Fellowships
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Jenny Cox
Head of Fellowships - Extn: 281
Jenny joined Earthwatch in February 2004 as a Fellowships Officer. She is now Head of Earthwatch's Fellowships department and oversees a range of environmental engagement and learning programmes for corporate employees, teachers, young people and other groups taking part in Earthwatch field research projects.
In December 2004, she coordinated and participated in Earthwatch's first French-speaking African scientist team in Cameroon. Scientists from Madagascar and Guinea helped ornithologist Taku Awa II conserve the rare grey-necked rock fowl Picathartes in Cameroon's rainforests.
Working at Earthwatch has allowed Jenny to build on her keen interest in Corporate Social Responsibility and the ways in which NGOs and the private sector can work together to promote sustainable development.
She received a degree in Management and French from the University of Bath in 2002. At university, she focused her final year studies on business and the environment and volunteered for Envolve Partnerships for Sustainability in Bath.
Following graduation, she joined WHSmith as a management trainee and joined the Group Corporate Responsibility Team as a Corporate Responsibility Adviser. She has also worked as a volunteer warden for The Woodland Trust.
Mark Harper
Programme Manager, Fellowships - Extn: 855
Mark joined Earthwatch as an intern in the Research and Education Department in January 2003 and was hired as an Environmental Engagement Officer in June 2003, before moving to his current role as Environmental Engagement Manager. His main responsibilities are managing the HSBC, Cadburys, Syngenta and Zurich corporate volunteer programmes, preparing volunteers for their field research projects and assisting them with their post-fieldwork community projects. He is also responsible for producing outreach materials for the HSBC programme. During his time at Earthwatch Mark has visited the Earthwatch projects Zebras, Giraffes and Rhinos of the Savannah, Sri Lankan Mangroves, Sri Lanka's Elephants and Elusive Leopards, and Marine Mammals of Monterey.
Before joining Earthwatch, Mark spent five months in Sri Lanka working for a sea turtle conservation programme, as well as being an active volunteer with Northamptonshire Country Rangers and the Wildlife Trust. His work-related interests include biodiversity conservation and corporate social responsibility issues. He has a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences (Ecology) from the University of Sheffield.
Claire Lippold
Fellowships Officer - Extn: 829
Claire joined Earthwatch in March 2008. Her main role is working with Cadbury, Nestle UK and HSBC employees to ensure they are prepared for their Earthwatch expeditions and local volunteering projects. She is also involved in the Capacity Building Programme.
Before joining Earthwatch Claire worked for the Bat Conservation Trust as a Helpline Officer where she answered questions, did contract work and developed a healthy obsession with all things batty! She is a member of Oxfordshire Bat Group and is currently training for her bat licence.
Claire has a BSc (Hons) in Biology and an MSc in Biodivesity and Conservation, both from the University of Leeds, where her passion for conservation (and bats) developed. In her spare time she enjoys camping, walking, yoga and travelling. She has travelled in Honduras, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, The Gambia and Kenya.
Emma Wright
Fellowships Officer - Extn: 835
Emma joined Earthwatch at the beginning of April 2008. Working with several corporate partners such as HSBC and Land Rover, she supports staff throughout their fielding process and makes sure employees are well prepared for their expeditions as well as advising them on their post project community activities.
Emma gained a BSc in Environmental Science/Biology and a LLM (Master of Laws) in Environmental Law and Management at Aberystwyth University. Since leaving university she has taken numerous evening classes at Cardiff University such as Marine Conservation and Spanish. Emma has travelled extensively round Australasia, Europe, Usa and Canada, she has spent time volunteering in an orphanage in Thailand, and also lived in Barcelona for three years, where she taught English. Emma is a keen conservationist and has taken part in many community projects both overseas and in her beloved homeland, Wales.
Emma has a real creative flair. In one of her previous roles she was a window dresser/stylist and she now enjoys amateur photography and dressmaking. Emma also loves anything outdoorsy - horse riding, sailing, snowboarding and learning to surf. She also loves making soup!
Kikelomo Agunbiade
Fellowships Officer - Extn: 263
Kike joined Earthwatch in February 2008 and works with our corporate partners, HSBC and Syngenta, to prepare their employees for participation on Earthwatch projects. She is also involved with co-ordinating Earthwatch's Educator Awards.
Previously, Kike worked as a science teacher in a North London Secondary School and was the Marketing, Sales and PR Manager at the education charity Gemin-i.org.
Kike has a BSc in Chemistry from The University of Oxford and is a qualified teacher through the TeachFirst Scheme. She regularly plays rugby with a women's team, enjoys most other outdoor sports and takes part in charity challenge events such as Oxfam's gruelling 60 mile Trailwalker.
