Building new governance skills to support their communities

In 2020 the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), in partnership with the Australian Scholarships Foundation awarded 130 full scholarships to enable directors, executives and emerging directors of NFP organisations with a turnover of less than $2m to attend the AICD’s Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors program.
Australian Institute of Company Directors – Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors Scholarships 2020/2021 award recipients:
- Aaron Boyd, CEO, Unity Grammar
- Adam Watson, Chair of the Board, Defence Teaming Centre
- Aiden Jabur, President, Enactus Griffith University
- Alice Mahar, Founder and Executive Director, The Corner Store Network
- Allan Cormack, Non-executive Director and Treasurer, Melbourne City Local Learning and Employment Network (City LLEN)
- Alma Fulurija, Non-Executive Director on the Board, SHINE Inspire Achieve Belong Inc.
- Alyssa Weirman, Non-Executive Director, The National ADHD Forum (NAF)
- Amanda Frasca, Member of the Board, Northern Community Legal Service Inc.
- Amanda Whiteland, Chief Executive Officer, Margaret River Wine Association Inc.
- Ameera Ismail, Non-Executive Director, Islamic Museum of Australia
- Amelia Pickering, CEO,Prison Network
- Amelia Thorpe, Member of the Board, Shelter NSW
- Amy Dawes, CEO & Co-Founder, Australasian Birth Trauma Association (ABTA)
- Amy Priestly, National Manager of Program Development, Life Education Australia
- Angela Ingram, President, Mental Health Community Coalition ACT
- Anita Westera, Board Director and Trustee, Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG)
- Ashleigh Beauchamp, Director, Cystic Fibrosis Queensland
- Ayla Curtis, Non-executive director, Green Cross Australia
- Ben Bjarnesen, Founder and President, LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation
- Bernadette Smyth, Company Secretary and Business Planning and Advisory Services Manager, TROG Cancer Research (Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group Limited)
- Blake Connell, CEO and Executive Director, Out for Australia
- Brianna Kerr, Director and Head of Impact, Kua Coffee Limited
- Cameron Scott, Director, Volunteering Tasmania
- Carol Croce, Member, Greyhound Connenctions, Inc.
- Caroline Hicks, Board Member, “BETTER (Building East Timor Through Education/Resources)”
- Caryl Hertz, Non-executive director, ACNEM Australasian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine
- Celine Steinfeld, Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
- Claire Connolly-Hay, Board member, Ronald McDonald House Charities (SA)
- Claire Hockin, Board Member, Young Men’s Christian Association of the Northern Territory Ltd
- Clare Burns, Non-executive director, Rosies Friends on the Street
- Clare Camilleri, Board Director, UnitingCare Kippax
- Corene Crossin, Non-executive Director, Women’s Health Queensland
- Dan Trevanion, Company Secretary, ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership (AASYP)
- Darcy Nidd, Member of Board of Management – Representative for Youth, Policy and Governance, Propel Youth Arts WA
- Darren Webb, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Be Inspired Foundation
- David Carbines, Non Executive Director, Green Collect
- David Hine, President, Brothers Rugby Club
- David Kay, Non-Executive Director / Board member, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation Australia
- David Nguyen, Board Member and Secretary, Brand X Productions Incorporated
- David Vincent, Non-Executive Director, Project Displaced
- Deborah Hersh, Chairperson, Australian Aphasia Association Ltd
- Denne Dempsey, Marketing Director on the Board, Seaside Scavenge
- Dianne Farrell, Director, Cottages 4 Country Care
- Edmund Delves, Non-executive Director, Ag Institute Australia
- Elizabeth Morris, Board Member, Assisi Aid Projects
- Elizabeth Prescott, Chief Executive Officer, Peel Youth Services Inc
- Emily Beric, Executive Director, The Australian Aphasia Association Ltd
- Emma Greenhalgh, Manager Strategic Projects, Queensland Shelter Incorporated (Q Shelter)
- Felipe Grez, Director of Volunteering and Participation, Judo NSW
- Frederick Brien, Chief Operating Officer and Director, Tokens for Humanity
- Gareth Hart, Creative Director and CEO, Dandenong Ranges Community Cultural Centre
- Gemma Purves, Company Secretary, Eastside Radio, 2RES 89.7FM
- Gemma Turvey, Board Member, Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ House Ltd
- Georgina Willcock, Chairperson and Non-Executive Director, Youth Law Australia
- Gerard Champion, Director and Company (Board) Secretary, Gynaecological Foundation Ltd
- Gina d’Albora, Non-Executive Director, Verge Collaborative
- Gina Zheng, Company Secretary, MIEACT
- Ginny Stevens, Board Member, Active Farmers Limited
- Grace Logvyn, Company Secretary, Milk Crate Theatre
- Hamza Vayani, Board Member, World Wellness Group
- Hayley Jarick, CEO and Secretary, Net Balance Foundation
- Helen Van Gessel, Member and Vice Chair of the Board, Pivot Support Services
- Irena Baric, Deputy Chair, Western Edge Youth Arts (WEYA)
- Jacinta Harford, Director, Women in Aid and Development Association
- Jack Dalrymple, CEO, Global Voices
- Jack Growden, Founder and Chairman, LiteHaus International Inc
- Jackson Harnwell, Non-Executive Member, The Trustee for the Opera Scholars Australia Trust
- James Riggall, Non-executive director, Enterprize Tasmania LTD
- Jason Lee, Observer and advisor to the Board of Directors, Axx Global
- Jessica Gibson, Non-executive Director, Queensland Alliance of Mental Health
- Jessica Irving, Non-Executive Director, Educating the Future Australia Limited
- Jill Benson, Non- executive Director, Rocketship Pacific Limited (Rocketship)
- Jocelyn Neumueller, Board Director, Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
- Jonathan Lord, Chairman, Landcare Tasmania Incorporated
- Julien Blais, Secretary, Street Law Centre (WA) Inc.
