Office Administrator

Wendy is the administrator of the Conservation Unit as well as Fynbos Forum coordinator.

She graduated from Rhodes University as a social worker and was active in this field before changing to the corporate environment. Five years later she joined the Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape Town, where she held the position of administrative assistant for Professor Richard Cowling.

In 2000, after 13 years at UCT, the opportunity for change arose and Wendy took on the challenge of being chief administrator of the Conservation Unit. This gave Wendy the opportunity to pursue her long-standing interest in conservation and to increase her knowledge of the indigenous flora - both valuable assets on Wendy's many outdoors excursions. Apart from being a very keen hiker, Wendy is also mad about proteas and has spent many happy and hectic weekends hunting down localities of Proteaceae as part of the Protea Atlas Project.

In recent times, Wendy has been seconded to CREW (Custodians of Rare and Wildflowers), a project run by SANBI to monitor and protect rare and threatened plants with the assistance of volunteers. She helps part time with the administrative work. This now enables her to get out into the field again – seeing as the protea atlas project field work has been wound down.

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