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Newmont Community Relationships Review Working Group Biographical Information

Study Directors

Gare Smith,
Partner, Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, Foley Hoag LLP
Gare Smith chairs the Corporate Social Responsibility practice at the law firm Foley Hoag LLP, in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Foley Hoag, he was Vice President of Levi Strauss & Co., where he supervised global implementation of the company's code of conduct. Mr. Smith previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, and was a U.S. representative to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, the International Labor Organization, and the U.N. Working Group on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He has authored three books on corporate social responsibility and international human rights standards, which were published by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Mr. Smith sits on the boards of a number of human rights organizations.

Dan Feldman,
Partner, Corporate Social Responsibility Practice, Foley Hoag LLP
Dan Feldman is a partner in the Corporate Social Responsibility practice at the law firm Foley Hoag LLP. In this capacity, he advises major multinational corporations on best practices with regard to human rights, labor rights, and indigenous rights issues, as well as stakeholder relations with local communities, host governments, and non-governmental organizations. He previously served as Director of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council in the Clinton Administration, where he was responsible for international public law and global human rights issues, and as Counsel and Communications Adviser to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on the staff of Senator Joseph Lieberman. He has worked in Africa and Asia on human rights and democratization issues, been appointed a White House Fellow and a Henry Luce Scholar, and was a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and on the South African Supreme (Constitutional) Court.

Jim Rader,
President, Avanzar Consulting (Canada) Ltd.
Working Group Study Director, August-December 2007
Jim Rader is the president of Avanzar Consulting (Canada) Ltd. He began his work in the international arena from 1976-1978 with post-graduate study at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He then moved into the international development field for approximately 15 years and worked at the Director level for two different Canadian aid agencies working in Latin America. The main area of focus was sustainable community development and empowerment. In 1997, he began to work with mining communities, and for three years worked to train non-governmental agencies and communities in Latin America on how to prepare for the entry of Canadian mining companies, with a specialization in conflict resolution and effective engagement.

In 2002, Mr. Rader was hired by Business for Social Responsibility of San Francisco to start their extractive program and worked as the Director of their Energy and Extractive Program until the end of 2005. He has worked with mining and energy companies on issues such as: audit programs; community relations management systems; conflict resolution and consensus building; human rights; Indigenous relations (with a focus on free, prior and informed consent); sustainable closure planning; and the design of a comprehensive tool to measure the sustainable impacts of mining companies to local sustainable development. He has worked in 30 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is the principle in Avanzar Consulting (Canada) Ltd and resides in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Study Director for the Newmont Community Review.


CRR Study Team - Ahafo Mine, Ghana

Paul Kapelus,
Senior Consultant, Synergy Global Consulting Ltd., South Africa
Paul Kapelus presently works as a Senior Consultant for Synergy Global Consulting. Paul's mission is to promote business in Africa as a force for good. He has 14 years experience in the field of corporate social responsibility, having worked on a platinum mine for Anglo Platinum, as a consultant for Steffen Robertson and Kirsten Consulting Engineers, and independently. Paul co-founded the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship in 2000 which is now at the forefront of working with companies and communities in Africa and has an international reputation for promoting an African agenda at the global policy making level.

Mr. Kapelus has focused on CSR in the mining, oil, infrastructure development, finance and telecommunications, with experience in social impact assessments and the development of social development plans, sustainability reports and assurance, and stakeholder engagement strategies and plans. He has worked on over 30 projects in the extractive sector on such projects in ten countries. He brings his practical experience to the latest international policy frameworks, norms and conventions on social responsibility and best practice methodologies through his participation in a number of global projects and conferences in social responsibility. The establishment of partnerships between companies and NGOs has been a specific interest of Paul's over the past three years, and he is presently coordinating an initiative in five countries.

Mr. Kapelus is a stakeholder council member of the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), council member of AccountAbility (AA1000) and was recently elected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is a judge on the Mail & Guardian Investing in the Future Awards, ACCA Sustainability Reporting Award, Asakheni Awards (Zimbabwe) and sits on the advisory committee of the Wits Center for Sustainability in Mining and Industry. Paul presently resides in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the Team Leader for the Ahafo assessment.

