Staff and Management Team

Eli Angen Program Manager, Corporate and Professional Engagement	eliangen@ewb.ca ext. 242
Kyle Baptista Creative Director	kylebaptista@ewb.ca ext. 241
Megan Campbell Co-Director, Southern Africa Water and Sanitation	megancampbell@ewb.ca
Brenna Donoghue Director, Operations	brennadonoghue@ewb.ca ext. 225
Robin Farnworth Director, Overseas Sending	robinfarnworth@ewb.ca ext. 243
Jonathan Fishbein Coordinator, Curriculum Enhancement & Global Engineers	jonfishbein@ewb.ca ext. 233
Sarah Flanagan Office Administrator	sarahflanagan@ewb.ca ext. 240
Trevor Freeman Program Manager, Junior Fellowship	trevorfreeman@ewb.ca ext. 227
Sarah Grant Director, Agribusiness Ghana	sarahgrant@ewb.ca
James Haga Director, Advocacy	jameshaga@ewb.ca
Mike Kang Co-Director, Southern Africa Water and Sanitation	mikekang@ewb.ca
Francis Kung Director, Technology/IT	franciskung@ewb.ca ext. 231
Allison Langille Communications Coordinator	allisonlangille@ewb.ca ext. 239
Ka-Hay Law Team Leader – Agricultural value chains, Southern Africa	ka-haylaw@ewb.ca
Genevieve MacIntyre Executive Assistant	genevievemacintyre@ewb.ca ext. 228
Boris Martin Team Leader - Agriculture & Micro-Enterprise, Burkina Faso	borismartin@ewb.ca
Parker Mitchell Co-CEO	parkermitchell@ewb.ca
Jamaal Montasser Program Manager, Public Outreach & Fair Trade	jamaalmontasser@ewb.ca ext. 223
George Roter Co-CEO	georgeroter@ewb.ca
Josh Vanwyck Director, Chapter Development	joshvanwyck@ewb.ca ext. 236
Florian Villaumé Team Leader, Agriculture & Micro-Enterprise, Burkina Faso	florianvillaume@ewb.ca

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Eli Angen | Program Manager, Corporate and Professional Engagement

Eli was first got involved with EWB when a friend volunteered him to be VP Events at the University of Calgary chapter in 2003. Since that fateful fall he has been a chapter president, a volunteer in Tanzania and Zambia in 2005, Fundraising Director for the 2007 national conference, and Junior Fellow Support Staff for Southern Africa in 2008. Interspersed amongst his various EWB roles, Angen was a project manager at a small consulting company and a large pipeline company in Alberta.

Angen has now rejoined the national management team as the program leader for corporate and professional engagement. In this role he is responsible for strengthening and building EWB’s corporate engagement and fundraising, and supporting and empowering EWB’s city networks and professional community.

Kyle Baptista | Communications Coordinator

Kyle is someone whose passion for development is contagious. He first became involved in EWB during his third year at the University of Windsor as one of the founding members of the school's EWB chapter. He quickly became a leader within the chapter, deploying his energy and media skills to attract new members. In 2006, he was the chapter's first Junior Fellow, a role that had him volunteering in Ghana for four months to contribute to the micro-enterprise sector in the country's impoverished Northern Region. Upon his return he took on the role of chapter president and dedicated himself to connecting chapter members to his experiences overseas. After his term as chapter president, Kyle decided he wasn't quite done with EWB, and began working with the communications portfolio in the summer of 2007, designing national outreach materials as a volunteer. He joined the national office as a communications intern in the fall, and joined EWB's staff in January 2008 as a Communications Coordinator. In January 2008, Kyle was named an EWB Volunteer of the Year.

Megan Campbell | Co-Director, Southern Africa Water and Sanitation

Megan first became involved in Engineers Without Borders working as one of EWB's first employees, an administrative intern role she took with the organization while still in high school. After a few years she became involved with the University of Waterloo chapter while studying Systems Design Engineering. In 2006, Campbell travelled to the Philippines as a SCALA Junior Fellow, working to improve computer literacy among disadvantaged youth. More recently, she’s worked with EWB in Malawi on monitoring and evaluation of water projects for the past two years, and now she leads the water point functionality team in Southern Africa. In January 2009, Megan was named an EWB Volunteer of the Year.

Brenna Donoghue | Director, Operations

Brenna first became involved in EWB in 2005 as the organisation's Director of Communications, a role that combined her love for writing and her passion for international development. Now, as the Director of Operations, Brenna coordinates EWB's fundraising and communications strategy and activities, while also leading EWB's operations team. Brenna holds an MBA and an MA from Queen's University, and a BA in political economics from Bishop's University.

