Team
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
Founder, Educational Coordinator
Plastic artist, with PhD in Philology and Linguistics, Master in Public Policies and Government, Doctor Honoris Causa at Chicago University, and founder, executive coordinator, and teacher at PROJETO UERÊ.
Luciana Campos Ramos Martha
President
Civil servant at Rio de Janeiro’s City Council, and freelance visual programmer.
Started volunteering at Projeto Uerê on April 12th, 1999; in 2003, took on the position of director in 2005 and is now in her second term of office.
Angela Maria de Almeida Brant Ribeiro
1st Vice-President
Graduated in Liberal Arts by PUC-RJ. In 2009 she concluded post-graduation on Distance Learning by Senac.
Maria Clara Rodrigues de Moraes
2nd Vice-President
Graphic designer, graduated by Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial – ESDI.
Heber de Oliveira Moura Júnior
1st Treasurer
Heber Moura (Beco) – Graduated in Law School, post-graduated in Marketing, with several specialization classes on promotion, international marketing, publicity, and retail. Nowadays, works as communication & marketing consultant, and is a partner of Via 4, a publicity agency.
Alvaro Bezerra de Mello
2nd Treasurer
Graduated in Economics by Harvard University – USA.
Entrepreneur and Board President of Othon, a chain of hotels. Nowadays, is President of ABIH – Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Hotéis.
Maria Luica de Andrade Silva
1st Secretary
Architect.
Evelyn Eisenstein
2nd Secretary
Assistant teacher of Pediatrics and Adolescent Clinic at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, FCM-UERJ, and Director of CEIIAS, Centro de Estudos Integrados, Infância, Adolescência e Saúde, Master in Pediatrics Endocrinology and PhD in Nutrition Sciences by EPM-UNIFESP.
Denise Maria Fonseca Paiva
Fiscal Director
Social Assistant.
Marcia Meira de Vasconcellos Campello Nogueira
Fiscal Director
Attorney, plastic artist and entrepreneur.
José Eduardo Homem de Carvalho
Fiscal Director (alternate)
Journalist.
Andréa Luica Löfgren
1st Consultive Director
Attorney, graduated by Puc-Rio.
Ruth Freihof
2nd Consultive Director
Graphic designer, graduated by Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial – ESDI.
Amarils Vianna
3rd Consultive Director (alternate)
Events ceremonialist.
Annie Hasemanns
International Program Adviser
Born in the Netherlands, worked as worldwide Aluminium Trader at Glencore International, Switzerland until she decided to dedicate herself to social matters.
