Meet The Team
Our Trustees
Meet our six Evergreen Trustees who volunteer so much of their time to our community.
John established the Evergreen Foundation in 2014, along with Roger, and has been a Trustee since then. John’s other work includes being Managing Director of Tumu which is based in the timber manufacturing industry.
Roger has been part of Tumu for 32 years as the company accountant. He has been instrumental in overseeing the foundations governance since its inception 2014.
Brendan is a director of a number of New Zealand businesses within the building industry, as well as social enterprise Building Futures. Brendan is a founding member of Evergreen.
Andrew is operations Manager of Tumu Timbers and a Director at Kiwi Lumber, and Permapine. He led the Bin Sanitisation project supporting Cyclone affected growers.
The Grants Committee
The Grants Committee was established in 2023 to offer the foundation insight for the allocation of our Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Fund.
Evergreen ensures that the key decisions are made by people who have a deep knowledge of the sectors, and a strong sense of community. The combined horticulture and agriculture experience of the committee has been invaluable.
They have been instrumental in allocating $3.6M to Hawke’s Bay communities in need from Wairoa through to Central Hawke’s Bay.
L-R: David Todd (Chair), Bruce Beaton, Karen Morrish, Lochie MacGillivray
Our team
We are a dedicated team each of whom works part-time to deliver our projects.
Our executive officer Annabel Mason, manages the Foundation and is the connector between trustees, funders, grants recipients, and communities.
Laura Wade is our Accountant and manages the financial reporting for the Foundation, including managing Grants and Donations.
Fiona Hale is our accounts payable & receivable support.
Jessica O’Sullivan supports the team with her expertise in projects especially in the education realm.
L-R: Annabel Mason, Fiona Hale, Laura Wade, Jessica O’Sullivan.