NextPlayers

NextPlayers are trained and licensed to use the NextPlays platform globally.

They consult directly and create challenges to pressing community, business and agency issues contact one of the following fellows.

Teresa Hop's picture

Teresa Hop

ORb Foundation, Advisor
Mexico City, Mexico

Teresa is a specialist in human resources and had work as a volunteer in Kadima, to help people with dissabilities incorporate to society, Un mañana para la comunidad, joining kids the same ages with different backrounds sensitizing both groups.

Monica Novodzelsky's picture

Monica Novodzelsky

ORb Foundation, Advisor
Mexico City, Mexico

Born and raised in Mexico City, started her philanthropic work in 1994, in the “Cofradia en apoyo a la Mayora Mexicana”, a society formed by professional women from the food service industry that where looking to find a way to support to all the women cooks in Mexico.

Peter Salmon's picture

Peter Salmon

FISCHE Consulting Limited, Company Director
Wellington, New Zealand

Peter is founder and Managing Director of FISCHE° Consulting Limited. He has worked in the design industry for over 20 years, marrying the design discipline with sustainable development, and innovation programs to deliver better human and environmental outcomes. He works with organizations to help them understand and respond to the growing ethical economy, providing insight and commentary on conscientious consumers and the markets they frequent.

Verónica Escalante's picture

Verónica Escalante

Ashoka, Cordinadora de Desarrollo Institucional
Mexico City, Mexico

From an early age Veronica has been devoted to organizing social projects, leading projects of social integration with people with HIV and sexuality workshops for women in rural areas. Following her studies in philosophy at Universidad Iberoamericana and Global Affairs at NYU, Veronica has worked in foundations such as the Jack Brewer Foundation based in New York and Fundacion EDUCA in Mexico.In 2009 she joined Ashoka to promote linkages with other institutions and individuals who also seek to change the world. She is currently launching SHARE, a Civil Society Organization that aims to create a generation that is mindful, aware and responsive to the needs of the global community they belong to.

Scott Cowan's picture

Scott Cowan

Maven International, Design Strategy
Wellington, New Zealand

Scott has had over 15 years experience in New Zealand and Canada. He plays an integral role in the development and implementation of the FISCHE° sustainable business design programs. Scott has specific knowledge about the theory and practice of systems design, and plays a leading role in projects that require systems thinking and implementation. Scott is actively involved in the NextPlays program and other facilitated strategic design processes, most recently NextPlays Labs for Peoples Coffee, the Shell sustainability series and Cerebos.

George Bumseng's picture

George Bumseng

, Development Specialist
Ambrym, Vanuatu

With twenty years experience working with rural communities to preserve and support traditional practices, George is a trained development and training professional having worked with a variety of CBOs, NGOs, and volunteer agencies in Vanuatu.

Cynthia Araf's picture

Cynthia Araf

ORb Foundation, Director
Mexico City, Mexico

Cynthia is a photographer and has a graphics design backround she´s been working as voluntier in different social enterprises along Mexico for the last 10 years, Fundacion Porvenir (supporting nutrition), DIF, Un mañana para la Comunidad, as well as cultural projects with kids 6 to 16 years old. She´s the founder of Or-B foundation in Mexico City.

Sophi Nauman's picture

Sophi Nauman

Save the Children, Head of Marketing, Communications and Sales
Wellington, New Zealand

Sophi has worked in communications and marketing for corporate, government and not for profit sectors in New Zealand, the UK and US. She is interested in driving innovative and sustainable relationships between business, government and community to create new opportunities.

Mariana Ordonana's picture

Mariana Ordonana

, Marketing Researcher
San Francisco, United States

Mariana has over 9 years of experience in the Marketing Research Industry in Mexico. She has been involved in different types of projects from the private and public sectors. She is a firm believer that every company should have in perspective the way to create paths from every angle of their structure in order to deliver outcomes that will make them sustainable and therefore beneficial for their market or consumers. She currently resides in San Francisco CA from where she is continuously involved in the NextPlays Program.

Paul Sinclair's picture

Paul Sinclair

Maven International, Maven International - International Marketing Director and Shareholder
Wellington, New Zealand

Paul has nearly 20 years expertise in marketing communications, start-up and early-stage company development, and transformation and innovation.  He has worked with multinational agencies here and offshore and brings a pragmatic view to marketing communications and innovation and transformation within commercial and public sector settings.

Peter Dixon's picture

Peter Dixon

The Charities Commission, National Advisor - Capability
Wellington, New Zealand

Peter comes from a background in graphic design, brand strategy and social enterprise. His current work with the Charities Commission focuses on building capability within charitable organisations and the wider community sector in New Zealand. This includes a specific focus on Business / Community engagement. Peter has worked in business, government, community and social enterprise space in New Zealand and Canada, including co-founding creative agency ‘The Church’.