Robin Farnworth | Director of Overseas Sending

A former EWB volunteer in Ghana, it was only six months after completing her placement that Robin took on a new role with EWB that brought her back to West Africa. As the Director of West Africa Programs, Robin spent most of her time on the road meeting with EWB volunteers and partner ogranisations throughout Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali. Robin is now the Director of Overseas Sending.

Following graduation from the University of British Colombia as an engineering physics graduate, Robin volunteered with EWB in Ghana where she developed EWB’s largest agricultural initiative—a partnership with the Ghanaian Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Jonathan Fishbein | Director, Curriculum Enhancement & Global Engineers

Jonathan has been passionate about development for as long as he can remember, but he didn't realize how many people shared his passion until he came across EWB. While studying Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Jonathan became amazed by the organisation's energy and thoughtfulness. He went on to help co-found EWB's Waterloo Professional chapter and served as its president for two years.

Having now completed a Masters degree in Systems Design Engineering, Jonathan has joined the EWB National Office as the Director for Curriculum Enhancement and Global Engineers. His responsibilities include coordinating EWB's post-secondary curriculum initiatives at universities across Canada and developing EWB's vision for the future of engineering education and the training of global engineers.

Sarah Flanagan | Office Administrator

Sarah Flanagan a crucial part of the amazing EWB administrative team. She works in a variety of different areas of administration within the national office. Some of her responsibilities include overseas sending logistics, logistical support for returning volunteers, management of office facilities and supporting the rest of the national office team with the logistics of various projects. Sarah comes to EWB with a very diverse background. She has worked with children (big and small), acted in plays, has a typing speed of 60 words per minute, has gritted her teeth working retail, and most recently, she worked at the Ministry of Education.

Trevor Freeman | Program Manager, Junior Fellowship

Trevor has played numerous roles within EWB over the 5 years that he has been involved. In 2005, while studying Environmental Engineering at the University of Windsor, Trevor was a founding member of the UofW EWB chapter. Upon graduation he became UofW’s first long term overseas volunteer, spending 2 years living and working in Zambia and Malawi, with EWB’s Water and Sanitation team. After returning to Canada at the end of 2008, Trevor continued to be involved with EWB’s work, sharing his overseas experience through a national speaking tour, connecting chapters across Canada with his years of work in Southern Africa. After coming to work full time at the National Office in August 2009, as a Social Change Fellow, Trevor decided to take on the role of Junior Fellow Program Manager, and will now be splitting his time between Canada and Africa.

Trevor’s involvement with EWB is driven by his love for people, and passion for connections and development. Both here in Canada, and with EWB’s overseas work, Trevor believes that people are EWB’s greatest asset, and he continues to be driven and inspired by the amazing people he works with. Trevor is thrilled to be working with the spectacular individuals involved in the Junior Fellow program, and thrilled to be contributing to both EWB’s in-Canada programs, and African Programs.

James Haga | Director, Advocacy

As Director of Advocacy at EWB, James Haga is focused on working with members across the country to improve Canada's international development policy. James's key responsibilities include coordinating our political engagement activities, raising awareness in the public about our policies towards developing countries and advancing EWB policy recommendations.

Having spent much of his youth abroad, James has developed a deep and lasting commitment to internationalism and human development. In 2006-2007, he worked for an educational development NGO in Kenya. Following his return, James discovered EWB and hasn't been able to shake it yet! During the summer of 2008, James interned at the EWB national office, working on a Fair Trade strategy.

James is also passionate about local poverty issues - having worked with an addictions and mental health agency in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for 5 years. In 2009, James graduated from Simon Fraser University with a degree in International Studies.

Danny Howard | Director, Individual Engagement and Systems Change

Danny coordinates EWB’s national campaigns and supports Chapter leaders driving initiatives in cities across Canada. His own interest in Canada becoming the most pro-development country in the world formed as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Alberta. He was president of the Chapter there and a volunteer in Ghana as part of EWB’s Junior Fellowship in International Development. Before starting his current role, Danny was overseas volunteer staff for EWB in Malawi. He worked with local entrepreneurs and EWB’s partner, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, in setting up pilot processing factories for cassava, a tuber that over 50% of Africans eat as a staple. In 2006 Danny was named an EWB Volunteer of the Year.

Francis Kung | Director of Technology/IT

Francis has shown an incredible amount of drive and commitment to EWB since 2003. He was first involved with the University of Toronto chapter: through the School Outreach Program, as VP Operations, as co-President, and as a mentor to later Executive teams. In 2005 he interned at the National Office, helping develop many of EWB's IT systems, and continued as a volunteer on the IT team after the summer. In 2006 he was selected as a EWB volunteer of the year.

