Our Team & Associated Experts
Diverse, committed, dynamic and global – this is how we like to describe our team. Our core team consists of 6 professionals based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and 3 experts abroad, in East Africa, Central Asia and the United States. To complement our team, we count with the support of 3 associated experts in specific thematic fields. Together, we work as connectors, enablers and facilitators of change.
Bertha Camacho
Managing Director & Knowledge Management Specialist
Matthias Saladin
Deputy Managing Director & International Programme Coordinator
Andrea Güpfert
Head of Finance & Administration
Sean Furey
RWSN Director
Rena Salzmann
Junior Programme Officer
Susanna Germanier
Trainee in Solid Waste Management
Aline Saraiva Okello
RWSN Global Network Manager (based in Kenya)
Batima Tleulinova
RWSN Communications & Engagement Officer (based in Kazakhstan)
Dipti Vaghela
HPNET Network Manager (based in the United States)
Sandra Méndez
Associated Specialist in Solid Waste Management (Ecopartner Ltd.)
Karla Schlie
Associated Expert & Project Manager
Kerstin Danert
Associated Specialist in Water Supply (Ask for Water Ltd.)
We work in collaboration with:
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Ueli Rickenbach, Nicole Rüegg and Renata Rölli
IT, Graphic Design and Administrative Support
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Irène Ferraro
Bookkeeping and Accounting
“Change is the only constant in life.”
Heraclitus, c.500 BC