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Pia Lovengreen, CAF Founder and President, has been actively involved in development issues since 1998, and has a DEC in "Humanitarian Aid" from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. Pia is currently providing consultancy services to a range of different organisation on issues related to sustainable development.
Malcolm Alessi, IT project leader, studied Economics in Scotland before doing an MBA at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He is currently an independent IT Business Analyst, specialising in financial systems. He has an incredible talent for sports. He also enjoys travelling and his curiosity has taken him to many places including Cuba, for which he raised money to donate blankets to a childrens home.
Valérie Bénard, CAF Web-information officer, is responsible for delivering high quality information to CAF members and other interested persons on a regular basis and is also involved in all fundraising activities. She is currently working for EUROCITIES, representing the interests of large cities in Europe.
Dionne Bosma, is the coordinator of the One Family One Charity programme, liaising between the CAF coordinator in India and the donor families in Belgium who have contributed towards the set-up of micro-businesses by Indian recipients. Dionne has now been living in Belgium for 17 years (since 1987). Originally, she came here for studies (a one-year post-graduate degree in Liège) with the real purpose of learning French, after which she drifted off to Brussels, not wanting to return to dreary old Holland.
Murielle Chiltz, CAF Treasurer, joined the organisation to help with financial matters and legal aspects. She enjoys being involved with a charity working at the local level in the field of education and health. She is French and the mother of two children. Until recently, she was working for the European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign, promoting sustainable development at local and regional levels.
Myriam Cornillet, is helping CAF organizing social events and promoting its visibility. Myriam, a French national, is working as a journalist for a leading EU policy portal. She has been in Belgium for almost two years.
Anja Duchateau, CAF Secretary and Congo Coordinator, has been supporting the local community in Kinshasa. As a graduated interpreter-translator, she has always been interested in other cultures and languages. Studying Spanish led to meeting Pia, and before she knew it, she was the first CAF volunteer in 2001. With her interest in the developing world and eagerness to learn about other cultures, Anja is always coming up with new ideas and approaches. She is Press & Marketing Officer at AmCham EU.
Karen Hoehn, Karen Hoehn has supported CAF since its early days, initially helping develop CAF's infrastructure and strategies for growth. Karen's background includes diverse public health policy and business development experience, while her heart lies in helping vulnerable populations and serving the public interest. She has developed public health and child welfare systems serving millions of individuals around the world.
Istvan Kapuvari, a businessman with a background in financial analysis, has discovered and actively pursued his passion for development projects in recent years. Istvan became a volunteer for CAF in 2002 and joined the Steering Committee in 2003.
Ginette Kela, CAF volunteer, got her degree in translation from Institut Libre Marie Haps in Brussels. She worked for a joint ACP-EU institution involved in the development of ACP industries and joined the European Commission two years ago. Born in Kinshasa, Congo, she first moved with her parents to Paris to finally end up in Brussels where she was raised. Her concern about health and education of the children of Congo led her to join CAF in 2004.
Eleonore Lamberty, CAF Volunteer, has studied at Solvay Business School (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), worked a few years for Arthur Andersen and then joined Fortis Bank. She works as a bond analyst in the financial markets department.
Frederik ('Fre') Lamberty, CAF Party for Charity and Quiz Coordinator, has a degree in Political Science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in Belgium, and is currently working at the European Commission as a Programme Manager. He is a keen skier and enjoys working as a DJ in the Brussels night spots.
Cristina Martinico, CAF Graphic Designer, enjoys supporting CAF with the imaging and layout of CAF editorial material. Cristina is an explosive Italian and works as free-lance graphic designer, cooperating on a permanent basis with Mood Comunicazione e Design (www.mood-adv.it ).
Marcella Moohan CAF Editor, is the radiant rugby player from Glasgow. Marcella spent a year in Guatemala as a volunteer in an orphanage, where she fell in love with the country, its people and, of course, the kids. With her dynamic writing style, the story chaser of CAF is the perfect editor of the CAF newsletter. Our editor recently relocated to Barcelona, where she continues to work on CAF News.
Fred Pauwels, CAF Webmaster, has contributed many, many hours on a pro bono basis to designing, maintaining and improving the CAF website. Visit his website.
Miriam Polizzano, CAF Steering Committee Member, is Italian with a background in Economics. After wandering far from her homeland Sicily, she arrived in Brussels where she joined CAF to support the CAF vision, communication strategy and anything that will help improving the lives of children in impoverished communities.
Carlos Suarez, a Spanish professional translator, was born and has always lived in Brussels. He came to know CAF through Fred Pauwels, his brother-in-law and CAF's webmaster, who asked him if he too would be interested in helping CAF. His hobbies are literature, cinema, theatre and international politics (he loves to get involved in never-ending and passionate debates about world affairs). He is a big fan of Jacques Brel and Léo Ferré. And, since nobody is perfect, he is also...a football addict!
Craig Winneker, CAF pub-quizmaster, volunteers his services regularly as the CAF pub-quizmaster. He works as a free-lance journalist in Brussels and was formerly the deputy editor of European Voice newspaper. He has also played guitar at a CAF event and is proud to be associated with the organization.
CAF Field trip
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