Life Education Australia annual review 2O1O - Hunter Life Education

National Board of DirectorsTony Hasham AM (Chairman)Tony first met Ted Noffs, founder of LifeEducation, in 1975. He was chair of LifeEducation in NSW for two years and adirector since 1992. He became NationalChairman in 2005, before which he wasCEO - Asia Pacific India Division of amajor international company. Tony hasbeen involved in Variety, the Children’sCharity for 30 years and held thehonorary positions of National ChairmanAustralia and Vice President of theWorld Body, Variety International.Rear Admiral (Rtd) AL Hunt AOTony joined the Board in 1996 as DeputyChairman. He is a Councillor of the RoyalHumane Society of NSW, President of theSydney Maritime Museum, Vice-Presidentof the Royal United Services Institutionof NSW, a Councillor for the AustralianSociety of Defence Engineering and theParish of St Canice.The Hon Alan G Cadman OAMAlan held the seat of Mitchell for 33years until 2007. He became ChiefGovernment Whip and ParliamentarySecretary for Workplace Relations andSmall Business. He was ParliamentarySecretary and Shadow Minister forImmigration & Ethnic Affairs. He is nowa chairman and member of severalbusiness and charitable boards.The Hon Robert J Ellicott QCBob was admitted to the NSW Bar in1950. He held a number of FederalMinisterial portfolios including AttorneyGeneral and Minister for Home Affairs &Capital Territory. He is a member of theCourt of Arbitration for Sport for theOlympic Games. He worked closely withTed Noffs and has been involved withLife Education since its beginning.Dr Mary FoleyMary is the National Health PracticeLeader for PricewaterhouseCoopers.Prior to this, she was Chief Executiveof St Vincent’s & Mater Health Sydney,held senior corporate positions withMayne Nickless Limited; has been asenior public servant with the FederalPublic Service and NSW Department ofHealth; and the Deputy Chancellor ofthe University of Western Sydney. Maryjoined the board this year.Stephen KeltonSteve became Chairman of LifeEducation in SA in 2007. He has been adirector of TAFEs and Executive Directorof Human Resources for DEET SA. Hiscommunity involvement is extensive,including volunteer work for St Vincentde Paul.Charles KingCharlie has been a sport broadcasterwith the ABC since 1994. Based inDarwin, he commentates on localsports. He coaches Australian Rules andis also the coach of the NT Women’sAustralian Rules team. He joined LEA’sboard in 2008.Mike McAuliffeMike holds a BA (Psych) and is ownerand manager of Braeco Sales. He hasbeen a member of Rotary for 25 years,Chair of all Service Committees, ison the District Drug Abuse task forceand is Chair of the Wheelchairs forKids Management Committee. He hasserved on the WA board for 12 years,becoming Chairman in 2010.Chris MortonChris is Deputy Chairman of ASX listedproperty company, Trinity Limited, havingoriginally started his career as a solicitorand becoming a partner of internationallegal firm Phillips Fox. He currentlyholds positions as a trustee of BrisbaneGrammar School and a director of RowingQueensland. Chris was a past presidentof the Property Council of Australia(Qld). He is Chairman of Life Education inQueensland.Clare PayneClare joined the board in 2005. Shehas a degree in Communications andLaw, manages the Integrity Office ofan Australian investment bank, is aConsulting Fellow at St James EthicsCentre, a Vincent Fairfax Fellow forEthics in Leadership and a Davos FutureSummit Leadership Awardee. Clare hasraised much money for Life Educationthrough marathon swimming and is aHealthy Harold graduate!Professor Alan Rice AMAlan joined the Board in 2004. He hasextensive experience in curriculum andmanagement in both the school andhigher education sectors and was theformer Dean of the Australian Centrefor Educational Studies at MacquarieUniversity. He is a member of severaleducational and charitable boards.Paul SiviourPaul is a senior executive in the PrivateBank of Investec Bank Australia.Formerly a partner of Ernst & Young,a Director of their Corporate Financepractice for 11 years and a member ofthe Board of Partners of Ernst & YoungAustralia, Paul holds a BEc, Accountingand Finance, ACA and GraduateDiploma from FINSIA. He joined LifeEducation’s board in 2009.Lynette Thurnham AIMMLyn is managing partner of ThurnhamTeece Advertising. In 1984 she wasinstigational in setting up Life Educationin the Hunter. In 1987, Life Educationin the Hunter received NBN Telethonfunds which were used to build a fourclassroom centre on land from theState Government. Lyn was on the LifeEducation state board in NSW from1997-2001 and joined the NationalBoard in 2005.John WaterhouseRetired Chairman & Managing Directorof Fabergé Australia Pty Ltd, Max FactorAustralia Pty Ltd and Yves RocherAustralia Pty Ltd, John was a foundingmember of Variety Tent 56 and is aretired Variety board member. Hehas been involved in many charitableassociations including the SpasticCentre.Paul Wheelton OAM,BComm, CPA, FAIMPaul joined Life Education in Victoriaboard in 2001 and is Chairman of LifeEducation Victoria. He is involved inmany charities and is committed tohelping people in third world countries,including three orphanages in Bali. Heis Chairman of the Budget Rent a CarLicensee Advisory Council and MD andowner of the largest Budget Rent a Carfranchise group in Australia.19