- Justyna Jochym, CEO, Festivals Adelaide
- Kara Winderlich , Board member, Mulleraterong Centre Incorporated
- Kasia Kondas, Co-Chair of Board, Flying Arts Alliance Inc.
- Kerrie-Anne King, Board Member (Treasurer), Freeze Frame Opera Inc
- Kim-Jane Turudia, Director of Health Services, SoundFair Pty. Limited
- Kristine Colliver, Non-executive Director, The Motor Neurone Disease Association of South Australia
- Leslie Annear, Non-Executive Director, Founder, Clarity Content
- Lindsay Stanford, Non-Executive Director, Bara Barang Corporation (BBC)
- Lindsey Fidler, Social Researcher, Social Action and Research Centre
- Lisa Fraser, Treasurer and Member of Education Committee, General Practice Medical Education Incorporated
- Madelaine Fisher, Company Secretary, Meenangu Wajarri Aboriginal Corporation and Wajarri Enterprises Limited (WEL).
- Marian Pettit, Board support, Puuya Foundation
- Mark Abela, Non-executive board member, Water for a Village
- Mark Harwood, Chief Executive Officer, YGAP (youth generation against poverty LTD)
- Matthew Malone, Secretary of the Board, Men’s Information Support Association (MISA)
- Melissa Abu-Gazaleh, Managing Director, Top Blokes Foundation; Board Member, NSW Australia Day Council
- Michelle Jones, Board, Stroke SA
- Miki Brotzler, President, Richard Wagner Society Inc (VIC)
- Millicent Darby, General Committee Member, Arts Nexus Inc.
- Nell Harvey, President and General Manager, The Coolum Women’s Shed Inc
- Nicola Ashford, Board Secretary, Women’s Legal Service of WA (formerly Women’s Law Centre of WA)
- Olivia Giglia, Director of Operations and Company Secretary, Melba Opera Trust
- Paul Groundwater, Board member, Learning Creative Skills.
- Peggy Huang, Co-Chair, Central and Eastern Sydney Allied Health Network (CESAHN)
- Phebe Baker, Founder and Board Member, Noosa Chances
- Priscilla Brice-Weller, Managing Director and Non-Executive Director, All Together Now
- Rachel Schaffer, Director and Company Secretary, From the Ground Up Ltd t/a Playground Ideas
- Renee Wilson, Director of the board, Veteran Community Business Chamber; Australian War Widows NSW
- Ross Wait, Board Director, Zahra Foundation Australia
- Ryan Menner, Eidos Community Liaison Officer, Eidos Institute
- Ryan Stevens, Director and Treasurer, ACT Region Crime Stoppers
- Saba Diqer, Board Member, The Les Twentyman Foundation
- Sally Mather, Board Member, The Push
- Sam Gibson, General Manager, Tennis NT Incorporated
- Sam Isaacs, Director, Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA)
- Sam Offord, President, Koorana Gymnastics Club
- Samantha Cooper, Member, Community Legal Centres Queensland
- Sanaya Khisty, Non-executive director, Climate for Change Inc.
- Sara Timms, Board Member, Switchboard Victoria
- Sarah Joyce, Non-Executive Director, Uni Hub Spencer Gulf
- Scott Brown, General Board Member, Stepping Stone Clubhouse
- Sharnell Avery, Volunteer Coordinator, YOGAZEIT Ltd.
- Shenal Basnayake, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA)
- Shlomo Nathanson, Director, C Care Inc
- Stephanie McHugh, Board Member, Women’s Liberation Halfway House Inc
- Stewart Jackson , Chair of the Board, UN Youth Australia
- Sue Barker, Chair, Board of Management, Gippsland Women’s Health Inc
- Tamryn Herridge, Board Observer, GOGO Foundation.
- Timothy Martin, Director (Treasurer), The Water Well Project
- Tom Oliver, The Chair (Advisory Council), Spectrum Space Inc.
- Vanessa Barratt, Director, Highe+r Ground Raptor Centre
- Vicki Petrakis, Board Member, Bankstown Women’s Health Centre
- Wendy Brown, Non Executive Director, Prevention United
- Youna Kim, General Manager – Innovation and Development, Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS)
- Zeynep Basarin, General Manager, Outside The Locker Room
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