ABOUT US

Board of Trustees

Kendaree Burgess-Fairn


Kendaree is President of Mangrove Consultants, a public relations company. She has more than 15 years’ experience in communications, marketing and public relations, including two years as the Festival’s volunteer public relations director. Kendaree is a generous supporter of Bermuda’s non-profit sector; she has also served as President of the Keep Bermuda Beautiful organisation and as a Board member of YouthNet. The holder of an MBA, Kendaree is a member of the International Association of Business Communicators. 


Susanne Notman


Susanne has been part of the cultural and arts community in Bermuda for almost 30 years, as a volunteer and as a writer and journalist. She has been the editor of the souvenir programme for the Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, has co-edited, along with Tom Butterfield and the late Kevin Stevenson, the book 100 Years of Photography in Bermuda’, and has written numerous feature articles for The Bermudian magazine. Susanne joined the Management Committee of BIFF in 1998, is a Trustee and for five years was the Festival’s Director of Guest Relations.  


David O'Beirne


David has served as Director of Programming since the Festival’s inception in 1997. A senior architect at Bermuda firm, OBM, David studied at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, earning a Diploma and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He has been practicing since 1981. David is also a BIFF Trustee and a founding member of the festival.