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Kamilla Swart serves as an Account Director for Octagon South Africa. In August 2000, she was appointed to manage the recently formed Durban Events Corporation. While enrolled in the doctoral program of Curriculum and Instruction at Illinois State University (ISU), she served as a Research Associate for the Bureau of Tourism and Recreation Research (BTRR) from 1998-1999. During December 1999 she fulfilled the coursework requirements of the doctoral program, and returned to her hometown, Cape Town, to complete her dissertation. She worked in the Sports and Facilities Directorate and her responsibilities included establishing and maintaining relationships with the national and international sport federations; the programming of events in consultation with the transport planners and the assessment and location of training venues. Kamilla also assisted in the organization of some of the sport events held in South Africa during the bid. She represented the Olympic Bid Company at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta and the 1997 World Athletic Championships in Athens. Kamilla |
