Ali Taheri

Social Worker & Care Giver
Sydney, Australia

Ali Taheri is a mechanical engineer but has chosen a career in the social services providing care for the intellectually and physically disabled. He is a qualified health councilor, mediator and English/Persian interpreter. Ali is a founding member of the Earth Assistance Association in NSW, Australia.

Tom Hayllar

Teacher & Author
Sydney, Australia

Still teaching for the love of it past retirement  age, Tom has been a teacher of primary and secondary schools all his life. He is the author of many books including English text books that are used in almost all Australian Schools.
A dedicated outdoors man Tom has walked around the entire continent of Australia twice and walked across it in all direction. A remarkable and unduplicated achievement. Widely traveled and a dedicated humanitarian Tom brings a  quality to the Foundation which is deeply valued.

Martin Witteveen

Judge
Amersfort, The Netherlands

Judge Martin Witteveen is an investigative judge for international crimes in the District Court,  The Hague, Netherlands. He is a specialist in international criminal  law particularly in reference to Africa. He is chairman of the Adopt a School Foundation of the Netherlands and has been the major contributor to the development of three schools in Tanzania as well as schools in other parts of Africa.

Keith Allen

Planner & Business Manager
Johns River, Australia

Residing in New South Wales, Australia Keith is the president of the Earth Assistance Association (Australia) . He has worked in community and commercial development for 30 years and assists the Foundation in every aspect of the Foundations work.  He has twice volunteered his services to the African projects where he established much of the administrative methodology and policy development. He is the principal of Laterals Planning (Ltd) where he uses his extensive qualifications in land, town and environment management; surveying and business administration.

John Diserens

Businessman
San Francisco, USA

A native Australian now residing in the US, John has over 30 years of experience in institutional real estate, international finance and growing emerging companies. John currently serves on several Boards including Australian and U.S. private equity corporations.  In addition, he is a Founder & Partner of Groundswell LLC, a private equity investment company based in San Francisco.  John is a graduate of Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Advanced Management Program).

David Farrell

Commissioner for Elections (Retired)
Sydney, Australia

David Farrell began his career as a newspaper photographer, editor and publisher.  Noted for his efficiency and integrity he was invited to join the Electoral Commission where he rose rapidly to become commissioner for Tasmania and then New South Wales.

Now retired David devotes his time to humanitarian works. 

Brad Warren

Chairman (EAF Governing Board, Tanzania)
Arusha, Tanzania

Brad was instrumental in the establishing the presence of the Earth  Assistance Foundation in Tanzania where he currently resides as administrator and representative of the Board of Advisors. He has continuously worked with humanitarian projects for 45 years in Asia, Australia and Africa where he has established schools, clinics, National Parks and many programs related to sustainable and appropriate development, environment protection and community development. During this time he has been engrossed in the study of social and religious philosophy on which he has lectured widely.

Alexandra Wilson

PhD Candidate
Psychologist
Sydney, Australia

Alexandra Wilson completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) in 2006 and Master of Clinical Neuropsychology in 2008. She is currently a PhD candidate at Macquarie University and works in Pediatric Neuropsychology at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Child Development Unit. She has a passion for children’s health, education and welfare issues and is an advocate for children with special needs.