Graeme Rodgers,
Social Anthropologist, Synergy Global Consulting Ltd., United States
Graeme Rodgers is a social anthropologist (PhD University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) with an Applied expertise in resettlement planning; social development planning; post-conflict reconstruction; socio-economic surveys (qualitative and quantitative); social impact assessments; and training related to displacement, resettlement and migration. Graeme's current research examines the relationship between the experience of forced resettlement and a broader social and political vulnerability to further displacement. He works for Synergy Global Consulting as part of this project and he is a member of the Ahafo, Ghana Assessment Team. He is presently based in New York City.

Dr. Rodgers has worked on the social impacts of mining projects in South Africa, Zambia, Guinea and Mozambique in such areas as: planning and managing in-migration to new mining areas conforming to IFC Performance Standards and international "good practice;" audit of a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for a new mine, including determining levels of compliance with IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles and other recognised standards of international "best practice;" contributing to a study on the best practices for the management of social impacts resulting from mining; participating in an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a proposed new mine; preparing comprehensive social and environmental reports for four mines and the development of Social Management Plans for each mine area; development of a preliminary Resettlement Action Plan to World Bank standards for two affected villages in a mine area; carrying out a fatal flaw analysis of a proposed titanium mine; and reviewing a Social Impact Assessment for the development of a titanium mine in Zambezia Province, Mozambique.



CRR Study Team - Minera Yanacocha, Peru

Bernarda Elizalde,
Independent Consultant, Abbotsford, Canada
Bernarda Elizalde is an Ecuadorian by birth, presently living in Vancouver, Canada. She has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Quito, Ecuador. She also has a MSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of Wageningen in Wageningen, The Netherlands with a particular emphasis on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Function Evaluation. She also has experience in working with local communities on: public consultations, base-line socio-economic studies; community sustainable development projects; Environmental Impact Assessments related to mining projects; socio-economic evaluations of environmental functions; recovery of wild genetic resources; and ecosystem restoration and native plant establishment.

Ms. Elizalde has worked on mining projects in Latin America related to the construction of effective working relations with impacted communities, stakeholder engagement and strategic stakeholder assessments and conflict resolution strategies. She has also co-led multiple convenings, bringing together Indigenous peoples and company representatives to discuss mutual issues; facilitated engagement between companies and communities at the local level; advised corporate staff on strategy and operationalizing policy; conducted trainings for company personnel on stakeholder mapping and community engagement, as well as promoting responsible attitudes towards the environment for workers and local residents. She has spoken at several national and international seminars and conferences on mining and CSR-related themes. She is the Team Leader for the Yanacocha assessment.

Christina Sabater,
Independent Consultant, Avanzar Consulting Ltd., United States
Christina Sabater is an independent consultant who focuses on international socio-economic development and corporate social responsibility. Christina has particular expertise working in Latin America in the extractive and energy industries. Her independent consulting services include: ongoing community stakeholder engagement strategic planning; long term, sustainable poverty reduction strategy development; social management assessments; stakeholder engagement training for employees; assessments of a mining company's contribution to a community's sustainable development; non-governmental organization partnership development; social risk and opportunity assessments; and Stakeholder mapping and analysis (http://ses.avanzar.biz). She has conducted over twenty social risk and management assessments throughout the world.

Before working as an independent consultant in 2003, Ms. Sabater worked as a Manager at Business for Social Responsibility ("BSR"), a business association that focuses on ethics, environmental and social issues. At BSR she helped agricultural, extractive and information technology companies in Latin America develop their sustainable development and corporate social responsibility strategies and programs. Christina's work with the social sector started over ten years ago while managing a grass roots economic development non-profit in Puerto Rico. She holds an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and an economics degree from Yale University. She is a co-author of the "Minera El Desquite Report: Esquel, Argentina" (in English). She is a member of the Yanacocha, Peru Assessment Team.

Melissa Whellams,
Associate, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, Canada
Melissa Whellams works as an Associate at Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (“CBSR”) as a corporate social responsibility ("CSR") Advisor for the extractive industries. She has conducted extensive research in Latin America on mining companies' community investment and stakeholder engagement practices and she is currently working on community investment and stakeholder engagement projects with CBSR's member companies operating in Canada, Honduras, and Slovakia.

