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Owner and Director Jerushah Rangasami holds a postgraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Cape Town. Her thesis was focused on designing an evaluation system. To enhance her thesis, she attended a Masters course in Programme Evaluation at the University of Cape Town, Jerushah has over twelve years of experience in:

• Monitoring and evaluation
• Social research
• Advancement, fundraising and philanthropy
• Design and management of information management systems
• Project design, management and coordination
• Project budget formulation
• Development of multimedia and interactive resources, including documentary production
• Training and facilitation, including the design of innovative training workshops and learning programmes.

A member of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA), the Business Women's Association (BWA) and the Black Management Forum (BMF), Jerushah regularly speaks at national and international conferences.

Her accolades include:

Travel awards

• 2011 3ie, Mind the Gap: in Cuernavaca, Mexico
• 2009 American Evaluation Conference, Orlando Florida USA
• 2009 2nd SAMEA Evaluation Conference – 'eVALUation'
• 2009 AfrEA NONIE 3ie

Awards

• 2008 Awarded 4th place in the National Department of Trade and Industry's acclaimed Technology for Women in Business (TWIB)
• 2008 Selected as one of 12 South African Women ICT Entrepreneurs to participate in the Empowering Women in ICT Programme
• 2006 Businesswomen's Association Regional Business Achiever Award (Start-up Category)
• Finalist for the Black Business Quarterly BEE SMME Award in 2007
• Named one of "SA's Hottest and Brightest", The Deal Magazine, April 2007 (cover story)
• Various academic prizes at university
• Impact Consulting was chosen as one of the 5 finalists in the Cape Town Entrepreneurship Competition 2010 in the Growth Category

Papers and presentations

• Impact of formal housing on quality of life. June 2010 at 3ie International Impact Evaluation Conference – Mid the Gap: From Evidence to Policy, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
• Project impact: beyond what we invest in to what it as achieved. May 2010 at the Trialogue Corporate Social Investment conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• "How do we measure success? Social accounting, Social return on investment and other measurement tools". April 2010 at the Social Entrepreneurship World Forum, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Negotiating context-appropriate evaluation methodologies between Western donors and African evaluators. November 2009 at American Evaluation Conference, Orlando Florida USA (received one of four International Travel Awards).
• Effects of a clash in values between international donors and local evaluators. Poster presentation at the second South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association conference entitled ‘eVALUation’ (won best poster award), Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2009.
• The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as a method to uncover values. Presentation at the second South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association conference entitled ‘eVALUation’ (won best poster award), Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2009.
• Evaluation results: engaging various audiences for effective learning and influence. Presentation at the Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation (NONIE) and African Evaluation Association conference entitled ‘The International Conference on Impact Evaluation for Development Effectiveness’. Cairo, Egypt, March 2009 (Received International Travel Award).

Associate Tracey Konstant has a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from the School of Economics and Business Management, University of Pretoria. She has 17 years of work experience across six African countries, with the last eight years spent in organisational support consultancy in the South African development context. Her areas of specialisation include organisational development through evaluation and client-centered process design and facilitation, with particular expertise in the health, HIV and social development sectors, supported by wide-ranging experience across a range of sectors. She is a regular presenter at national and international conferences in the field of monitoring and evaluation.

Researcher Teri Richter has a Masters in Social Science in Monitoring and Programme Evaluation from the University of Cape Town. She completed her Honours degree in Psychology at Rhodes University in 2008 and holds a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Cape Town where she majored in Psychology and Archaeology. Her Honours thesis provided preliminary norms for the Digit Span subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – IV in South Africa for Xhosa, Afrikaans and English speaking learners in Grade 7. For her Masters thesis, she conducted a formative evaluation and constructed an implementation M&E framework for a non-profit refugee education and advocacy organisation.

Researcher Michelle Stewart holds a Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in Health Promotion from the University of Kwazulu-Natal. She also holds an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Economics (Cum Laude) from Rhodes University. She is especially interested in social development and has experience in the NGO sector, working as the project coordinator for a children's NGO and also doing volunteer work for NGOs.

Project and Business Manager Anje Coetzer has an MPhil in Monitoring and Programme Evaluation from the University of Cape Town. Her dissertation was a formative evaluation of Working for Water’s Contractor Development Model, which aims to develop entrepreneurs in the SMME market. She holds an Honours degree in African Politics from the University of South Africa, with a thesis investigating the Millennium Development Goals in South Africa. She also holds a BA degree in Applied Value and Policy Studies from the University of Stellenbosch. She previously worked at a skills and business development consultancy in London, involved in monitoring and evaluating small and medium-sized organisations. Anje brings strong project management skills and experience to this team.

IT and Marketing Manager Douglas Blowers has nine years research, development, programming and software support experience in the ICT industry. He holds a diploma from Van Zyl and Pritchard for computer programming and system analysts training and an International ITUC (Information and Technology Users Council) certificate. With additional experience in the financial, retail and entertainment sectors, Doug brings a diverse set of skills and capabilities to the Impact team.

Team Administrator Allison Jo-Ann George obtained a BTech Degree in Office Management and Technology (Summa cum laude) from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2004. She immediately assumed a lecturing position at the same institution for four and a half years. She completed a certificate in a Teaching Development Programme in 2010. Allison has volunteered and raised funds for a number of NPO’s in the Western Cape region.

Fieldwork Facilitator Associate Lindy Dlamini has extensive experience with facilitation, coordination and training and has worked with communities across South Africa. With a postgraduate degree in Administration, Lindy has successfully coordinated various research projects within the NGO sector. Lindy has acted as a mentor to TSiBA students, and has experience with English language education, through long-term volunteering as an after-school English educator in Hout Bay. Lindy also speaks nine of our eleven official languages.