Violet Arrey

Violet graduated from Murdoch University Perth WA after completing Juris Doctor, which was a continuation of her previous studies in law in Cameroon. Violet has been a practising lawyer since 2012, however also has 8 years’ experience in aged care as a carer. Both her law and aged care careers give Violet the opportunity to enhance her passion of making a positive impact in the community.

Violet is also actively involved in the African community in WA, particularly the Cameroonian community. Violet held board positions as Treasurer, Public Relations Officer (PRO), and is currently a Permanent Adviser and acting PRO of Cameroonians in Western Australia (CAMWA) Inc. Violet also co-founded and is currently the General Organiser for Afritude Down Under Inc., a not for profit association, aimed at enhancing social cohesion as well as promoting social, cultural and economic integration of African Australians and other minority groups in Western Australia.

Meghan Lewis

Meghan graduated from the University of Western Australia after completing her Masters in Architecture. As a graduate Meghan lived in rural Bangladesh for eight months, working with a local community and not for profit to design and build a medical center. Through the use of participatory design methods, Meghan engaged the community throughout the entire process, from research and sketch design through to the construction and running of the building.Since graduating in 2012, Meghan has worked on a range of projects including remote Indigenous housing, transitional housing for people who have experienced homelessness, aged care and high end single and multi-residential.

However, her passion lies in making a positive impact on the lives of others, particularly through the built environment. Meghan is also actively involved as a volunteer for several organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers in a range of roles from advocacy in detention to mentoring.

James Todd

James has a strong background in Information Technology, including; business analysis, user interface design, and software & database development. He holds a Bachelor of Science and is currently completing an MBA at UWA and a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management from Harvard University. He has diverse experience in areas such as aged care, Information Technology, and also the video games industry; working on the world’s third largest online multiplayer game. James has also designed and developed systems for small businesses and large sporting venues.

James has strong management experience and currently leads a Planning and Development division, incorporating; systems, strategic planning, data quality and business analysis. In this position, James has been recognised with the 2013 Executive Leadership Scholarship, and the 2015 Business Innovation award. James has a strong focus on evidence based decision making, which he believes will be an asset to any Board.

Natasha McCarthy

Natasha McCarthy is a chartered accountant with over 10 years of experience at ‘Big 4’ accounting firms, working with a wide range of companies including those in the not-for-profit space. Through these roles, Natasha has developed extensive financial and commercial experience and networks which can provide great value to Boards in the community sector.

In addition to her professional experience, Natasha has also been engaged with various community volunteer roles, including working as a committee member with the Special Olympics for their annual Inspirational Women’s Breakfast, and providing volunteer tax services to disadvantaged people liaising with the Australian Taxation Office.

Natasha believes in the importance of a diverse and robust Board in ensuring the success of community organisations, and with a passion for both the arts and health services, is keen to contribute her skills, experience and networks to building the success of such community organisations in Perth.

Elizabeth White

Elizabeth believes strongly in giving back to her community and is passionate about human rights, creating social impact, evidence based decision making, and education. She is a member of the International Association of Community Development, is Deputy Chair of the WA Local Government Managers Association Young Professionals Network, and volunteers with Camp Quality.

Previous roles include co-founder and chair of the north metropolitan Disability Inter-agency Network, co-chair of the Northern Suburbs Multicultural Network, and local State Emergency Services (SES) volunteer. Elizabeth is currently the Team Leader Community Development at the City of Joondalup where she is responsible for positive ageing, social inclusion, community transport, community funding, community gardens, volunteer management, community events, homelessness, community engagement, strategic planning, and cross sector collaboration. Elizabeth has a Post Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, a Bachelor of Arts (Community Development), a Diploma of Public Relations, and a Certificate 4 in Local Government (Planning).

Josh Sacks

Josh is the Telehealth Coordinator at the Fiona Stanley Hospital where he works closely with health professionals and various Western Australian Health service providers to promote the use and benefits of Telehealth. Josh started his career at one of Australia’s leading independent strategic advisory practices, where he gained significant experience implementing measures to improve the financial and operational procedures of businesses across a range of industries en route to becoming a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia.

Prior to taking up his position as Telehealth Coordinator, Josh spent time at one of Australia’s leading listed healthcare companies, where his role was to improve the day-to-day operations of large scale multidisciplinary medical centres in Victoria. Josh’s desire to improve efficiencies as well as the health care experience of patients and health professionals in the community and aged care sector alike was the catalyst for his desire to be a participant for the 2016 Emerging Leaders In Governance Program. Josh hopes that his enthusiasm, business acumen and health technology knowledge will be valuable assets for the Emerging Leaders In Governance Program.