Francis graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical and computer engineering. During his studies, he specialized in computer software, as well as electrical power systems. As part of his education he did a 16-month co-op term with Red Hat Canada, working on open-source Java. Since June 2008, Francis has been the Director of Technology at EWB. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and development of all IT systems as well as providing technical support to the national office team.

Allison Langille | Communications Coordinator

Allison is extremely passionate about international development, and in particular, about EWB’s approach to creating lasting change in Africa though a creative, analytical and impact-oriented mindset. This is why Allison’s role is especially exciting; she is responsible for communicating EWB’s great work across many different channels. Previously, Allison worked with CARE Canada on an innovative pilot project, CARE Enterprise Partners, focused on small and medium sized enterprise (SME) development in emerging economies. Allison is also skilled in SME business development, having managed a unique group of socially-conscious small businesses in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Allison holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University.

Ka-Hay Law | Team Leader – Agricultural value chains, Southern Africa

Ka-Hay joined EWB’s Southern Africa leadership team in Feb 2007 to manage EWB’s work within agriculture value chain projects. Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Ka-Hay supports the team of talented EWB volunteers working in Zambia and Malawi, monitors and evaluates our work with partner organisations, and continuously seeks to identify where EWB can best support smallholder farmers through improved income generation opportunities.

Ka-Hay hails from Wallaceburg, Ontario. After getting involved in EWB in 2001 as an engineering student at University of British Columbia, she has served in various leadership positions for the In-Canada programs, been recognised as the volunteer of the year, and has also served on the board of directors. After graduation in 2003, she worked with EWB in Ghana for 7 months. It was there she discovered her interest understanding how business could be leveraged for poverty reduction. Upon her return to Canada she worked for 2 years in corporate social responsibility consulting with Canadian Business for Social Responsibility. In Jan 2007, she left CBSR and rejoined EWB’s overseas program to develop the knowledge management and organisational learning system of the PROFIT project.

Genevieve MacIntyre | Executive Assistant

Genevieve was first drawn to the bright orange EWB booth at the University of Windsor, while studying English Language and Literature. She held several positions with the University of Windsor Chapter such as VP Communications, VP Education, and Chapter President. Genevieve’s interest in EWB stemmed outside the school-year and she was an intern at the National Office in Summer 2006, working in various roles and coordinating a large-scale outreach event on the streets of Toronto.

Genevieve is Parker Mitchell and George Roter’s Executive Assistant. She keeps them organized and on top of their game. Genevieve’s knack for organization, penchant for writing, along with her love of grammar and spelling, increases George and Parker’s effectiveness making sure they have all the details.

When Genevieve isn’t minding the master schedule, this bubbly personality is around the office practicing her French or asking others what they need help with.

Parker Mitchell | Co-CEO

Parker's work in international development began with a simple water purification system for developing communities designed during his Bachelor's degrees in Engineering and Arts at the University of Waterloo. This progressed to a Master's in Development Studies at Cambridge University and, using strategic planning experience gained while a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, the co-founding of Engineers Without Borders.

For his work with EWB, he has been named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2005, won awards from the Canadian Bureau for International Education and been featured by TIME Magazine as one of Canada's next generation of social leaders. He co-founded Canada25, an organisation which seeks to engage Canadians active in public policy, and sits on the Board of the North York Community House.

George Roter | Co-CEO

George became interested in international development while completing his Bachelor's in Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Excited by the role of appropriate technologies in development he co-founded EWB in 2000 as a way to tap into the Canadian engineering community in the fight against global poverty.

George is a frequent speaker at conferences and events across North America and was named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2005. In 2004 he was awarded a prestigious Action Canada Fellowship on public policy, adding to previous awards for his work with EWB. He has been featured by TIME Magazine as one of Canada's next generation of social leaders.

Josh Vanwyck | Director, Chapter Development

Josh is an adventurous soul whose has spent the past 7 years living in a number of places, including British Columbia, Ecuador, France, Sweden, and sometimes, even in his hometown of Waterloo. Josh is passionate about people and global issues - both of which have provided the focus of his work to date. He joined EWB in 2004 while at the University of Waterloo and played a variety of roles in the chapter. In 2009, he co-organized EWB's national conference. Josh graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Systems Design Engineering.

As Director of Chapter Development, his goal is to support chapters in becoming the largest and most potent movement of young leaders committed to creating social change. "I see a world in which young Canadians involved in EWB are driving change and are known around the world as the most thoughtful and action driven students in the world! With such incredible chapters, my job is a pleasure!"