Trustees

Earl Mardle - Chair

earl-mardle Earl Mardle is an information society consultant who deals with the effect and use of information technology in organisations and the broader community. After 23 years as a current affairs broadcaster he moved to Community Access Radio and was asked by Wellington City in 1996 to establish the 2020 Communications Trust which has since grown to a national organisation with multiple affiliates through the country.

He has spent much of the last 10 years working with international organisations including the Stockholm Challenge Award, Jhai Foundation, the Development Gateway, AusAid and Bering Point. He is now an independent consultant living in Auckland.

   

Simon Riley - Secretary

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Simon is Director of New Impact - a technology and marketing communications consulting firm which provides strategic business and communications advice and consulting services.

Simon is an advisor to Government, an ICT policy analyst, and a seasoned media professional and management consultant with a 20 year background as a producer in film, video, advertising, multimedia and the Web in Canada and Australia, including independent producer with the National Film Board of Canada.

Simon is a ICT Industry commentator and all-around provocateur . As a strategic thinker, Simon is recognized for this lateral thinking and creativity combined with commercial pragmatism. 

Simon has been an advocate of Information Society issues and served on the boards of a number of NZ ICT related national organizations.

Simon was one of the architects of Wellington’s Infocity initiative in which he founded 2020 Communications Trust in 1996 and continues to serves as a Trustee.

Simon was an elected InternetNZ Councillor from 2001 - 2007 and was instrumental in the establishment of the NGI - NZ (Next Generation Internet) Society served as the CEO.

   

Christine Makumbe - Treasurer

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Christine works as a policy advisor for central and local government. Christine Makumbe has a Master Degree in Public Policy and over six years experience working in the local government sector.

Previous roles include three years in the Development and Infrastructure Team at Local Government New Zealand where Christine worked on the development of ICT Policy for Local Government.

Christine joined the 2020 Communication Trust as a Trustee in 2008.

 

   

Barbara Craig - Trustee

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Barbara teaches in the School of Policy and Implementation at the College of Education, Victoria University of Wellington.  She offers courses on the policy and usage of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education and community/family settings.  Her current research interests include examining the use of Web 2.0 tools in teaching and learning, evaluating aggregated learning networks (the Wellington Loop that connects city schools and tertiary institutions) and research into family and community responses to new technologies including social networking.  She has long been involved in research projects evaluating community ICT projects and through this work is connected to the international Community Informatics Research Network. Through this network she has been involved in developing evaluation frameworks for measuring social, educational and economic benefits of digital connections.

 

Barbara has a BA from Canterbury University and an M Ed from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts where she first became involved in research in educational computing working with early education software developers.  She is currently completing a PhD at the Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Melbourne.

 

Barbara has been a Trustee since 1998 and part of the team that developed Computers in Homes in 2000 with continuing interest in this project.

   

Kath Norton - Trustee

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Kath is a Director of CWA New Media and Director for International Business.

Formerly as Project Director for Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI), New Zealand’s bilingual education portal for principals and teachers, Kath has a wide view of New Zealand Ministry of Education (MOE) initiatives. For four years she led the team working on the project, including the Māori team responsible for indigenous community engagement, translation, and content development for the site. Project Director of Studyit and WickEd online environments for students. Studyit was awarded the TUANZ Innovation Award in 2006.

National Digital Content Strategy Seminar Expert, Providing advice on the 'national digitisation programme', New Zealand National Library, 2006.

Member of MoE working/reference group symposium to inform the development of the e-learning action plan for school 2006. Enabling the 21st Century Learner.

Her international work has included managing education consultancy and e-learning projects in Malaysia and Thailand.

Curriculum Resource Specialist, OBEC Contract, Thailand, providing Analysis and Recommendation for the actioning of an ICT Plan for Learning, 2007.

SOCCI Education Consultant, Innovation Education and Creativity, Learning Federation, Australia.

Project Manager for iNZed Malaysia Ltd of The K-Perak E-Learning Cluster in Malaysia, responsible for the project providing ICT teacher professional development in schools in the State of Perak, 2007.

Kath has been a Trustee since 2000 and currently looks after the Living Heritage and Positive Computing for Parents Initiatives.

   

Michael Wigley - Trustee

michael-wigley Michael is the principal of Wigley Law. He has over 25 years experience and is admitted as a solicitor both in New Zealand and in England.

His work focuses on dispute resolution, ICT, regulation/competition, sales, marketing and media. Michael is one of the few New Zealand lawyers who specialises in IT and has an extensive commercial litigation background.

He has a particular involvement in public sector procurement. Michael is president of the Technology Law Society, a member of the New Zealand Law Society's e-Commerce Law Committee, the Institute of Directors, the New Zealand Software Association, and the English Society for Computers & the Law. He frequently presents at seminars and conferences.

   

Sue Sutherland - Trustee

sue-sutherland Deputy Chief Executive, National Library of NZ. Prior to that appointment was Director of Policy and Information Democracy at the National Library, leading the development of NZ's Digital Content Strategy. Former Libraries Manager, Christchurch City Libraries. Passionate about the difference that libraries can make to people's lives through the power of story and learning. Worked with inspired team in Christchurch to implement ICT innovations in libraries and learning centres, including the South Learning Centre.

Information democracy...

= knowledge, learning & participation for all.

   

Laurence Zwimpfer - Contracts Director

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Laurence runs a private company specialising in the use of information and communication technologies in education. Since 1997 he has provided consulting and project management services to the Ministry of Education and other government and private sector organisations. Prior to that he worked in a business development role at Telecom New Zealand, where he supported education institutions and businesses that were interested in exploring the effective use of ICTs.

Until September 2008 he was a member of the National Commission for UNESCO in New Zealand for 9 years and has represented New Zealand at a number of international forums.

He is a Harkness Fellow with degrees in Engineering, Public Policy and Technology. In 2006, the Institution of Professional Engineers in New Zealand (IPENZ) awarded him the Rabone Award for ICT, a Supreme Technical Award for Engineering Achievers and the William Pickering Award for Engineering Leadership, and in 2007, elected him as a Fellow of the Institution.

Laurence has been a trustee since 1997 and was chair from 1998 - 2000. He has provided leadership for a number of 2020 programmes including NetDay, eDay, Living Heritage, Computers in Homes and Stepping UP.