2006-2007 Annual Report - Disability Services Commission

1.2 Operational Structure
Ms Allan-Zinner is the Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability representative on the
Board. Term expires September 2008.
Ms Wendy Dimer has experience in the delivery of services to Aboriginal people
with a disability and has worked closely with staff from the Disability Services
Commission in Kalgoorlie to improve services. She has direct experience as a carer
of a person with disability and has direct and recent experience in the delivery of
services to people with a disability outside the metropolitan area. Term expires
May 2009.
Dr Shayne Silcox is the CEO of the City of Belmont. He started his career as a
heavy duty motor mechanic, and went on to achieve a PhD in Management and
Marketing, a Masters of Commerce, a Post Graduate Diploma of Management and a
Bachelor of Business, plus other supporting diplomas and certificates. Term expires
November 2009.
RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS
Ms Sarah Jarman is a qualified social worker who has worked at the Town of
Vincent as Senior Community Development Officer and held a social worker position
with the Centre for Cerebral Palsy (formerly Cerebral Palsy Association of WA).
Ms Jarman is currently working towards her Masters in Human Rights. She resigned
July 2006 to take up her current position as Principal Officer (Disability Access) with
the Disability Services Commission.
Ms Norma Josephs holds a Bachelor and Masters of Social Work and a Certificate
in Health Care Management. She has worked in Canada and Australia in
rehabilitation, human resource management and disability. Ms Josephs is currently
the Director of the Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors. She
has personal experience of a disability.
Ms Josephs was the Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability representative on the
Board. Retired June 2006.
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