Continuing our thread of introducing the people that have graciously agreed to acting as Trustees for the Endangered Species Foundation I'd like to welcome another two of our trustees: Kerry Prendergast and Dame Cheryll Sotheran.
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Image from Soda Inc.
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Dame Cheryll Sotheran DNZM is the Strategic Director, Business Solutions, for NZ Trade and Enterprise in the innovative soda inc. She was the founding
Chief Executive of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa from 1993-2002.
Dame Cheryll received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the
University of Auckland in 1999 and, in 1998, she was made Dame Companion of the
New Zealand Order of Merit (bio from Wikipedia and soda)
Kerry Prendergast chairs Tourism NZ and the newly formed Crown Entity, the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to these she is Executive Chair of the NZ International Festival of the Arts, chairs
Wellington Regional Netball, is on the boards of Kirkaldie and Stains Ltd, the Wellington Phoenix Football Club and the NZ Community Trust, on an Advisory
Board to the Auditor General and Local Government Efficiency Taskforce. Kerry completed her third term as Mayor of Wellington in October 2010. Previously, She served as
Deputy Mayor from 1995 to 2001. She has an MBA from Victoria University
(2003). Before her career in local government, Kerry had a professional
background in the health sector (as a registered nurse and then as a registered
midwife for 25 years). Kerry was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of
Merit in 2011. She also has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit of the
Italian Republic, the Medal of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins – Grand Cross, a
Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary) and a Distinguished Alumni of Victoria University
Both these very accomplished people deserve a huge vote of thanks for agreeing to support the Endangered Species Foundation of NZ.
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