Meet Our Trustees
Cate Bell-Mork
Co-Founder | Chairwoman
Cate currently works as a consultant for a leading global professional services firm, where she is part of the supply chain and operations performance improvement team. She has a strong history of working in education with youth, currently serving on the UN Women Auckland Committee.
Previously she has held the Presidency of the Auckland University Students Association and Chairs of the Auckland University Commerce Students Association and Student Job Search Aotearoa, as well as roles with Ronald McDonald House and Youthtown.
Sarah Heffer
Co-Founder | Trustee
The most politically active of the founding trustees, Sarah has been involved in political affairs since she was 18. She is strongly invested in both the community and social development areas, volunteering in various activities from teaching gymnastics to spending time in the Pippins and Girl Guides system.
Sarah’s passion for civics saw her deliver workshops to high school students in Waihi in 2014, an experience which she hopes to use to reach even more young people in New Zealand.
Isaac Eustace-Smith
Co-Founder | Secretary
No stranger to youth education, Isaac has a strong history working with youth through a range of personal and professional endeavours. At 17, he founded Project Poverty NZ, a youth project aimed at bringing awareness and fostering conversation concerning poverty in society.
Of Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent, Isaac is passionate about his Māori heritage and demonstrates this through his unwavering commitment to Māori and indigenous affairs, social progression and community development.
Andre Grover
Schools & Communities
Anna Whyte
Media & Interactive
Romina Shahram
Research & Curriculum Development
Meet Our Team
Julia Caulfield
Programme Director
Nick Somerville
Research & Curriculum Development
Sarah Bradey
Schools & Communities
The CivX Education programme is overseen by the Civics Education Trust of New Zealand, an apolitical and not-for-profit registered charity. Its aim is to empower youth through education to encourage them to take an active part in civics.
You can find out more about the Trust at its website, www.civicseducation.org.nz.
Ishanee Illangasinghe
Admin & People
Sarah Cooper
Admin & People
Vicky Tang
Trustee | Treasurer
Social innovation and enterprise and education are some of Vicky's passions, and her past experiences have included work and youth mentoring with organisations such as the Chinese New Settlers Services Trust, Ronald McDonald House, Lifewise, the P3 Foundation, and SavY New Zealand.
Vicky currently works as a private business analyst at a major professional services firm in Melbourne, Australia. Recently, she was part of a team that was awarded a microfund to develop an education programme aimed at improving online safety practices in vulnerable communities.
Briar Colville
Trustee
A driving force in the CivX Programme team for two years before joining the board of trustees, Briar is passionate about justice, education, human rights and democracy. In the past, Briar’s keen interest in global issues and politics has also taken her to the Harvard Model United Nations conference.
During her time at university, she volunteered with Community Law Otago, an organisation that provides legal information, representation and education free of charge; and interned with UniCrew Volunteers, which won a Local Hero Award for the Dunedin region at the 2017 New Zealander of the Year awards.
