New governance skills to support NFPs across Australia

In 2021 the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), in partnership with the Australian Scholarships Foundation awarded 184 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.
We would like to congratulate recipients from across Australia.
Australian Institute of Company Directors – Governance Foundations for Not-for-Profit Directors Scholarships 2021/2022 award recipients
Australian Capital Territory
- Gethin Thomas, Executive Director, Research, Motor Neurone Disease Australia
- Pichamon Yeophantong, Board and Research Committee Member, Jubilee Australia Research Centre
- Kat Reed, Chief Executive Officer, Women With Disabilities ACT
- Ingrid Johnston, CEO, Australasian College of Road Safety
- Hope Bertram, Manager Communications & Engagement, TrackSAFE Foundation
- Alfred Chidembo, CEO, Aussie Books For Zim
- Brittany Bevan, Social Worker, Nature Freedom
- Jane Thompson, Board Member/Vice President, The Neighbourhood, Canberra Inc
- Joseph Finbar Piper, Company Secretary and Non-Executive Director, The Oaktree Foundation Australia
- Luke Rogers, Artistic Director & CEO, Canberra Youth Theatre
- Meredythe Crane, Board Member, Hepatitis ACT
- Mercedes Page, Chief Executive Officer, Young Australians in International Affairs
- Tania Brown, President, Perinatal Wellbeing Centre
New South Wales
- Melissa Reader, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, The Violet Initiative
- Agnes Barnard, Chairperson, Reledev Australia Ltd
- Julie Duong, President, Diversity and Disability Alliance
- Natalie Grenfell Non-Executive Director, Kedesh Rehabilitation Services Limited
- Leigh-Anne Shannon, Executive Officer, Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Weh Yeoh, Founder and Director, OIC Australia
- Ashley Scott, Executive Officer, Rainbow Families
- Morwenna Collett, Board Director, Arts Capital LTD
- Danielle Higgs, Director of the Board, Minus 18
- Myee Gregory, Non-Executive Director, Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre
- David Wilheim, Governor, PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
- Katina Velkou, Board Member, Milk Crate Theatre
- Christopher Zinn, Chair of the Eastside board, Eastside Community Radio
- Gabrielle Mordy, CEO & Artistic Director, Studio A Limited
- Shaun Christie-David, CEO + Co-Founder, PlateitForward
- Joanne Ryan, Member Board of Management, Enough is Enough
- James Gribble, Founder, CEO and Board Member, Empower Golf Australia
- Dana Beiglari, Non-executive director on Ecstra Board; and senior consumer lawyer at Legal Aid NSW, Ecstra Foundation
- Micheala Collins, Assistant Chief Commissioner (Young Women), Girl Guides Australia
- Gareth Scott, Non-Executive Director, Mountains Youth Services Team Inc
- Liz Martin, Interim CEO, Accessible Arts
- Colin Brading, Co-Founder and Company Secretary, Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation
- Rawan Arraf, Executive Director, Australian Centre for International Justice
- Maria Nawaz, Co-Head of Strategic Litigation, Grata Fund
- Rosemaria Flaherty, Board member, Life Changing Experiences Foundation LTD
- Timothy Keys, Director and Co-Founder, Borne Clothing
- Dash Gray, President, The Gender Centre NSW
- Darcy Small, Managing Director, Kua Coffee Limited
- Karen Kandur, Board Director and Treasurer, Centre for Australian Progress
- Pearl Lee, Assistant Coordinator (Vice President), Dragons Abreast Sydney
- Anne Grunseit, Board member, Bicycle NSW
- Nicole Yade, Board Member, Domestic Violence NSW
- Gopi McLeod, Board of Director, Chair, Australian Osteopathic Accreditation Council
- Joel Palte, Director (Deputy Chairman), First Hike Project
- Sophie Smith, Managing Director, Running for Premature Babies Foundation
- Cara Schultz, Non Executive Director/Board Member, Tamworth Community College
- Taylor Hawkins, Managing DIrector, Foundations For Tomorrow Ltd
- Matthew Cannon, Board Member, Council of Ambulance Authorities Australasia
- Natalie Kozlov, Director and Chairperson of the Board, Antenna Documentary Institute Limited
- Kylie Pussell, CEO and Board Director, Miracle Babies Foundation Ltd
Northern Territory
- Kerin Bolton, Board member, Amity Community Services
- Brody Smith, Project Development Manager, Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture
- Tania Lesneuck, Chair, Riding for the Disabled in the Top End
- Seranie Gamble, Director Law Reform – Government, North Australia Aboriginal Family Legal Service
- Fleur Crowe Synod, Operations Manager, Uniting Church in Australia Northern Synod
- Geoff Radford, Chief Executive Officer, NT Mental Health Coalition
- Fiona Wearing Smith, Board of Management, Alice Springs Youth Accommodation and Support Services
Queensland
- Mara Bennett, President, Broadbeach Meals on Wheels, Gold Coast Broadbeach Meals on Wheels
- Caitlin McConnel, Non-executive director, Future Farmers Network
- Sandra Woosup, Chairperson, Angkamuthi Tribal Aboriginal Corporation
- Unni Susil Kumar, Non-executive director, TIME UQ
- Julie Englefield, Executive Director, Australian Dance Council, Ausdance (QLD) Inc
- John Godwin (copy) Executive Chair Inspiring Brighter Futures Foundation – previously Fair Go Australia Foundation
- Tahina Booth, Founder & CEO, Grass Skirt Project
- Jen Ramamurthy, Director and Secretary, Pickleball Australia Association
- Scott May, President, Toowoomba Returned and Service League Sub Branch Toowoomba
- Jeremy Hunt, President, The VacSeen Project
- Samuel Walker, Treasurer – Management Committee, SPELD Qld Inc
- Catherine Reade, Director, Outreach Crawford Fund
- Marie Carvolth, Chairperson, Australian Parents for Climate Action Ltd.
