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Treasurer
Garry Matthews
Chief Executive Officer, Coffs Harbour Aboriginal
Family Community Care Centre Inc. (Abcare)
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
From the Eora nation of NSW, Garry Matthews has been CEO of Coffs Harbour
Aboriginal Family Community Care Centre since 1994. Garry has served on the
board of AbSec (NSW Aboriginal State Secretariat) since its foundation in 2000;
is the secretary of the Coffs Harbour Community Care Options; is involved in the
local Aboriginal Interagency Committee; and the Coffs Harbour Elders Committee.
Garry has a background in accounting and business management. Garry has
served on the SNAICC National Executive since 1999, and was Deputy Chairperson
— Child Welfare from 2009 until May 2011, when he was elected Treasurer.
Secretary
Desley Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, Cape York/Gulf Remote
Area Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Child Care
Advisory Association Inc. (RAATSICC)
Cairns, Queensland
Desley Thompson is a proud Mamu woman from Far North Queensland and is the
Chief Executive Officer of RAATSICC based in Cairns. RAATSICC is a non-government
organisation that has two offices: one in Cairns and the other in Mt Isa.
RAATSICC works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to ensure
the children, youth and families of Cape York and Gulf Communities plus
Yarrabah, Mossman and Palm Island have access to quality social services. Desley
has more than 23 years’ experience working with Cape York Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander communities and has been an active member of the SNAICC
National Executive for the past eight years. Desley has been involved in a number
of statewide groups and is currently on the Australian Government’s National
Children and Family Roundtable selected by the Minister.
Bill Pritchard
Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Child, Family and
Community Care State Secretariat NSW (AbSec)
Marrickville, New South Wales
Bill Pritchard is a Wiradjuri man from the central west of NSW, although he grew
up in Darug and Gundungarra country in the Blue Mountains near Sydney. Since
2007, Bill has been the Chief Executive Officer of AbSec, the NSW peak body for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. He has an extensive
history in the NSW public sector, including as an Aboriginal caseworker for the
then Department of Community Services and, later, as an Aboriginal Investigator
for the Department of Fair Trading, and as the Senior Aboriginal Programs Officer
for the ‘Community Justice Centres’ Aboriginal mediation project with the NSW
Government’s Attorney-General’s and Justice department. He has also previously
been Vice President of NCOSS (Council of Social Service of NSW) and treasurer on
the board of Link-Up NSW. Bill joined the SNAICC National Executive in May 2011.
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