SDN Children's Services Inc. Annual Report 2010

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Board attendance Number of meetings attended during the year to 30 June 2010 Name Year joined Board A B EBM* EBM† Finance A B Kirsty Albert BA(Hons) LLB USyd Susan Salter (President) Susan Braham (Vice President) 2005 6 6 Y 12 13 2001 6 6 Y 6 7 Kirsty joined the SDN Board in February 2010 and continues a long family association with SDN. Her great-grandmother, Mrs Orwell Phillips, was one of the earliest Presidents and served on the Executive for 42 years; and her grandmother, Barbara Selby, was a Vice President and is now a Life Member. Kirsty is also a member of the Governance Committee. Kirsty has more than 10 years’ experience in human resource management and corporate law within Australia and India. She worked as a Senior Associate with Corrs Chambers Westgarth, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate and commercial law before moving into human resources. More recently she worked as the Human Resources Director for the Assetz Property Group in India with responsibility for setting up and leading the HR function. Kirsty has three young children and is actively involved in the school and local community. Trevor Robinson BCom(Accounting) LLB UNSW Trevor Robinson joined the SDN Board in November 2009. Now retired, Trevor is a qualified solicitor having previously been a partner for 20 years with Clayton Utz, the major Australian law firm. At Clayton Utz Trevor specialised in banking and financial services. He also has extensive experience in corporate law and corporate governance. Trevor is a member of SDN’s Finance Committee. He is a member of a local soccer club, and is on the executive of the P&C and an active participant in a wide variety of activities for a local public school. Jenifer Longworth Diploma of Decorative Arts Jenifer joined the SDN Board in October 1987 and is SDN’s longest serving Board Member. She is also a member of the Nominations Committee. She is a long-time Private Company Director and Secretary. Jennifer has more than 36 years’ experience in child care and development and has been influential in SDN’s strategic direction and evolution for more than two decades. Jenifer first joined SDN in 1974 as a member of the Forest Lodge Committee, on which she served several terms as President. This made her part of the Executive Committee (the Board equivalent in the 1980s) and the Finance Committee. Jenifer also served two terms as the Vice President of the SDN Association, which became SDN Children’s Services in the 1990s. Jenifer has remained a Board Member since its formation. She has visited several child care centres in Sweden, USA, Canada and Shanghai. Darren Mitchell (Vice President) Kirsty Albert 2010 3 3 Ruth Armytage 1992 6 6 1996 4 6 Y 9 13 Kerry Bennett 2003 3 3 Y Effie Bland 1991 6 6 Y Y Theresa Collignon 2009 5 6 Tony Gall (Treasurer) Genevieve Kirton 1989 2 3 2006 4 6 Y Y 12 13 Jenifer Longworth 1987 4 6 Y Ann Mitchell 1988 2 3 Trevor Robinson 2009 2 3 Y 8 9 Cathy Sherry 2009 5 6 * October 2009 † April 2010 A = The number of meetings attended. B = The number of meetings held during the time the Director held office during the year. Ms Susan Braham resigned as President in February 2010. Ms Susan Salter was elected as President in February 2010. Ms Kirsty Albert and Mr Trevor Robinson joined the Board in February 2010 and November 2009 respectively. Mr Kerry Bennett, Mrs Genevieve Kirton and Mrs Ann Mitchell resigned from the Board in November 2009. 42 SDN Annual Report 2010
SDN Child and Family Services’ Board of Directors The SDN Child and Family Services Board was formed in December 2008 following the establishment of SDN’s subsidiary company SDN Child and Family Services Pty Limited. The subsidiary company is responsible for government program contracts and the Board ensures we responsibly meet the conditions of our contracts. It comprises three SDN Children’s Services Board Members and one external member (all non-executive members) as well as our CEO, Ginie Udy (executive member). The current Child and Family Services members are Ruth Armytage AM (Chair), Tony Gall, Darren Mitchell, Sonya Pearce and Ginie Udy. In 2009–10, the Board met five times. SDN Child and Family Services Pty Limited has PBI and DGI status. Sonya Pearce BEd(Adults) MEd(Adults), Associate Diploma of Education (Aboriginal) UTS Sonya joined the Child and Family Services’ Board in July 2009. She is an Aboriginal woman from the Goreng Goreng nation of Queensland. Sonya is a Senior Lecturer/Director of Indigenous Programs and teaches in Community Management, Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney. As Director of Programs, Sonya has overseen the development of a joint degree in Adult Education and Community Management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Sonya is a PhD Candidate whose doctoral work is on Aboriginal Women Entrepreneurship and Social Change. Sonya was awarded the UTS Teaching and Learning Award in 2006 for her work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Faculty of Business. In 2007 she was awarded a Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning — Sustained and scholarly leadership of courses, teaching and student support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Sonya has also received a UTS Human Rights Award for her work with Aboriginal women tackling violence in Aboriginal communities. SDN Annual Report 2010 43
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