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Mr Mark Orr, President
A former senior executive in the State public sector and psychologist with a long history working with people with disabilities. Past member and Co-chair of the New Mardi Gras board. |
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Ms Kate Connors, Vice-President
9 years experience in public sector policy advice and analysis. Currently employed as a lawyer with the Australian Law Reform Commission. |
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Mr Jason Bradshaw, Treasurer
Has over 14 years experience in the banking, finance and retail sectors and currently oversees the delivery of operations to the corporate and government clients of a leading telecommunications company. Twice nominated as Young Queenslander and Young Queensland Manger of the Year, Jason has a solid track record of community involvement ranging from mentoring university students through to volunteering with ACON and the Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby. |
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Jeremey Hutton, Secretary |
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Mr Rod Bruem
Rod Bruem is a communication specialist with 21 years experience in journalism, politics and media management. Currently employed as a corporate relations manager for Telstra. He has a keen interest in rural and regional issues and services. |
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Mr Garrett Prestage
Senior Lecturer at National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, & Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex Health & Society, with twenty-five years experience researching gay and lesbian community and health issues. |
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Ms Siri Kommedahl
Has more than 16 years experience in IT business development and currently works as a financial and strategic development consultant. She has also chaired fundraising committees for several organisations including the Human Rights Campaign Federal Club, a 700,000 member civil rights organisation in the US which works to ensure equal rights for GLBT Americans. |
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Mr Scott Berry
President of Positive Life NSW. Previously ACON Client Services Director and Queensland AIDS Council HIV Services Director. Currently a manager with Carers NSW, the peak advocacy group for people with a disability. |
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Ms Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa has a background in psychology and psychiatric epidemiology. She began in research ten years ago and is currently a Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW. She has examined illicit drug markets across Australia, and is involved in national and international collaborative projects examining illicit drug use and its links with mental health as well as physical harms including overdose and infectious disease transmission. |
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Mr Joseph Jewitt
Joseph has more than 10 years experience working with HIV organisations spanning the community, government and research sectors. He also has significant senior health management experience in clinical service development, operational strategy and performance management. |
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Mr Andrew Purchas
Currently working as a senior executive in the financial services sector. Andrew has significant commercial experience in business process redesign, change management and risk management. |
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Mr Jonathan Stambolis
Jonathan Stambolis is a lawyer with Clayton Utz with experience in corporate law, banking and international humanitarian law. He is also director of a number of private-sector corporations. |
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Mr Anders Neilson, staff representative
Anders has been employed at ACON for the past 3 years, he is currently the coordinator of CSN. He brings with him extensive experience working in various roles within the Community Services Sector. |
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Ms Stevie Clayton, CEO
4.5 years as Deputy Executive Officer of ACON and 5 years as CEO. Long history of involvement in community based organisations. |