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Team:
Marine Mizandari
Chairperson

Giorgi Burjanadze
Co-chairperson

Archaeologist, Cultural Heritage Specialist, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Specialist, Certified Trekking Guide, and Certified Extreme Caving Guide. He graduated from Ilia State University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Tourism (Major) and a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology (Minor). He continued his studies at Ilia State University and earned a Master’s degree in Archaeology in 2014.  

He worked in the Information Systems Unit of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia from 2014 to 2023. In cooperation with the Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Norway (Riksantikvaren), they developed a database and public portal for Georgia's cultural heritage (https://memkvidreoba.gov.ge/about). 

He is the co-author of the guidebook for the “Georgian Cultural Heritage Database Management System and GIS Portal”. He has participated in numerous archaeological expeditions since 2009 and continues to do so today. At various times, he has served as both the head of a group and as a member of working groups dedicated to the registration and documentation of cultural heritage monuments. He has participated in various cultural heritage projects, including the development of the Historical-Cultural Reference Plan, the establishment of General Protection Zones, the formulation of the General Land Use Plan, and other related initiatives. He is a co-author of the documentary film “The Mystery of Samshvilde Canyon”. He is also a member of the working group for the documentary film “Talking Stones”. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgWn--rYHE)  

In 2023, he participated in the volunteer project 'Citizens' Rehabilitation of the Tsiskarauli Tower. From September 2024, he was elected as the co-chair of the National Trust of Georgia.

Salome Tabatadze
Manager
She graduated Bachelor's degree in architecture at Ilia State University in 2019, and continued her study with an online program at Brandenburg Technical University in 2021 for a Master's degree in "Heritage Studies and Site management". Salome worked on freelance architectural projects. Managed art residency "Ethno Recreation Tabatadze". After volunteering in Tsiskarauli tower rehabilitation project, she proceeded her career in the National Trust of Georgia as a manager.
Mzia Gulediani
Intern
She is a young professional specializing in the conservation and restoration of wall paintings and stone. She has recently completed her Master’s degree from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. In 2023, she volunteered on the Tsiskarauli Tower rehabilitation project, implemented by the National Trust of Georgia (NTG). Since September 2024, she has been interning with NTG, where she assists in project planning and participates in daily activities.
Board:
Irakli Kordzakhia
Member of the Commission of the Second Convocation of the Ethics Commission
Nato Tsintsabadze
Peter James Nasmyth Sidebotham
Member
Maya Kipshidze
Maia Mania
Historian of architecture, candidate of art studies, professor.
Salome Jashi
Board member

Salome Jashi (born 1981, Tbilisi) is a director of documentary films. She earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Tbilisi State University and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs. She later completed a Master’s degree in Media Art, specialising in documentary filmmaking, at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Salome Jashi's most recent documentary, "Taming the Garden" (2021), was nominated for the European Film Academy Award. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlinale Forum. Her previous documentary, "The Dazzling Light of Sunset" (2016), won the main prize for a debut documentary at the prestigious Visions du Réel festival in Switzerland. Another of her works, "Bakhmaro" (2011), was nominated for the Asia-Pacific Screen Award.

She is the co-founder and director of the documentary film association DOCA. Salome Jashi was a fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme in 2020 and participated in the Nipkow Programme in 2017. She has been honoured with the Berlin Art Prize and the KAIROS Prize for career achievement in the arts. Additionally, she works as a guest consultant for various international training programmes.

Eliso Sulakauri
Salome Tsiskarauli
Board member
Tamar Teneishvili
Board member
Georgian, born in1961, Archaeologist by education, Tamar Teneishvili dedicated the first 15 years of her professional career to academic research, excavations in different parts of the former USRR, and the preparations of a Ph.D. The main areas of interest are early societies of Prehistory (Copper and Bronze Age). 
During academic career, she was in charge of international relations of the archeological missions and the research departments. In 1999 she joined the UNESCO Culture Sector where for 16 years she followed the implementation of Culture Programmes in 4 Field Offices: Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. In addition to the usual Culture Specialist work that is mainly around the implementation of 7 UNESCO Culture Conventions, their promotion, development, and capacity building, participated in Damage Assessment Missions, including intense fundraising. Since she left UNESCO, with a group of friends and allies, she participated in the establishment a heritage organization National Trust of Georgia, inspired by the model of the British National Trust.  Currently coordinates two extensive programmes with ICCROM ATHAR Sharjah and with UNESCO International Advisory Committee for World Heritage Cities of Uzbekistan.