Australian Communities Foundation is governed on a voluntary basis by a distinguished group of men and women from all walks of life. The Board reflects a broad range of skills and community experience. Members include lawyers, accountants, philanthropists, finance experts, community workers, CEOs and company directors.
All Board members contribute financially to the operations and more than half the Board members and their families or companies are donors with either a sub-fund or gumnut account.
Marion Webster (Acting Chair) OAM BA Monash DipSocStud Senior Fellow City University of New York Joined Board 1997
Chair, Fitted for Work Director, Almalia Pty Ltd, Arts Access Ltd, Manukau Community Foundation (NZ) Committee Member, Changemakers Australia
Trustee, Philip and Vivien Brass Foundation
Sue Dahn BCom MBA Grad Dip Applied Fin & Investment FFin FAICD FASFA FSCPA
Joined Board 2010
Partner/Executive Director, Pitcher Partners
Director & Chair, Investment Committee AGEST
Chair, Investment Committee, Essendon Football Club
Sandra de Wolf AM BA (Hons) Monash DipSocStud MSW AASW FAICD FAIM
Joined Board 2008
CEO, Berry Street Victoria, Board Member, Great Connections
Board Member & Secretary, Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia, Member, Victorian
Children’s Council, Victorian Child Death Review Committee, DHS/VCOSS Human
Services Partnership Implementation Committee
Annie Duncan PhD
Joined Board 2006
Director, Shipley Consultants
Board, Fitted for Work, Hepburn Springs Swiss and Italian Festa, Slow Food Central Highlands Convivium, Bendigo Science Centre
Jo Grigg BA Joined Board 2007
President, Friends of The Elms Inc
Committee Member, Amenity Tree Health
Peter Hero BA MA MBA (USA)
Joined Board 2007
Lecturer, Stanford University Business School
Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Chair, World Bank Advisory Committee, Global Community Foundation Development
Tim James BBus DipFinPla CFP
Joined Board 2009
Executive Director, UBS Director, Hanover Welfare Services
Karen Mahlab BEcon
Joined Board 2001
Founder and CEO, Pro Bono Australiam, CEO, Mahlab Group,
Director, Jewish Aid Australia, Trustee, National Council of Jewish Women Foundation
Ian McHutchison OAM LLB
Joined Board 2006
Board Member, Fellowship for Indigenous Leadership, Urban Communities Limited, Eva Tilley Memorial Home
David Murray BA DipCrim MA
Joined Board 2009
Director, Youth Partnerships,
Secretariat, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
His Honour Judge David Parsons SC LLB (Hons)
Joined Board 1997
Judge of the County Court of Victoria
Director, Koorie Heritage Trust, Australian Community Support Organisation, Fellowship of Indigenous Leadership
Committee Member, Law Council of Australia Indigenous Affairs, Fellowship of Indigenous Leadership, Victoria Bar Council Indigenous Legal Issues Committee, Judicial Officers’ Cultural Awareness Committee
Casey Tan BCom Mmgt FCA FAIM FAICD FIPAAV PHF
Joined Board 2007
Director, Chatham Power Pty Ltd, MoneyScout Pty Ltd, Entitlements Consultancy S/B
Sub Committees
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