Rachael West

Rachael is Finding Yoga’s director, tailored yoga programs for the health and community sectors. She is also part of the faculty of The School of Life Perth, a mentor for new entrepreneurs on the Intensify Scholarship Program, and a TEDx speaker coach. She has lectured at hospitals and universities about the role of yoga in health education and delivers Yoga for Pain Practitioner Training around Australia.

Rachael studied Yogic Education at the University of Lille in France and has a degree in civil engineering. She brings 15 years of experience designing learning programs in health, social enterprise and government to the role, and 20 years of yoga practice. Rachael developed the first Yoga for Pain program in WA. She has since initiated programs for health professionals, yoga teachers and people with pain to help reduce wait lists for hospital pain units, lower the financial burden of pain to the country, and allow people affected by persistent pain to build meaningful lives.

Leah Doherty

Leah has over 13 years’ experience working for the state government within the criminal justice system, nine of which were spent in various leadership roles. Leah has built an extensive network with people and organisations in the not-for-profit and government sectors across Western Australia.

She is passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of others and served on the board of directors for a not-for-profit that provides support and assistance to those who have experienced family and domestic violence and other significant trauma, in capacity as a director and secretary.

Leah has skill sets in statewide service delivery, policy development and implementation, organisational change management, business optimisation, stakeholder relationships, risk management and governance. Her participation in the 2014 Leadership WA Signature program and recent experience working in leadership roles in the not-for-profit arena has strengthened her desire to continue to give back to the community.

Jenny Luddington

Jenny is a Senior Manager at PwC working in their external audit department. She has worked for PwC for 8 years in external audit as well as in the deals and restructuring department, and also accounting advisory. She was born in England where she gained her Chartered Accountant qualification and has worked for PwC in both England and Australia.

Throughout her career she has had interaction with the Board of Director’s on a variety of her clients, and frequently presents the findings of the external audit at these meetings. Jenny is passionate about the Community and Aged Care sector following recent events within her own

Scott Marshall

Scott has more than 10 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas sector, primarily in the UK with ExxonMobil where he started in 2006 supporting operations in the UK and Norway. Scott has held multiple roles in Engineering and Brownfield Project Management, moving to Australia May 2012 to work as an Engineer for Woodside Energy Ltd. Scott has a passion for leadership and mentoring, and is currently Chair of the Woodside Young Professionals committee (since 2014). The committee is focussed on the development of the Young Professionals cohort across three key development areas; personal, professional and community. Scott is interested in broadening his perspective outside Oil and Gas into the not for profit/social responsibility sector.

Scott married his high school sweet heart and is the proud father of 2 year old daughter Madison and eight year old Labrador Fendi.

Frieda Orr

Frieda is a passionate legal and governance professional committed to making an impact in the Perth community. Frieda currently works as a compliance adviser at the Australian Securities Exchange. Prior to this, Frieda was an in-house lawyer at Silver Chain Group.

Frieda’s interest in social justice and health and wellbeing spans many years. She has volunteered for a variety of causes including providing legal advice and education to rural communities in Sierra Leone, West Africa, assisting with refugee resettlement in New Zealand, participating in and raising funds for charity sporting events and volunteering at animal shelters. Frieda was recently re-elected to the committee of Women Lawyers of Western Australia Inc. (WLWA), where she assists to organise events and implement initiatives that promote gender equality in the legal profession. Frieda is also a board member at ISA, a not-for-profit organisation that provides support and advocacy services to victims of sexual abuse.

Adrian Gallo

Adrian Gallo is the Business Development Executive at the Duxton Hotel Perth. He sits on the Consumer Advisory Council at Royal Perth Hospital, Consumer Representative for the Developmental Pathways Project Consumer and Community Reference Group at Telethon Kids Institute, Events Officer on the Murdoch University Guild Council and is President of his local Lions Club and Chairman of Leo (Lions Australia). Adrian is currently completing a Bachelor of Business (with double majors in Management / Hospitality and Tourism Management). Adrian is also a husband and a father.

Chloe Marshall

Chloe has a keen interest in health and wellbeing in the community sector, having worked at a health improvement charity and as a volunteer for Diabetes UK. She previously held a board member position for the Scottish Patient Safety Paediatric Program where she provided the patient perspective on proposed safety developments in Scottish hospitals.

Chloe graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2010 with a BSc Hons in Pharmacology and currently works for Lotterywest as a Gaming and Business Systems Coordinator.

