Photo Gallery
FoMRF President Ian Glenday (right) with Shaun Johnson and Theresa Laaka Daniels of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, next to a statue of Mandela in 2011. 4th Annual Conference of the Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars,
2011
Ravi Naidoo (keynote speaker), Professor Jakes Gerwel, Professor Russel Botman (Rector of Stellenbosch University), Shaun Johnson, and Cara Meintjies (2010 Scholar)
New CCC: Matthew Beetar (2008 Scholar), Beth Vale (2010 Scholar), Kershan Pancham (Outgoing CMRS President), Andy Carolin (2010 Scholar), Athambile Masola (2010 Scholar), Judy Sikuza (2007 Scholar, Incoming CMRS Scholar)
Scholars enjoying the conferenceCape Town visits, 3 November 2010
Ian Glenday, president of the Friends of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (USA), meets the leadership of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars. From left to right: Ernst Gerber (Chief Financial Officer of MRF), Theresa Laaka Daniels (Deputy CEO and Scholarships Manager at MRF), a friendly waiter, Kershan Pancham (Chairperson of CMRS), Ian Glenday (President of FoMRF), and Shaun Johnson (Chief Executive Officer of MRF).
Ernst Gerber and Theresa Laaka Daniels at lunch in Cape Town.
3rd Annual Conference of the Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars,
30 September to October 2010
Mandela Rhodes Scholars past and present gathered at the Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars 3rd Annual Conference at the University of Pretoria.
Mandela Rhodes alumni met to discuss and reconnect with their classmates, and to meet scholars from other years.
Graca Machel, former minister of education in Mozambique and Nelson Mandela's wife, gave the keynote address.
New FoMRF board member John Napier Tye attended the conference.
Thabang Tlaka, Lali Dangazele, Ernst Gerber, Cynthia Mutabaazi, Kershan Pancham, Theresa Laaka-Daniels, Anton Botha, Osmond Mlonyeni, Aalia Ismail, Lionell Faull, Shaun Johnson.
Mandela Day, New York, 18 July 2009
Ian Glenday, president of the Friends of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (USA), speaks at the special event at Vanderbilt Hall in New York's Grand Central Station on the eve of Mandela Day.
George Keys, board member of the American Association of Rhodes Scholars, speaks with Shaun Johnson, Chief Executive of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, after the Mandela Day concert.
Bishopscourt academic facility inauguration, Cape Town, SA, 20 August 2008
A gathering of past and current Mandela Rhodes scholars at the inauguration of the Bishopscourt academic facility in Cape Town on August 20, 2008. Shaun Johnson, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, is seated in the front center.
Ian Glenday, president of the Friends of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (USA), sits at the far right during the inauguration ceremony.
Mr. Mandela is in the center.
Shaun Johnson, CEO of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, is at the lectern.
FoMRF Shea Stadium benefit event, New York, 23 September 2008
Left: Cyrus Habib and Sasha Polakow-Suranski chat with special guest Nick Kristof, New York Times columnist and two-times Pulitzer prize winner, during the FoMRF Shea Stadium benefit event.
Right: FoMRF president Ian Glenday enjoys hearing Chesa Boudin's point of view. FoMRF directors Allison Gilmore and David Cohen are in the background.
Joe Ross, Braden Young, Jeremy Lovelace, Nigel Glenday, and Betsy Clarkson keep an eye on the Mets vs Cubs game while carrying on their conversations.
Grace Yu and Mark Wu; Thomas Brennan and Mike Martin; Josh Lewis, Mary Abraham, Tess Lewis, and Rob Radtke were part of the group of FoMRF supporters at the Shea Stadium benefit event.
Friends of Mandela Rhodes Foundation directors Ian Glenday, President, Danielle Fontaine, Allison Gilmore, Treasurer, and David Cohen, who all live in different states, enjoyed this rare occasion to get together and greet their guests.