Board of Directors

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                                                              Board of Directors

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President: Sam Weiss

AB Harvard University, MS Columbia Business School, FAICD (director since 14 July 2005)

Sam is Chairman of Altium Ltd and Open Universities Australia,  and a Non-Executive Director of OrotonGroup Ltd, Breville Limited, iProperty Group Limited and the Sydney Festival. Sam is a graduate of the 2002 Sydney Leadership Program.    

Board Committees

Audit & Finance Committee
Robert Warren (Chair)
Sam Weiss (ex-officio)

 

 

                                                     
 

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Vice President: Robert Fitzgerald

AM, B Com, LLB (director since 20 November 2006)

Formerly a commercial solicitor, Robert is currently a full time Commissioner with the Productivity Commission, and was formerly NSW Community and Disability Services Commissioner. He is a past President of the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and founding Chair of the National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations.

Human Resources Committee
Justin Ryan (Chair)
Margaret Hetherton
Joan Lind
Sam Weiss (ex-officio)

 

 

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Honorary Treasurer: Robert Warren

BEc, CA, A Fin, GAICD (director since 19 July 2010)

Rob is a partner in KPMG Australia's Financial Services practice. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia. He is also chair of the Audit and Finance Committee.

 
 

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Tanya Gilerman

BEc, CA, CPA (director since 15 March 2005)

Tanya is a partner and COO of KPMG Australia's Audit practice. She is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a graduate of the 2006 Sydney Leadership Program.

 

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Joan Lind

BA (director since 18 August 2008)

Joan is a partner at The One Centre, a branded arts and entertainment strategic and creative agency. She spent eight years at M&C Saatchi, Sydney creating campaigns for NSW Government, corporate clients such as Qantas, Optus and Audi as well as charities such as The Shepherd Centre, School for Deaf Children and Kids Helpline via Optus. In London at AMV BBDO, she was involved in a corporate mentoring program for children in underprivileged communities.

 

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Gary Moore

BA, BSocW, MMgt (director since 20 November 2006)

Gary is the CEO of Homelessness NSW. He is a former Director of Community Services at Marrickville Council and from 1995-2006 was the CEO of Council of Social Service of NSW (NCOSS), the State’s peak non-government human services body. Gary is currently Chairperson of Healthy Kids - the NSW School Canteens Association. He is a graduate of the 2000 Sydney Leadership Program. 

 

 

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Justin Ryan

BEc LLB (Sydney), MBA (Wharton), F Fin, FAICD (director since 15 August 2008)

Justin joined Quadrant Private Equity as a Director in February 2011.  Prior to this he was CEO and Managing Director or Alesco Corporation Limited an ASX 200 diversified industrial company which he joined in 2004.  Justin retired as Chairman of the Australian Venture Capital Association in 2003 and was Chairman of Access Programs Limited (a not-for-profit Employee Access Programs Provider) from 2003-2008.

 
 

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Lisa Chung

LLB, FAIM, FAPI, MAICD (director since 27 June 2011) 

Lisa joined commercial law firm Maddocks in March 2011, after 15 years as a partner of Blake Dawson, specialising in commercial real estate. In 2004, Lisa completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD in France and, in 2006, the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. Lisa has acted extensively for a number of pro bono clients, including Habitat for Humanity and Aboriginal Housing Company.  Lisa is also a director of Australian Institute of Management NSW/ACT and is a member of the Audit and Finance Committee.

 

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Karen Healy

Ph D, BSocWk (Hons) (director since 4 April 2011)

Karen teaches at the School of Social Work & Human Services at the University of Queensland. She is immediate Past President (and current executive member) of the Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education. She is also a Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Karen is a leading social work researcher and has published extensively in Australia and internationally on child welfare policy and practice, professional identity and workforce issues in community services. She has also completed four books on knowledge and skills for social work practice.

 
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Professor Jan Carter

M Phil, MSCI (Econ), BA, Dip Soc Studs (director since 4 April 2011)

Jan Carter, AM, is a social worker, social researcher, writer and social policy analyst. She has been a social worker in hospitals in Melbourne, Perth and London and headed up social policy and research for the Brotherhood of St Laurence. She has held professorial posts in two leading Australian universities and is now an Adjunct Professor in three universities. She is an experienced Board member and has been a member of many Commonwealth and State inquiries, taskforces and Ministerial committees. She is currently an advisor to a philanthropic foundation in regional Victoria and Foundation Director of the Australian College of Social Work (the college of advanced practice for social workers).