Longstanding chairperson of the KCC. Stepped down at the end of 2011.
Professional ichthyologist at the Makana Biodiversity Centre, Albany Museum. Initiated the Blue Planet Gallery at the Albany Museum to highlight water issues. Lectures in Conservation Biology at Rhodes University.
Photo: Jim Cambray, in red T-shirt, with group at the Blaauwkrantz Nature Reserve.

Former secretary of the KCC and incoming chairperson from 2012. Lifelong naturalist and environmental activist, Nikki has degrees in science (entomology & microbiology) and teaching (biology, natural science, arts & culture), and a Master of Education (environmental education). Nikki works as the Safety, Health & Environmental Officer at Rhodes University, and coordinates a group of volunteers that produce the Makana Enviro-News column in Grocotts Mail. Her partner thinks she is an eco-freak because she collects rainwater, recycles waste, puts kitchen scraps into her 'worm farm' (vermicomposter), and has installed a grey water system and waterless sanitation!

I've been working in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry's Working for Water Programme (Albany WfW-Grahamstown) since 1998 as a project manager. I grew up in Canada and worked in silviculture, commonly know as tree-planting for many years. I knew one day I'd be working in conservation when my folks took my brother and I to ski Tuckerman's Ravine at Mt. Washington, New Hampshire when we were kids.

Lorraine was born in 1934, worked as a teacher and was Vice Principal of St Andrew's Prep. His hobbies include natural history, bird-watching, painting, and walking in the bush. He is an active committee member of St Andrew's Council, WESSA, Albany Museum Board of Trustees, and Diaz Cross Bird Club. He was a founder member and the first secretary of the KCC (2002 to 2006). As KCC Champion, Lorraine has adopted the Cradock Road stream, and has participated in various clean-ups and publicity drives. He is the author of the KCC publication, Grahamstown’s Water Supply - a Brief History, 1812 to 2008.

Angela was born in London a few years before the Second World War, moved to Southern Africa in 1952, and to Grahamstown in 1978. She was an active member of the Grahamstown Trust and now of the KCC. Her care for the Fairview Spring / Umthombo has been documented by student researchers, journalists and environmental educators. Angela's care for the environment has roots in wartime England when her family grew and preserved food, and later in Rhodesia where they ran a market garden as a family business. An early morning Rhodesian Radio programme on conservation fanned her interest further, and Angela became one of the early members of the Henry Doubleday Research Association. Her holistic approach to healthy living has been influenced by a number of great reads, including New Worlds to Win (van Rensburg & Palmer), The One Straw Revolution (Fukuoka), The Wonderful World of Nature (F A Roedelberger), Wayward Naturalist in Southern Africa (Dudley D'Ewes), Silent Spring (Carson) and Pleasant Valley (Bromfield). Angela is affectionately known as the KCC "Champion of all Champions" and "Angel of the Spring".

A scientist by training (having completed post-graduate studies on the dynamics of coastal dunes), Jenny is a passionate environmentalist. She is an Eastern Cape gal who revels in the beautiful and diverse Eastern Cape thicket, mountains and river catchments. Having one of the many Ght streams as a property boundary has raised her awareness of catchment issues and stimulated her involvement in the KCC as a champion, a member of the education team and a committee member. She is also an active committee member of the Grahamstown branch of WESSA and vice-chair of the WESSA regional committee. She currently earns a living as a scientific publishing editor.

I am currently a post doctoral fellow at the Institute for Water Research at Rhodes University, working on a WRC project involving climate change adaptation tools for bulk water suppliers and municipalities in South Africa. Natural resource protection is my passion, especially fresh water. I am involved with the KCC in developing and maintaining their website.