Leadership and Staff : Who we are : African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics Network

Board of Directors

Past Board Members

Our thanks to Ronald L. Holle, Assistant Vice Chancellor Ian Jandrell, and Professor Chandima Gomes for their service and continuing support, advice, and encouragement and to past Board Members Kim Loehr and Professor Katie Walsh Flanagan.

Chandima Gomes

Co-Founder
Board of Directors, 2016-2020
Former Member, Executive Committee
Ronald L. Holle

Board of Directors, 2016-2023
Executive Committee, 2017-24
Ian Jandrell

Board of Directors, 2016-2021
Kimberly Loehr

Board of Directors, 2021-24
Chair, Rebranding Committee
Katie Walsh Flanagan

Board of Directors, 2022-24
Lead, Governance Task Force, 2024

ACLENet Staff

Barnabas Akantambira

National Coordinator, Uganda
Executive Committee 2021-24
Lightning Protection Working Group
Martin Omara

Finance Manager
Project Manager Schools
Lightning Protection Working Group
Executive Committee 2020-24
Isaac Tumuhimbise

Chief Installer of school
Lightning Protection Systems
Lightning Protection Working Group
Kisha Jane

Communications Manager
Atwine Godwin

Education Coordinator
Nsamba Taufeeq

Volunteer
Mechanical Engineer
Lightning Protection Working Group

International Affiliates

Description of Duties for International Affiliates

South Asian Lightning Network
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American Meteorological Society
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Vaisala
LARC - Lightning & Atmospheric Research Center (Nepal)
Bangladesh Assoc for Social Advancement

Bangladesh Lightning Safety Program
Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International

Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International support group
Lightning Protection Concepts
The Lightning Gurus
Polytech
Ludwig Family FoundationLudwig Family Foundation has awarded ACLENet a $99,908 grant to protect 3 model schools in Uganda that will offer lightning safety education to teachers, students, parents and local officials in their districts. It will also allow us to decrease the cost of lightning protection for schools by assembling a list of locally sourced materials to avoid expensive imports and to design a set of lightning protection 'templates' for typical school buildings instead of designing each one separately. The Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports has helped by giving us the architectural plans for the new schools they are building and several experienced lightning protection specialists have volunteered their help as well.
International Lightning Safety Day
CELP
Lightning Safety Alliance - Jennifer and Mark Morgan
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Latin American Lightning Education Network
Center for Excellence in High Voltage Engineering
University of Witwatersrand