Karen Moss - CEO and Board Director

Karen Moss is the mother of Alexander, born with bilateral clubfoot in January 2003. Unwilling to commit to surgery and frustrated by the lack of information for parents of clubfoot babies, Karen found Dr Ponseti, an 89-year-old orthopaedic surgeon based in Iowa USA. After her conversation with Dr Ponseti, Karen flew 10,000 miles with her husband and baby Alex to Iowa. Within 16 days, Alex's twisted clubfeet were 100% straight. Today, Alex is an active 8 year old. His feet are flexible, pain-free and strong.

Dr Ponseti encouraged Karen to bring his method to South Africa. He believed in the power of a mother to help her baby. This inspired Karen to begin STEPS Charity and share the simple solution of Dr Ponseti’s method with other parents.

Karen is a writer and businesswoman. Her website www.clubfoot.co.za has had pages translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Hebrew, Mandarin, French, Danish, Russian and Bulgarian. South African and UK surgeons recommend the website for parents of babies with clubfoot.

Karen’s passion for STEPS SA and the Ponseti method has a direct effect on the quality of life for many children. The number of children with successfully corrected clubfoot by the Ponseti method since 2003 is in the thousands.

Karen works to raise awareness, she answers queries through her website, providing information and emotional support for parents in South Africa and other countries. She works with doctors to improve clubfoot treatment in the private and public health care sector.

Karen was awarded the MIW (Most Influential Women in Business & Government) Award in 2011/2012 in the Community and Welfare sector.

Dr Mark Eltringham – Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon (Private Practice)

Dr Mark Eltringham ha a practice at Sunninghill Clinic, Johannesburg. He was the first South African surgeon to train formally in the Ponseti Method in the USA in September 2003.

Dr Eltringham is a respected practitioner and teacher, having worked in public health and trained many registrars. He keeps in touch with medical trends and travels for training in specialised methods, pioneering these methods in South Africa.

Mark Eltringham does pro bono work to help treat clubfoot for needy patients and works with other surgeons wanting to learn the Ponseti method. He is concerned with correct medical protocol and the importance of having standardised treatment provided to babies and children.

Thabiso Sikwane - Media and Government

Thabiso Sikwane is a media personality with extensive radio and television experience. Thabiso has been involved with publicity for Steps Charity from the beginning. Because of her high media profile and community interests, she has influential contacts in media, government (including the health department) and other NGO's. Thabiso is committed to helping Steps Charity increase awareness and raise funds.

Her current radio show on Kaya FM, “Home with Thabiso Sikwane” focuses on home and family.

Thato “DJ Fresh” Sikwane – Media and Awareness campaigns

DJ Fresh's description of himself is "a young person on a mission to change the world, one person at a time, and not doing badly so far".

Not only is Fresh a talented and respected DJ, he’s also a father and a loving husband and an entrepreneur. Apart from launching his company Big Dawg Productions, he’s established the DJ Fresh Annual Scholarship programme, which awards tertiary scholarships to deserving students who cannot afford it. Another of his babies is the “Rollback Xenophobia” campaign, and he has raised money for organizations like POWA and the Cancer Association with unique initiatives.

With everything that Thato Sikwane has done both as a radio presenter and young entrepreneur, he is after all "so far, not doing badly". He brings energy, creativity and increased awareness to STEPS projects.

Bronwyn McQueen – Parent advocate, support and information

Bronwyn is mother to a child born with clubfoot in Cape Town. Bronwyn has a degree in journalism, post graduate in marketing and 18 years marketing experience in S.A and the U.K. She is able to liaise at all levels; doctors; to corporates; to parents; etc. She is passionate about creating awareness and increasing knowledge to make sure that all babies and children get the best possible treatment. She provides ongoing support to parents and contributes to awareness campaigns.

Steve Moss – Business development and planning

Steve is Alex's father and MD of a Broadcast and Entertainment Technology consulting company. Steve has a personal attachment to STEPS cause having experienced being a parent of a baby born with clubfoot and the struggle of finding the best treatment for him. A successful entrepreneur, Steve contributes his business strategy and budgeting expertise. He provides backup for events and logistics when required through his companies and personnel.

Samantha Grealy – Marketing and fundraising

Samantha is a entrepreneurial businesswoman nominated for several awards for business excellence. She specialises in product merchandising and represents a select number of high profile clients covering all major business centres in South Africa. Sam has chosen STEPS as her company’s CSI project and works to raise the profile and attract donors.

Celia Champion (UK) – Corporate governance

Celia Champion was involved in various areas of the business world, from running a SME as a joint owner to being the managing director of a corporate company. Having been involved in both the hands on and bird’s eye view approach, she has a good understanding of what is required to build and maintain a successful company from a financial, sales and marketing, operational and human resources perspective. Trained by Results Coaching Systems, Celia established Champion Coaching in 2008.