Water Governance Staff list & Vacancies
  
Email: arieta@sopac.org Extension: 246 |
Arieta Sokota Water Project Officer Arieta joined SOPAC in October 2003, providing admistrative/technical support to the Water Sector. She graduated from USP with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Geography and Population Studies in 1998 and completed Diploma studies in GIS in 2000. Previously she was employed at the Ministry of Agriculture - GIS Unit as a GIS Senior Technical Assistant. |
Email: christopher@sopac.org Extension: 228 |
Christopher Paterson Chris joined SOPAC as the Mainstreaming and Indicators Advisor (MAIN) for the UNDP/UNEP/GEF Pacific IWRM Project in 2009. Prior to this he worked for UNEP on the South China Sea Project from 2004-2009 and as a Lecturer in Marine Policy and Management at the Australian Maritime College, and for the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, before that. Chris is a graduate of Southern Cross University's Centre for Coastal Management and AMC's Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Environment. He is undertaking a post-graduate research degree with the University of Wollongong's Faculty of Law in his spare time. |
Email: dave@sopac.org Extension: 309 |
Dave Hebblethwaite Dave Hebblethwaite joined SOPAC in 2010 after three years leading an Asian Development Bank project tasked with strengthening the capacity of the Vietnamese government to address pollution in one of the country’s most populated river basins. Prior to this, Dave’s work focused on the protection and sustainable use of Australian rivers, wetlands and coastal waters, including the development and implementation of water policy and regulation in New South Wales and Victoria. His experience in Australia, Asia and the Pacific has given him a strong appreciation of the need for policy makers to work closely with those responsible for implementation on the ground, to ensure that policy tools are matched to both local issues and local capacity. His move to the region honours a promise he made himself during his first travels in the Pacific as a young lad. |
Email: fane@sopac.org Extension: 287 |
Fane Waqa Project Officer IWRM Fane joined SOPAC in February 2007, providing administrative support to the IWRM Project – Water Sector. She is a final year student from USP pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Economics and Banking & Finance. Previously she was attached to TPAF as a Reconciliation Officer, than received her Certificate in Business Accounting at NZPTC while assisting a privately owned transportation business. |
Email: marc@sopac.org Extension: 229 |
Marc Overmars Manager- Water and Sanitation Marc joined the International Agricultural College Larenstein to study Tropical Land and Water Management in 1988. After graduation in 1992 he continued with a study in Hydrogeology at the Free University in Amsterdam where he obtained his Drs degree in 1994. He obtained his first work experience in Southern Taiwan where he assisted in groundwater recharge research at a Polytechnic Institute. He has also worked for a consultancy firm in The Netherlands (SGS EcoCare) working on groundwater remediation programs at former petrol stations and has spent 2 years at UNESCO’s regional office in Jakarta as an associate expert in tropical hydrology implementing hydrological activities within UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP) for South East Asia and the Pacific. Marc is currently adviser for the Water sector. |
Email: rhondar@sopac.org Extension: 259 |
Rhonda Robinson Project Adviser IWRM Rhonda graduated from the University of the South Pacific with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1998 majoring in Biology and Chemistry and worked for SOPAC from 1998-2004 as the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Officer. She then went on to do further studies in Diplomacy and Environmental Management and Development from January 2005-June 2006 at the Australian National University and has since rejoined SOPAC as the Project Adviser for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). |
Email: subhashni@sopac.org Extension: 219 |
Subhashni Raj IWRM Project Officer Subhashni joined SOPAC as the IWRM Programme Officer in July 2009. She graduated from Bangalore University in 2006 with a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology, Chemistry and Zoology (CZMb). She has previously worked as the Programme Assitant for IWRM programme at USP and also as a consultant with SOPAC in setting up the IWRM Resource centre. She also underwent an Environmental stewardship training with the East West Centre studying the environmental movement in the United States.
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Email: tiy@sopac.org Extension: 290 |
Tiy Chung Communications Advisor Tiy joined SOPAC in July 2009. He is the Communications Advisor for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and HYCOS. He completed his Masters in Journalism from University of Technology, Sydney in 2003 and holds a double Bachelors Degree in Social Anthropology, Chinese Politics, Madarin and Linguistics from Macquarie University. He has previosuly worked for Asia Pacific Forests and Greenpeace Asia Pacific in a similar capacity as well as a journalist covering a whole range off issues from the Beijing Olympic games to producing documentaries for UNDP. He also bring with him experience in creative media.
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