- Paula Sale, President, Western Districts Netball Association
- Jeannet Kessels, Chairperson, Veterinarians for Climate Action
- Wendy McPate, Non-Executive Director of the Asset Management Council Ltd Board, Asset Management Council Ltd
- Jacqui Price, Chair, Food & Agribusiness Network Limited
- Yasmin Sethi, People & Culture Manager, AusCam Freedom Project
- Jesse O’Hara, President, Cairns Water Polo Inc
- Matthew Campbell, Company Secretary, Australian Collaborative Education Network Limited
- Claire Mihala, Prof of Infection Prevention and Vascular Access, Intensive Care Foundation
- Georgia Williams, Director and Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, Softball Queensland Inc
- Katelin Haynes, CEO, Hepatitis Queensland
- Wendy Avilov, General Manager, Flinders Quartet Inc.
- Kate Williams, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Everyone Deserves Music
- Isabelle Nehme, Non-Executive Board Director & Chair of the Nominations Committee, The Australian Medical Students’ Association Limited
- Andrea Frost, Board Director, The Red Rose Foundation
- Marie-Claire Cull, Company Secretary, Apunipima Health Council
- Nathan Taiaroa, Director, Mwembe Foundation Australia
- Angela Ellis, Executive Director, Hospital in the Home Australasia Society Ltd
- Kylie Bradley, CPSS Board Member, Soil Science Australia
- Katie Grehan, CEO and Founder, VirLoop Limited
- Carly Baker-Burnham, Managing Director & Founder, The Rex Monto Ltd
- Jessica Bean, Inaugural Chair & President, Patient Voice Initiative
- Shantel Netzler, Board Secretary & Chairman Girls Rugby Subcommittee, Brisbane Junior Rugby Union Inc.
- Laurie Weeden, Vice-President, Australian Curling Federation
- Eric Allgood, Chief Executive Officer, Indigenous Plumbing and Sanitation Foundation
South Australia
- L.E. Varo, Chair of the Board, South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Inc (SARAA)
- Rebecca Young, Chief Executive, Access2Arts
- Erin (Mimi) Crowe, Advocacy Director, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
- Amanda Macri, Board Member & Treasurer, Vitalstatistix
- Mark Anderson, President, Conservation Council of South Australia
- Rhen Soggee, Executive Director & Co-CEO, Ex Officio Board Member, ActNow Theatre
- Alison Deslandes, Director, Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
- Victoria Cornell, Board Director, Australian Association of Gerontology
- Gemma Burdon, General Manager, Zahra Foundation Australia
- Floyd Bullen-Nicholas, Board member, Cystic Fibrosis South Australia
- Rosamond Gilden, Chair of Orthoptics Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Group, Orthoptics Australia
- Anthony Pryzibilla, Operations Manager- South and Central Australia (RFDS) and Intensive Care Paramedic (SAAS), Ambulance Service Welfare Fund
- Amanda Grocock, Chair, Writers SA
- Gildi Carty, Chief Executive, Life Education SA, Life Education SA
- Professor Mark R Hutchinson, President-elect, Science & Technology Australia
- Nathan Mercurio, National Program Manager, Rural & Remote Mental Health (RRMH)
- Samantha Sturm, Head of Fundraising & Marketing, Allan Campbell and WCH House Inc (trading as Ronald McDonald House Charities South Australia)
- Kathy Sharrad, Operations Manager/Communications Manager, CureCell Ltd
- Eloise Hall, Managing Director, Co-Founder, TABOO Period Products
- Linda Taylor, President, Riding for the Disabled Association South Australia Inc.
Tasmania
- Zoe Bok, Team Leader / Acting CEO, Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania
- Kate Allingham, Non-executive director, Hamlet Inc
- Craig Mackinnon, Director, Surf Lifesaving Tasmania Surf Life Saving Tasmania
- Catherine Doran, Director of Strategy and Development, Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
- Kate Griggs, Manager – Community Engagement, Health Consumers Tasmania
- Abi Binning, Executive Director, Wide Angle Tasmania A Fairer World
- Simone James, Non-executive Director, Selfhelp Workplace
- Michelle Dolbey, Manager, Seafood and Maritime Training
- Peter Stronach, Acting CEO, Landcare Tasmania Inc.
