Garima is an American of Indian descent who has lived in Singapore for 18 years. She is passionate about history, art and volunteering. She joined FOM in 2007 and completed docent training at the ACM in 2008, SAM in 2009 and GB in 2018. She has served FOM in various roles including President of FOM 2018-present, Co-Head of docent training for SAM 2009-10, participating in the development and running of the Foundation Course for FOM 2010-11 and Overall Head of Docent Training from 2011 to 2012. Over the years, she has delivered Gallery in Focus tours, DOT talks and Monday Morning Lecture for FOM. Her other volunteering efforts include President of the Indian Women’s Association, Chair of the Arts Committee for American Club, serving on SAS Booster and PTA Boards, George Washington Ball Committee and SINDA IBR Management Council. She holds a Master of Arts and a Master of Philosophy degree in Psychology.

Susan is a Singaporean. She joined FOM and started her docent training at the Peranakan Museum in 2014. She was Co-head of docent training and a member of the Nyonya Needlework research team in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Besides the Peranakan Museum, she has been guiding at the NUS Baba House since 2011. In 2018, she researched and guided the Chetti Melaka special exhibition at IHC and Guo Pei exhibition at ACM. Today, she guides at ACM and NMS as a Museum Educator Guide. She served on the FOM Council as Honorary Secretary from 2017 to 2018 and has taken on the role of Vice President in 2020. She has a degree from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, California and worked as a senior apparel buyer. Besides volunteering actively, she runs a home clothing business and finds time for her ikebana, painting, photography and indoor rowing!

Min Yee is a Singaporean and received her master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the National University of Singapore. During the years living in China and the USA, she developed a keen interest and a deep passion for the heritage and culture of her home country. Today, Min Yee guides regularly at the NMS. She is also a co-head of 2019/20 NMS Docent Training Programme. She has also contributed to the FOM Passage magazine and research to An Old New World exhibit held at the NMS. 
In her free time, Min Yee loves travelling, making clay pots and teaching her old dog new tricks. 

Yasmin is a Singapore PR, from Mumbai, India who has been living and working in Singapore for the past 12 years. She has multifaceted global experience in Financial Control, MIS, Treasury, Process rationalization & Business Intelligence. Yasmin’s experience spans several industries: Retail Banking & Credit cards, HR consultancy, Education management, Accounting and Information consultancy/Decision management and covers several geographies: India, USA, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Most recently, she was the Head of Campus of the SP Jain Institute of Global Management, Singapore for 3 years. She is a rank holding Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an MBA (Finance and International Business) from the Stern School of Business, New York University. She is currently Resident Director of a Banking software subsidiary in Singapore. Married, with two grown up sons working in the US, her interests include Indian Classical music, Reading, Art and Cultural events. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati and conversant with Korean.

Laura left Scotland and arrived in Singapore in January 2014. She promptly joined FOM and has never looked back. She completed the ACM Docent Training Programme in 2015 and afterwards joined the ACM Training Team where she was both a Group Leader and Mentor Coordinator. After completing her training in 2015 Laura joined the ACM Committee and has since held a number of Committee roles. In August 2016 she became the ACM Coordinator for two years and is currently the ACM Committee G-Drive Coordinator. Laura joined the FOM Council in 2018. She has recently completed a distancelearning History of Art Certificate with the University of Oxford and is also (very slowly) learning to play the guitar.

Following a career in consulting, Kim has dedicated herself to nonprofit work. In Singapore she joined FOM in 2013 and has co-led Asian Study Group and the Textiles Enthusiasts Group since 2017. She also participates in the Couples’ Book Group and the Welcome Committee. A committed practitioner of many crafts, she enjoys all aspects of applied arts and is fascinated by the use of textiles in traditional South-east Asian communities. In the US, Kim serves on the board of a 55,000-acre Land Trust in Maine, where she is also the Treasurer, roles she has held for a decade. Together with her husband, she also supports Singapore Nature Society by volunteering for birding censuses and other citizen science projects. She has degrees from Wesleyan University and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Christine Zeng started volunteering with FOM in 2018 as a docent for the National Museum of Singapore (NMS). As a freelance designer, guiding history was like venturing into the unknown. After undergoing docent training at the NMS, she developed a keen interest in her country’s history with which she enjoyed sharing to both fellow Singaporeans and foreign visitors alike. Other than guiding regular tours at her favourite museum, she also guided special exhibitions and was the Speaker Coordinator for the 2018- 2019 Training Team. She enjoys researching and organising activities with fellow FOM volunteers and is now the committee representative of the NMS Docent Ongoing Training Team. Her other responsibilities in life involve taking care of animals in need, reading, writing and painting.

Gisella is from Germany joined a couple of volunteer activities after she became an FOM member in 1995. In 2010 she once again became an active FOM member by completing the ACM docent training. Since then she has volunteered in various leadership roles, including ACM Training Cohead, ACM Coordinator and Overall Cohead of Training. Travelling, cooking, reading, history and the arts are some of her hobbies and through FOM’s study tours and Curio she has been able to cover all these areas. She loves co-leading FOM’s study tours to many places around Asia and developed an interest in photography and often provides photos for FOM use in Passage, on the website and Facebook pages. Recently she played a role in revamping FOM’s website, membership and communication system and is looking forward to be the communication council member for the 2020/21 council year.

Michelle Foo is a Malaysian and a Singaporean PR. Having lived in Singapore since 1990, with 8 years in Australia, Dubai and Thailand, Michelle enjoys meeting people including exchanging information on the various cultures. Armed with over 10 years in the hotel and banking industry, she left Singapore to follow her husband in his career. Upon returning, she joined FOM in 2016, and trained to be a docent at TPM, hoping to understand more about her Peranakan heritage. What she gained was more than that! She gained friendships from fellow docents and opportunities to explore further into the world of arts, history and culture. After graduating at TPM, Michelle joined the training team as the museum’s Speaker Coordinator 2017/2018, leading to another guiding opportunity at the MHC in 2019. She is a keen advocate of FOM and its contribution to our cosmopolitan society. When not in the realm of the museums, Michelle also enjoys visiting the many interesting food outlets here in Singapore.

After working for several years as an architect in New Orleans, Charlotte began her life overseas. Since 2007 she has lived in 6 different postings, and was delighted when the 6th was a return to Singapore in 2017. Through the years, she has nurtured her interests in creating: photography, jewellery making, cookie and cake decorating, cooking. She also honed her organizational skills serving in a leadership role for several different volunteer programs in the various postings. Charlotte re-joined FOM as soon as she arrived in Singapore, and immediately took part in the URA Chinatown Heritage Trails docent training program. A love for guiding, and research, was born! Since then, she participated in the MHF Kampong Gelam Heritage Trails and NMS docent training programs, as well as was part of the URA Chinatown Heritage Trails docent training team. She was most recently the Co-Head for the Docent Training at NMS, and is part of the NMS Ops Committee as the Docent Activity Coordinator. She remains dedicated to guiding the Chinatown Heritage Trails and at the National Museum of Singapore. 
In her spare time, Charlotte continues to enjoy her creative interests, most recently adding sewing to the list!