renowned as a musician (plays the violin) and singer but is equally famous for her warm personality who works ceaselessly for the upliftment of artists in South Africa.

Gladys Agulhas (Secretary)

A choreographer who is a founder and director of her dance company - Agulhas Theatre Works. She is one of the top choreographers in South Africa, who has been working for years with dancers with different physical challenges.

She furthermore runs projects for children and youth in the so called "colored townships "south of Johannesburg.

Lucia Raadschelders (Treasurer)

Lucia Raadschelders is currently working as an archivist at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She has worked as an administrator and financial manager in the NGO sector since she came to South Africa and has been active in the anti-apartheid movement since the late 1970s.

Maria Kint (Founder and Executive Co-Director)

The Founder and Executive Co-Director of the Cultural Development Trust. She has been working in the field of Arts & Culture Management in South Africa for 16 years. She was part of the Actag (Arts & Culture Task Group) process in 1993 and closely watched the change of R.S.A. into a Democracy. For 13 years she has been involved with Moving into Dance/Mophatong, a dance training institution and Professional Dance Company at first as a General and Financial Manager/ Fundraiser and for the last 5 years as a Management/Financial Consultant.

She has been working as a Manager/Consultant in the music field since 1988, first in the Netherlands, and since 1992, in South Africa. She received a Special Life Long Service Acknowledgement from the FNB Dance Umbrella in 2004.Maria kint was amongst the top 100 of 2007 recognized by the Star Newspaper. She ranked number 8 under the Arts Category.

Nzali Jordan (Executive Co-Director)

She joined the organisation as a Training Manager in August 2006. She has a strong business foundation with over 10 years experience in corporate sector. She has worked in a number of different sectors like your Financial Institutions, Public and Private Sector, Educational Institutions.

Nzali has been involved in all aspects of Marketing Management, but for the past few years, Nzali has been working in the field of training. She acquired skills and expertise when working for Educational Institutes in Gauteng. Nzali has been involved in training, strategic and project management as well as quality management. Nzali brings to the organisation a diverse knowledge and skills base.