- Anthony Edler, Director, Tasmanian Bike Collective Inc.
Victoria
- Daniel Whykes, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Camp Melbourne Cooperative Ltd
- Tina Brunet, Board Member, Foothills Community Care
- Paula Nassif, Non-Executive Director, Osteoporosis Australia (trading as Healthy Bones Australia)
- Rowena Thiele, Board Treasurer and Chair Audit and Risk Committee, Emerge Women And Children’s Support Network Inc
- Rory Martin, Company Secretary, Australian Passive House Association Limited
- Tina Daisley, Chair of the Board, Platform Youth Arts
- Kevin Mao, National Executive Development Director, UN Youth Australia
- Rashmi Kumar, Board Director, Switchboard Victoria
- Stephane Shepherd, Deputy Chair of the Board, Afri-Auscare
- Sarah Witty, Non-executive board member, Permanent Care and Adoptive Families (Vic)
- Nadine Liddy, Co-Chair, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC)
- Hannah Britton, Board Director, Deaf Victoria
- James Lolicato, CEO, Pride,up Pride Cup
- Bianca Le, Executive Director, Cellular Agriculture Australia Ltd
- Thu-Trang Tran, CEO, Volunteer West
- Michael Browne, Executive Director, Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place
- Fiona Purcell, CEO, Outer Eastern Local Learning & Employment Network, OELLEN
- Tiffany Lucas, Non-Executive Board Director and Secretary, Dancehouse Inc
- Sabina Curatolo, CEO, Impact Investing Australia
- Jean Darling, Founder and Managing Director, Commune and Co Pty Ltd TA, Cirque du Soil
- Kate Halford, Director, Little Big Steps
- Suzie Bratuskins, Executive Officer, The Water Well Project
- Jane Carney, Chair, Landcare Victoria Inc.
- Sarah Hill, Executive Committee Member, Girl Guides Victoria
- Tamara Dawson, Founder & Director, Melanoma & Skin Cancer Advocacy Network (MSCAN)
- Elyse McInerney, Board Director and Chair of the Development and Policy Sub-Committee (DPSC), The Oaktree Foundation
- Cate Edwards, Non-executive Director, Dolphin Research Institute
- Kathryn Davies, Non- Executive Board Director, Skate Australia
- Winnie Blackwell, Director, Australian Calisthenic Federation
- Therese OBeirne, Project Manager Solve Disability Solutions
- Philippa Brear, Board member, Committee of Management; Convener, Fundraising & Communication Subcommittee, Assisi Aid Projects
- Sonya Rand, Board Director, Alliance for Water Stewardship Asia-Pacific
- Hannah George, Executive Officer, Mary Ward International Australia
- Tessa Ramanlal, Cofounder & Non Executive Director of Anika Legal, Anika Legal Ltd
- Matthew Thompson, Head of Strategy, Now and Not Yet Inc.
- Gavin Watson, Executive Officer, Diamond Valley Community Support Inc
Western Australia
- Alan Beattie, Chief Executive Officer, Noongar Land Enterprise Group
- Rhiannon Assetta, Director, Australian Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
- Debbie Dowden, Interim Chair, Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance
- Monica Smith Gooley, Treasurer / Board Member, Citizen Advocacy Perth West Inc
- Melissa Grove, Non-Executive Director, Connectgroups Support Groups Association WA INC
- Livia Carre, General Manager, The West Australian Music Industry Association Inc
- Aish Srinivas, Board Member, United Way Western Australia
- Leena Bakshi, Member of Management Committee, Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre
- Kristen Pyrz-Brown, Board Director, Great Southern Centre for Outdoor Recreation Excellence GSCORE
- Felicity Bradshaw, Chairperson, Geocatch
- Ashleigh Small, Founder / CEO, Hello Initiative
- Martina Ucnikova, Founder and Chair, She Runs WA
- Georgina Hall, Non-Executive Director, Legacy WA
- Akaiti James, Ordinary Board Member, Endometriosis Western Australia Incorporated
- Felicity Edwards, State Treasurer, Country Women’s Association of W.A. (Inc.)
- Daiva Gillam, Secretary, board member, Karratha Business Enterprise Centre Incorporated
- Janine Carter, Chair of Committee of Management, Radio Margaret River
- Crispin Underwood, Board Member – Board of Directors, Nature Conservation Margaret River
- Matthew Pham, Board Director, Byford & Districts Community Development Services Limited T/A Bendigo Bank Byford & Districts
- Susan Swift, Business Development Manager, The Grief Centre of WA
- Stuart Tomlinson, CEO, Multicultural Futures.
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