Prior to joining CBSR, Mr. Whellams worked as a Business Analyst for a Canadian oil and gas company, a Micro-Credit officer for a micro-finance organization in Ecuador, and as an independent consultant. Her interest in both business and international development led her to study a graduate degree in International Development, with a focus on corporate social responsibility. As part of her thesis she spent three months in Peru and Bolivia researching how a mining company 's CSR practices can contribute, or not, to local sustainable development. She is fluent in Spanish. Melissa has a B. Comm in International Business and an M.A. in International Development Studies. She is a member of the Yanacocha, Peru Assessment Team. She presently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

CRR Study Team - Batu Hijau Mine, Indonesia

Arian Ardie,
Strategic Risk Consultant, Pacific Century Limited, Indonesia
Arian Ardie presently is the owner of his own consulting practice specializing in providing strategic risk mitigation and management services; social, environmental and political risk assessments; and the building of CSR strategies and implementation processes for extractive companies. He has worked at a managerial and grassroots level directing: participatory consultation process, forging government and civil-society partnerships; ensuring compliance with national and international standards on CSR, including World Bank, IFC and ILO standards on resettlement and human rights; and implementing community sustainability programs.

Mr. Ardie has a B.S in Economics from the University of Santa Clara and has done graduate studies at the Food Research Institute of Stanford University in California. He speaks three languages. He presently resides in Jakarta, Indonesia and is a member of the Batu Hijau Assessment Team.

Luciana Ferrero,
Social Development Consultant and Certified Translator, Indonesia
Luciana Ferrero has worked in the mining and oil industry in Indonesia in the fields of community relations; project implementation; capacity building; monitoring and evaluation; and the delivery of training programs. She has strong mediation, negotiation, organizational and people skills. Her knowledge of the challenges in the mining sector in Indonesia related to environmental, employment, education, communication and community issues is excellent. Having lived and worked for 30 years in Indonesia, she has traveled and worked extensively throughout the country - often in conflict zones - and is a certified freelance translator and interpreter in Bahasa (Indonesian). She also speaks five other languages. In addition to her translation and interpreting work she also consults and acts in a coordination role for a variety of health, education and women empowerment programs including: in Timor-Leste as Editor and Translator for CAVR (Truth and Reconciliation Commission); preparation and submission of proposals to donor agencies for community development/health programs in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Timur and East Timor regions; and assisting in the establishment and running of a foundation providing health and surgical services to Eastern Indonesia. She presently resides in Bali, Indonesia and is a member of the Batu Hijau Assessment Team.

In addition to her linguistic qualifications, Ms. Ferrero holds a degree in South-East Asian Studies with majors in Indonesian History and Indonesian Politics. Her particular interest is to bring attention to the plight of IDPs and poor communities in Indonesia through photography.

Catherine Macdonald,
Community Development Consultant, Social Sustainability Services, Australia
Catherine Macdonald has been working in the community development and social impact field for 20 years, more than half of that spent in the mining sector. She is a Community Development Consultant and a principle in her own consulting firm, Social Sustainability Services. She is based in Perth, Australia.

Dr. Macdonald has provided social impact, assessment and community development advice to numerous extractive industries projects in Australia, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Mali, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Senegal and Tanzania, including conducting audits of the social and community programs for a number of these projects. Dr Macdonald is an accredited trainer experienced in developing staff capacity to deliver participatory consultation programs. Her doctorate was in modern African social history. She speaks French, Swahili, Malay, Indonesian, Dutch and Sinhala.

Dr. Macdonald has been principal author of two publications on community relations and development issues in the minerals sector. The first is Developing New Approaches for Stakeholder Engagement in the Minerals Sector for the Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Australia project in 2002. Catherine also led the team preparing the World Bank/ICMM Community Development Toolkit, published in 2005 as part of their Pioneering New Approaches in Support of Sustainable Development in the Extractive Sector project. She is the Team Leader for the Batu Hijau assessment.

CRR Study Team - Martha Mine, New Zealand

Robin Evans,
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia
Robin Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, part of the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute. Since commencing at the Centre in 2002, his work has focused on the development and application of risk and opportunity approaches to issues of sustainable development in the minerals industry, including specific work on 'social' risk and opportunity analysis. This has also led to research into the methods that companies use to value 'Beyond Compliance' initiatives. Most recently these two themes have come together in a joint project with the Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry that aims to provide a framework for operations to use for valuing water in the context of their environment and stakeholders.

A mining engineer by training, Mr. Evans completed a Masters degree in Technology Management prior to joining CSRM. He has worked in operational roles at mine sites in South America and Australia, and also held management roles for a product supplier to the industry which provided exposure to a variety of mining contexts in the region.

Deanna Kemp,
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia
Deanna Kemp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining ("CSRM"), an independent research centre located within the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Its charter is to promote socially responsible practices in the minerals industry and facilitate progress towards sustainable development objectives.