Penelope Wakefield

Penelope used her Master’s in Business Administration to transition from a career as a Medical Scientist to the Community Services Sector with a goal to help not-for-profit organisations improve and achieve their purpose. She is currently the Manager of Business Sustainability at Therapy Focus; a community services organisation providing therapy to people with disabilities. Penelope was recently appointed Company Secretary at Therapy Focus and has completed a Certificate in Governance and Risk Management at the Governance Institute.

Penelope is an active volunteer with Soroptimist International and the State Emergency Services. She is interested in using her knowledge and experience gained in the community sector over the past five years to govern and direct community and aged care organisations. Through learning more about the challenges these organisations face, she aims to see brighter futures for those in our community who will benefit from the help and support these organisations provide.

Claire Stokes

Claire Stokes is a passionate social impact leader dedicated to improving the lives of others in her community of Western Australia. Claire has over six years of professional experience in WA’s not-for-profit sector and is a recent graduate of a Master in Business Administration from The University of Western Australia (UWA). She currently holds positions at the UWA Centre for Social Impact and Befriend Inc.

At Befriend, Claire manages The eFriends Project, which delivers training in digital technology to people who may experience or be at risk of social isolation, including older adults and people with disabilities. Guided by her education and professional experience, Claire has an awareness of both the challenges and opportunities present in WA’s aged care and community sector, and actively seeks ways to generate positive social impact. Claire also volunteers as Chair of the Alumni for Social Impact, connecting alumni of UWA’s Centre for Social Impact postgraduate educational programs.

Kim Hocking

Kim Hocking is an established leader within the community and aged care services sector of WA and has worked in the not for profit area for over 15 years. She has held senior management positions in the areas of Service Delivery, Strategic Projects, Quality and Corporate Compliance. Kim holds qualifications in Business, Education and Community Services and is currently studying a Masters of Business Administration.

She has steering committee and membership experience within two of the largest NFP aged care organisations in WA, and is currently serving on the advisory committee for the ACORN network. Kim’s passion for service improvement and good governance in decision making and practice, is what she sees as a fundamental driver to keep challenging the status quo and positively influence change to bring fresh views and innovative practice models to the sector.

Amber-Rose Currie

Amber has had a passion in conservation since aged ten and has volunteered on different projects. These have included the planting of native trees, the clearance of destructive plant life and a waste recycling project. In Samoa Amber worked on a programme educating a community on the conservation and regeneration of their Coral reefs.

Amber has a Masters in Environmental Policy and has worked as a Statutory Planner for the City of Canning for the past five years, having a passion for conservation since she was ten. . Here she has been integral to the creation of a more sustainable work place and a series of events were put on to educate and inform the staff. Specific outcomes have been the implementation of a ‘TravelSmart Workplace Travel Plan’. This included paid time to use alternative transport, upgrades to end-of-trip facilities and rewards to those who participated. Amber’s desire is to continue her community work and this training would help Amber reach her goals of joining a community board.

Clementine Kohler

Clementine is passionate about giving back to the community and now, as a young professional, she would like to try giving back in a different way. Being a Director on a Board will allow her to fulfill her interests in giving back to the community whilst providing her with professional and personal development.

In June 2015, she was awarded with a Bachelor of Laws from Murdoch University and is now working for a Mining Company and a Community Legal Centre. Clementine is an active member of the Rotaract Club of South Perth and currently holds a Board position in the Club. Recently her community involvement and efforts were recognised when she was awarded as the Young Volunteer of the Year.

Mel Adams

Mel is a solicitor currently practising in Perth, Western Australia. Her area of expertise is commercial litigation. Mel is keen to give back to the community and feels that she could make a valuable contribution by becoming a board member. She believes that the skills that she has acquired through her legal career, in conjunction with the knowledge that the ELGP course will provide, will better enable her to make a difference within the community sector. Mel is an enthusiastic sports person and it is her vision to infiltrate her passion for sport and recreation throughout the community. She believes that a position on a community board may facilitate this.

David Bull

David has over 10 years’ experience working in private, government and not for profit organisations in various leadership and project management roles. He has successfully lead diverse work teams in the delivery and enhancement of complex organisational systems, processes and services. David’s professional experience has provided him with a diverse range of skills including strategic planning, organisational change, risk management, governance and project management.

David’s leadership roles have provided him with valuable experience assisting organisations to address many of the significant challenges currently facing the not for profit sector. These include the marketisation of social services, increased service demand and, skill and workforce shortages.

David has developed an extensive network of people and organisations and has built lasting relationships in the not-for-profit, private and professional sporting sectors. He has a keen interest to continue his contribution in the not for profit sector by serving as a director.