Paradigm Shift’s Master Trainers support and train churches and their volunteer teams in implementing the Paradigm Shift entrepreneurship development program. Master Trainers are strategically located around South Africa and conduct 60 hours of training with each church as they bring the Paradigm Shift program to communities across South Africa.
Interested in becoming a Paradigm Shift Master Trainer?
Contact us at hr@shiftingparadigms.org
Pam Lamberti
Master Trainer for Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg
Pam Lamberti spent five years working for Nielsen, a leading global marketing research company. She worked as an analyst and senior manager on some of Nielsen’s major corporate accounts. From 2008-2011 Pam was head of training for the Nielsen Client Service division, responsible for formulating and implementing the executive training strategy.
Prior to this she worked as a business skills coach, specializing in professional business writing and customer communication skills.
After graduating from university, Pam taught English in Taiwan and spent time exploring south east Asia. Pam holds a B.A. in Marketing from Rand Afrikaans University.
Anne Gray
Master Trainer for Johannesburg
Anne Gray is a Lead Consultant for a Telecommunications Cost Management Consultancy, responsible for cultivating good customer relationships with South African Corporations and telecommunications service providers. Anne was previously a high school science teacher in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England.
Anne holds an Honors degree in Marine Ecology from the University of Port Elizabeth, a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and obtained her teaching qualification from Roehampton Unversity, England.
Clinton George
Master Trainer for Johannesburg
Clinton has served the non-profit and social development sector for the past 15-years in community development, resource mobilization and advancement as well as leading strategic social change initiatives.
He has held two directorships within the field: CASE (a non-profit organization providing trauma intervention services in a Cape Flats community) and Saw Sharpeners (a for-profit social development and education-sector consultancy). Clinton is a passionate and highly skilled trainer and has facilitated community development workshops with a diverse range of Civil Society Organizations. These include working with children, youth, the elderly, the unemployed, HIV/AIDS and higher education amongst others.
Cate Carroll
Master Trainer for the southern suburbs of Cape Town
Cate was previously an Associate Director at UBS for the Prime Brokerage Collateral Management Business Development Project in London. She has also worked as a consultant for IBM’s Business Consulting Services at the European Investment Bank.
Before that, Cate served at Morgan Stanley as a Project Associate for Collateral Management. Last year, Cate served as the Cape Town Regional Manager for Paradigm Shift, where she was a Master Trainer and oversaw all marketing and recruitment of partner churches.
Cate holds a B.A. Honors in Industrial Engineering and an Investment Admin Qualification. She is also a Chartered Financial Accountant.
Nathi Kunane
Master Trainer for Durban
Nathi Kunane is a Development Facilitator and Corporate Social Investment Officer at the South African Sugar Association. There he oversees the social investment program, while promoting sustainable community development in the sugar cane growing provinces. He also is responsible for the overall management of the Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education.
He was previously a project manager for Habitat for Humanity, where he managed community and construction projects. In each of these jobs, he has had many occasions to coach and train teams, inspiring and motivating others for success.
Nathi has a B.A. in Sociology and Community Resources Management and two Postgraduate Diplomas: one in Education, Training and Development and another in Leadership and Management.
Bongiwe Dumezweni
Master Trainer for Pretoria
Bongiwe has significant community development experience from her work as community development manager at Unsung Heroes, as provisional HIV/AIDS coordinator at the KZN Christian Council (a network of churches), as HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator for Student’s Christian Organization and as a social worker at both Durban Child Welfare and the Epilepsy Foundation in Durban.
Bongiwe was a research fellow at Yale University in the United States, where she developed research at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, focusing on rape survivors in South Africa.
Most recently, she has been serving as the Deputy-Director of the National Department of Social Development doing population and development research.
Bongiwe holds a B.A. in Social Work and 3 M.A.’s in Social Work, Theology & Development and Policy & Development Studies.
Wambui Gititu
Master Trainer for Central and South Pretoria
Wambui studied group dynamics, including conducting a two-year research on team effectiveness. Her work as a PR consultant has given her experience in planning and coordinating projects.
She has worked most recently at the International Organization for Migration in the Southern Africa Counter Trafficking Awareness Program where she made presentations, conducted workshops and served as the media liaison. Wambui has also been a freelance communication consultant for a metro newspaper.
Wambui holds a B.A. in Communications and an M.A. in Sociology, Group Dynamics.
Janet Michel
Master Trainer for Richard’s Bay, Empangeni and Mtuba
Janet has significant experience in nursing and nursing education from her work as an Operational Manager in Zimbabwe and Switzerland, as lecturer at Hlabisa Nursing school, as Clinical Facilitator at Netcare the bay hospital and as a volunteer assistant M and E Manager at Noah orphans.
She has a Diploma in General Nursing, a BA in Health Services Management and Nursing Education and she is currently completing a Masters Degree in Public Health.
Janet has just been offered a Research Internship position at Africa Center. Her areas of special interest and expertise include HIV/AIDS, Nursing Education, Health Services Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