Dr. Kemp has more than ten years of experience working in the social dimension of sustainability, primarily with the mining and banking sectors. She also has experience in the non-governmental sector through an association with Oxfam Australia. She has worked from various perspectives including site-based, corporate head office, independent consultant and academic researcher. Her work has taken her to various countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Dr. Kemp has a particular interest in social policy within the minerals industry, sustainability assurance and verification, community relations management systems, stakeholder engagement, NGO liaison, community development, human rights and the gender dimensions of resource development. Deanna holds a PhD from the University of Queensland. Her thesis focused on community relations work in the mining industry and its associated tensions and conflicts. She also holds a Masters of Social Science (by research) in Development Studies from RMIT University of Australia. Deanna is the Team Leader for the assessment at the Martha Mine in New Zealand.

CRR Study Team - Carlin Operations, United States

Tim Buchanan,
Director, Energy and Extractives Team, Business for Social Responsibility, United States
Tim Buchanan leads BSR's Energy and Extractives Program to help members and clients develop their social, environmental, and sustainable development strategies, including design, risk assessment, management systems and training programs. Prior to joining BSR in 2007, Mr. Buchanan spent over 20 years in the mining industry, garnering a broad base of expertise from the technical and production management of mining operations to design and implement of environmental, social, and other sustainable development programs. At Gold Fields Limited, Mr. Buchanan served as the Manager of Sustainable Development for the Ghana Division and acted as Senior Consultant for Sustainable Development for the corporate office in South Africa. Mr. Buchanan's career also includes management roles with Barrick Gold Corporation and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines. He has also worked on the social and environmental aspects of projects located in Africa, Europe, North America, and South America.

A Registered Professional Engineer, Mr. Buchanan holds a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a Master's degree in Resource Management from the University of Nevada.

Matt Jeschke,
Former Director, Energy and Extractives Team, Business for Social Responsibility, United States
Matt Jeschke served on the Carlin study team until February 2008 when he left his position as Director of BSR's Energy and Extractives Program. Tim Buchanan took his place on the study team.

Mr. Jeschke had joined BSR in April 2001, and served until February 2008. As Director of the Energy and Extractives Program, he worked with oil, gas and mining companies on in-country strategic stakeholder and social risk assessments. He also helped develop stakeholder engagement plans and CSR policies and practices for numerous companies who are leaders on social and environmental issues. He worked with numerous extractives companies and NGOs in the US and globally to promote community consultation and to develop effective social and environmental practices. Mr. Jeschke also led convenings that bring together Indigenous peoples and mining and energy company representatives; facilitated engagement between companies and communities at the local level; helped set up community environmental monitoring groups; advised corporate staff on strategy and operationalizing company policy for proactive stakeholder engagement; and conducted trainings for company personnel on stakeholder mapping, community engagement, human rights, and other issues.

Mr. Jeschke has worked closely with extractive companies, as well as apparel and footwear companies, on projects ranging from supply chain issues to human rights in countries all over the world. Having lived and worked in Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Ecuador prior to joining BSR, Matt is a fluent Spanish speaker. He is a co-author of the "Minera El Desquite Report: Esquel, Argentina" (in English). He presently resides in San Francisco, California. Matt is Team Leader for the Carlin Mine, Nevada assessment.

Terry Nelidov,
Manager, Energy and Extractives Team, Business for Social Responsibility, United States
Terry Nelidov is a Manager in BSR's Energy and Extractive Program. In this role, Terry advises mining companies operating in Latin America to enhance their social, environmental, and economic performance in socially responsible ways. Current project work focuses on areas such as stakeholder engagement, social risk assessment, human rights, and sustainable community development.

Prior to BSR, Mr. Nelidov spent 15 years working in business and human development in Latin America. Mr. Nelidov's most recent position was as the Country Representative with Catholic Relief Services in Peru, where one of the key challenges was how to facilitate dialogue between company and community in areas affected by mining. Mr. Nelidov also worked on the development of low income housing projects in El Salvador, at the Harvard-affiliated Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE) graduate school of business in Costa Rica, on promoting agricultural cooperatives with the Peace Corps in Paraguay, on low income housing projects with the Cooperative Housing Foundation in Honduras and other community development projects in Ecuador. Mr. Nelidov holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Spain. He speaks four languages and presently resides in San Francisco, California. He is a member of the Carlin Mine Assessment Team.
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