Patron:
Her Excellency, Professor Marie R. Bashir AC, Governor of NSW.
Board of Directors
Chair: Rosalind Strong chairs the Sydney Community Foundation, a public philanthropic fund where donors combine their gifts to build a growing and permanent endowment for the benefit of the community of Greater Sydney. Ros has served as Chair of a number of not for profit and non-government organisations including Museums and Galleries NSW, UNIFEM Australia, the Asthma Foundation of NSW, and the University of Sydney Union Foundation. She has been a member of a wide range of other government and not for profit Boards, including the Australia Korea Foundation, the NSW Board of Adult and Community Education, and the National Training Board.
Ros worked for 35 years in the NSW Public Sector, retiring as Director of the NSW Heritage Office in 2002. Her previous position was Assistant Director General in the Department of Education and Training Co-ordination.
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Directors
Phillip Black is a Councillor of the City of Sydney and the Lord Mayor's nominee on the SCF Board. Phillip is a Surry Hills businessman in the tourism industry. In 1993 he helped to establish the South Sydney Heritage Society. He is currently a Governor of the Centennial Parklands Foundation and formerly a Trustee on the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust. Phillip is a long-time advocate for protecting built heritage and open space.
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Michael Hogan is the Managing Director of Hogan Advisory, a recently formed public relations consultancy. Michael is a highly experienced public relations practitioner with broad client experience in Australia and New Zealand.
Michael has worked in his own consultancy and within corporate public relations companies for the past 15 years. Prior to this he held executive public affairs and communications roles in the Australian Telecommunications industry and Australian cricket.
His working experience, both as client and service provider, traverses the environment movement, SME sector, Government policy advisory and liaison - state and federal, political advisory, the aboriginal sector, financial services and investor relations, legal services, the tertiary education sector, venture capital and property portfolios.
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Lisa Hudson is the Chief Executive and Publisher of Fairfax Magazines and is one of the most senior women in Australian publishing today. In her role she is responsible for six titles across Sydney and Melbourne with a combined readership of nearly 5 million people.
Lisa has worked on Fairfax magazines since creating and launching the(sydney)magazine as Editor in 2003. Since joining The Sydney Morning Herald 12 years ago, she has edited the Travel and Good Living sections, and co-edited The Good Food Guide for three years. She is a member of Fairfax's Editorial Board, created to shape the strategy for the development of Fairfax newspapers.
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Heather Kent is a founding member of Sydney Community Foundation. Her career spans twenty years in the corporate arena, mostly running IBM Australia's national security business, as well as work for community organisations serving children, family welfare, advocacy and philanthropy.
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Carole-Anne Priest is a lawyer with extensive experience as a solicitor and advocate, particularly within the insurance industry, both in Australia and internationally. She was the NSW Telstra business woman of the year in 2007 and the 2007 NSW Hudson Private and Corporate sector award winner. Carole-Anne also has a long history of volunteer work, most recently with Vincentian Village in East Sydney, where she established a free legal service for homeless people, and has also done some work in the counselling of refugees. Carole-Anne is a Director of and honorary legal adviser to the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway.
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Justine Waters is the Head of Health Leadership for Bupa Australia Group (comprising MBF Australia and Bupa Australia) where she is responsible for the planning, development and delivery of Group's strategic directions in health leadership in the health care sector and public health arena. Her portfolio also includes the MBF Foundation. Justine joined MBF in 2006 as the Head of the Office of the Chief Health Medical Officer where she was supporting the Chief Medical Officer and Business to achieve its vision of being the national thought leader in health and wellness.
Justine has over 15 years diverse health experience as an academic, researcher, strategic planner, policy-maker and senior manager. She has held senior positions in public, private and not-for-profit organisations.
Prior to joining MBF, Justine was on the senior executive team of the then Northern Rivers Area Health Service (NSW Health) as Director, Population Health, Planning and Research. During her over twelve years in NSW Health she also held senior management positions in the areas of population and public health, corporate communications, health policy and reform as well as research and development.
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Helen Wiseman is a Chartered Accountant and has spent 21 years both in the UK and Australia advising large multinational corporations. Helen spent 14 years at KPMG including at partner level where she specialised in corporate tax in the energy and resources sectors.
Helen is deeply committed to serving the Australian community. Helen is Chair of Shine for Kids, a community-based organisation that supports children of prisoners. Helen is also a director of the Melanoma Institute of Australia. Helen is a former volunteer telephone counsellor and is currently completing a Bachelor of Science in psychology, complementing her financial skills and business experience.
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The Sydney Community Foundation would like to thank all the past Directors for their invaluable contributions and dedication to the foundation. We would not be where we are today without their incredible support.
Sally Treeby
David Rosenbaum
Moksha Watts
Gambhir Watts
Bruce Christie
Lucy Brogden
Dennis Doyle
Andrew Richards
Elsa Atkin
Graham Bradley
Christopher Breach
Bill Downing
Michael Gill
Marcelle Hoff
Wendy McCarthy AO
David O’Connor
Neville Roach
Alex Smith AM
Bob Sutton
Lynette Thorstensen