Wellington ICT Trustees
Wellington ICT is governed by a Board of Trustees, who meet once a month to review Trust activities. While Trustees have a governance role, they may also participate in the management of a specific project.
Wellington ICT welcomes enquiries from people interested in becoming a Trustee or Associate Trustee.
Erina Papp
Erina joined Wellington ICT to support groups and communities in gaining access to information and communication technology (ICT) to enable their participation in the information society. Her skills and experience bring people together to explore and implement new opportunities.
Erina works as a management consultant, coach and facilitator. Her management experience enables her to integrate good practice with practical realities. She brings skills in strategy and business planning, people and capability development and in increasing organisational effectiveness.
As a parent she is committed to contributing to developing vibrant, safe, inclusive communities in the Wellington region.
Erina is currently completing a third term as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Mike Ennis
Mike has been a Wellington 2020 Trustee since its inception. He brings to the Trust an abiding interest in the development of Community ICT projects and programmes, particularly the use of 0ff-the-shelf technologies to meet community needs. He also has a strong concern about the growing problem of electronic waste.
Mike’s interest in community ICT is reflected in his role as the Trustee responsible for the Wellington Community Net (WCN) which hosts this website. He is also one of the Trustees who identified the need for Whanau Link, the latest project undertaken by Wellington 2020.
Mike has been involved in the environment and peace movements in Wellington since the late 1970s. He was coordinator of the Greenpeace support group in Wellington and is a former chairman of the umbrella group ECO (Environment Conservation Groups NZ Inc). He is one of the coordinators of the Sustainable Wellington Net, an Environment/Conservation electronic community network in Wellington and is on the Excecutive of Friends of the Earth NZ.
Mike owns his own business in Wellington.
Heather Newell
Heather worked for over eighteen years in the corporate communications sector before setting up Foresee Communications Limited in 1993. Since then she has worked with a wide range of clients from the non profit sector including local government, arts, environment, education, government and welfare. Her journalism skills are put to good use in publishing the two subscriber publications – Sponsorship Profile and Fundraising in New Zealand.
As a member of the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand and the Australasian Sponsorship and Marketing Association, Heather’s reputation for excellence is widely recognised among colleagues, the non-profit sector and the corporate community.
Heather is a Councillor on the Upper Hutt City Council.
Kathy Olsen
Kathy is a Director at Squiz Limited, a web technology company that believes in using technology to enable equitable access to information. Kathy believes strengthening communities access to digital information will lead to more inclusive, resilient society.