Desiree English is Chair of the Board of GenderWorks, GERI’s partner in South Africa. She is GERI Director of Training, a Practitioner of Integrative Trauma Healing, and Senior Trainer of Trauma Release Exercises (TRE).

Rev. Laurie Gaum is GERI Trainer, Activist Theologian, focusing on gender and sexual diversity freedom, and a Minister in Dutch Reform Church of South Africa.

Lucille Meyer, Ed.D is a GERI Trainer and Consultant based in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds an Ed.D from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and is CEO of Chrysalis Academy, where she has implemented GERI extensively with young people.

Judy Bekker is a Senior Trainer for GERI in South Africa. She has served as professional facilitator for more than 30 years, and is is widely regarded by her peers as one of the most talented professional facilitators and facilitation trainers in South Africa. Judy has specializesd in personal and leadership development, communication skills, relationship building, & solo wilderness experiences.

Tristan Johannes is a GERI Trainer and the LGBTQ+ Project Lead, and serves on the Board of GenderWorks, GERI’s affiliate in South Africa. He trained youth for over ten years, and served as an administrator and trainer at Chrysalis Academy, a flagship project offering innovative approaches in youth development. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Adult and Community Education Training from the University of Cape Town, and is an ordained minister in the Pentecostal Church of Africa, and is a certified teacher in Integral Yoga and Mindfulness. Tristan was selected for the ‘Leading for Humanity’ program of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in 2023. He is also a contributing author to Gender Equity & Reconciliation: Thirty Years of Healing the Most Ancient Wound in the Human Family.

Janine Turner is Head of Training and Development at Chrysalis Academy. She has been instrumental in developing the GERI work at Chrysalis for youth and young adults.

Antonia Porter is a Facilitator and Consultant for GERI in Cape Town, South Africa.  A Conflict Resolution Practitioner, she spent four years as Project Officer at the Center for Conflict Resolution, Africa’s most internationally recognized think-tank, based in Cape Town.  Antonia has published book chapters on gender, masculinity, peacebuilding, and articles in International Peacekeeping in various South African newspapers.

Xolile Pro Zulani is a GERI Facilitator and Consultant for GenderWorks.  Xolile is also an experienced Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) facilitator and has run workshops in prisons as well as for out of school youth-at-risk. He is passionate about creating a gender-healed society, and a world free from violence.

Les Thomas is a GERI Facilitator and Consultant for GenderWorks. He is an experienced trainer and facilitator of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) and runs workshops on AVP in prisons and schools around the Western Cape. He is also involved in men’s work, through the Imbadu Men’s Project, a programme of the Centre for Christian Spirituality.

Jabu Mashinini, MA is Trainer for GERI and GenderWorks, Consultant in diversity training, counseling, peace studies, the Alternatives to Violence Project, and Phaphama Initiatives based in Soweto, South Africa. Jabu is a Facilitator for the International Nelson Mandela Dialogues in several countries.

Vuyo Koyana is a GERI Facilitator with experience in personal development, diversity management, dispute resolution, and mediation as a Conflict Resolution Practitioner. She also serves on the leadership of The Pan African Market Project, a Cape Town-based market showcasing African culture, craftmanship and artistic talent. Vuyo is strongly inspired by the belief in people’s ability to grow, to harness the best in themselves and to change.

Emma Oliver MSc, is a Facilitator and Consultant for GERI in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a qualified Social Worker and jin shin jyutsu and body work Therapist. Emma is a trainer for Capacitar and Facilitator for AIDS Response working with home-based carers. She has a love for the beauty of life and a passionate belief in the deep potential of everyone and is deeply devoted to the work of gender healing in South Africa.

Judy Connors MA (Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies) is a Trainer, Facilitator, and Consultant for GERI and Director of Phaphama Initiatives in Soweto, South Africa. She has over 20 years experience in nonprofit management, and is a leader in Alternative to Violence (AVP) as a Senior Facilitator and Trainer in South Africa, Africa and Europe. A student of Kundalini Yoga, she teaches yoga and meditation, and co-facilitates spiritual retreats in the Catholic Church.

Jeremy Madlala-Routledge is a GERI Facilitator and co-founder of Embracy Dignity in South Africa, which focuses on challenging power inequalities based on gender, class and race that lead to the oppression of vulnerable people through prostitution, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse.  Jeremy is the former Director of the Quaker Peace Centre in Cape Town.

Dorothea Hendricks, Cape Town, South Africa

Rob McLeod is a GERI Facilitator, an Organizational Consultant, a Trainer, Coach, Artist, Writer, Editor, and Art Historian. He designs and delivers courses for corporations on diversity, mastering conflict, leadership and change management. Rob is married, with one daughter, and is passionately committed to contributing to growing South Africa.

Mandy Antzoylatos is a GERI Facilitator and professional Coach who has worked in the field of reconciliation for many years. During her time in local government she was in community development and diversity management, and was involved in gender in both those roles. She now conducts personal development courses, organizational interventions, and group and individual coaching. She has a vision of living in a connected society and sees her life purpose as playing her part in building towards that.

Corlette Lesotho-Nxumalo GERI Facilitator, Consultant for GenderWorks, and Soweto-based Facilitator for Phaphama Initiatives. He has served as a community developer and peace activist and is a facilitator of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), where he facilitates workshops in prisons and elsewhere, and coordinates an e-learning schools’ program for the nonviolent resolution of conflict.

Keith Vermuleun, Cape Town, South Africa

Lucille Lukhoff, Cape Town, South Africa

Thuli (Nokuthula) Mbethe is a GERI Facilitator based in Cape Town, South Africa. Nokuthula is involved with the Quaker Peace Network across the African continent, and is the facilitator of Alternatives to Violence Project workshops.

Constance Riba Tau, Johannesburg, South Africa

Zvikomborero Tsiga is a GERI Facilitator based in Cape Town, South Africa. Zvikomborero has a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies and is currently pursuing a Masters in Critical Diversity Studies. Zvikomborero has for the last 10 years been supporting various charities with their fundraising, facilitating their growth and expansion. Zvikomborero has also served on the board of GenderWorks in South Africa.