Caroline Rodgers
Programme Manager - Extn: 861
Caroline joined Earthwatch in October 2004 and was initially responsible for recruiting volunteers for Earthwatch's many worldwide expeditions for the Expedition Recruitment Department. She then moved to the Fellowships team, coordinating various corporate, capacity-building and educator programmes, as well as championing educational activity within the department and Earthwatch as a whole.
Caroline is now Programme Manager in the Fellowship Programmes Department and manages a range of programmes for corporate employees, teachers, young people and other groups taking part in Earthwatch field research projects.
An experienced traveller, Caroline lived in Egypt for three years, worked as a language assistant for two Austrian secondary schools, and participated in a 10-week biological census of the little-studied Pavacachi area of the Ecuadorian Amazon in 2003.
Caroline has a joint honours degree in English Language with German and is a keen artist. Before joining Earthwatch, she worked for the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) in Cambridge as a project officer for the Millennium Volunteers programme, placing young people in volunteering positions in order to achieve awards.
Simon Reid
Capacity Building Programme Manager (Maternity Cover) and Fellowships Officer - Extn: 840
Simon joined Earthwatch in October 2005 and is currently involved with managing the Capacity Building Programme (maternity cover) as well as working as a Fellowships Officer.
The Capacity Building Programme trains emerging scientists in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe in conservation research skills and knowledge - helping to create the environmental leaders of the future. Simon's involvement in this exciting programme represents a progression of his interested which have also seen him study for an MSc in Environment and Development from Manchester's Institute for Development Policy and Management, which itself followed an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Manchester. Simon is also involved with coordinating and developing Earthwatch's relationship with Reed Elsevier in his position of Fellowships Officer, alongside working on the Youth Programme.
Simon participated on Earthwatch's Early Man in Spain project in 2006, a fascinating experience which saw him helping to uncover many ancient artefacts which will help us discover more about some of the first ever humans to live in Europe.
Outside of work Simon is a fan of the great outdoors and is a keen hiker, mountain biker, and climber. He has also been fortunate enough to spend much of his life living in many exciting places such as India, Pakistan, Zambia and Italy.
Vicky Potts
Fellowships Officer - Extn: 834
Vicky joined Earthwatch in April 2006, her main role is to help corporate employees such as HSBC and Zurich, prepare for Earthwatch expeditions and help them to set up their own community conservation projects on their return from the field. Vicky gained a BSc in Zoology then graduated from Reading university with an MSc in Wildlife Management. Before joining Earthwatch Vicky was a countryside assistant for South Oxfordshire District Council. This position involved providing administrative and operational support for the countryside and forestry services. She has also worked as a research assistant on the Farne Islands studying the foraging and breeding behaviour of terns and puffins.
She is a keen conservationist and in her spare time she enjoys carrying out various kinds of voluntary work, including wildlife monitoring and practical tasks. She currently volunteers for the local Widllife Trust where she participates in dragonfly surveys. At present Vicky also works as a part time ecologist helping in bat and newt surveys. Vicky is happily married to Jon and spends the rest of her free time walking, going to the theatre and relaxing with a glass of wine!
Miranda Gardener
Fellowships Officer - Extn: 809
Miranda joined Earthwatch as a Fellowships Officer at the beginning of May 2007. She works with several of Earthwatch's corporate partners including Shell and Diageo, supporting their staff throughout the fielding process and in sharing their new knowledge and awareness with their colleagues and local community once they return.
Before joining Earthwatch, Miranda worked in the humanitarian department at Oxfam GB, coordinating recruitment and deployment of staff to field programmes across the world. She has a degree in English from Cambridge University and, in order to make up for the lack of squiggly things in buckets involved in this course, is currently studying for a Diploma in environmental conservation at Oxford University. After her studies she spent 6 months travelling independently to India and Australasia, during which time she fulfilled a long-held ambition to learn to scuba dive.
She grew up in Italy and has been interested in wildlife and the environment from a very early age. She has been involved with conservation volunteering since secondary school, and has recently started her second year as Chair of the
Oxford Conservation Volunteers group.
Sarah Staunton-Lamb
Capacity Building Programme Manager - Extn: 845 (Maternity Leave)
Sarah came to Earthwatch in October 2000 as Community Officer for the Earthwatch Millennium Programme. She has worked within the Environmental Engagement team, managing the operational delivery of a number of corporate and teacher fellowship programmes. In March 2006 Sarah took over as Capacity Building Programme Manager, and since then has been thriving on the challenges of fielding African, Asian and Eastern European conservationists, scientists and educators.
Sarah has visited the Earthwatch projects Belize Manatees, Sri Lanka's Temple Monkeys, Puerto Rico's Rainforest, Owl Habitat of Cape Horn and Eagles of Mull.
She previously worked for the Wildlife Trust in Oxford, and spent six months in rural Tanzania with Health Projects Abroad, followed by four years as a Programme Officer for an educational and development charity working with East African refugees. She has a BA (Hons) in Modern History from Hull University. Sarah is the proud mother of Burt and most recently, Stanley.