Link In Board Members and CEO
  President Dr Douglas McConnell
  • PhD in Business Administration - Stanford University
  • Founder of national research organisation specialising in consumer and advertising research
  • Held various executive positions within the Stanford Research Institute in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Consultant to companies such as: the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency; The Price Commission for Nixon White House; American Express; Shearson Lehman Brothers; Midland Bank; Standard Oil of Indiana; Exxon; California Milk Advisory Board; Saarbergwerke AG; South African Breweries; and Alleghany Ludlum Industries
  • Senior executive positions with Sungene Technologies, California
  • Employer and business owner
  • Author of over 17 major reports and publications
  • Contributing author to 5 other publications

  Vice President Dr Valerie Lewis
  • PhD in Psychology - Canada and the USA
  • Establish the first graduate diploma in counselling psychology at Curtin University
  • Valerie established a private practice as a clinical psychologist and continued to teach post graduate courses at universities in Queensland and West Australia
Treasurer Gary Sherlock
  • Bachelor of Business Studies B.Bus (Accounting)
  • CPA; Executive Management Program – Stanford University; Group 100 Incorporated; Australian Institute of Company Directors; Finance and Treasury Association Ltd
  • Has held a number of senior national and international executive management and Board positions throughout his career
  Secretary Jock Robertson
  • Bachelor of Laws  LL.B 
  • Solicitor and Attorney
  • Senior partner in a large non-metropolitan legal firm within a career in law spanning some 30 years
  Member George Dalzeill
  • Bachelor of Laws  LL.B 
  • Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1963
  • Practised as a Solicitor for 43 years
  • Served as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council of Scots School in Bathurst
  • Appointed to the Board of the Bathurst Base Hospital and served terms as Vice-Chairman and Chairman 
  • Chairman of a District Board, controlling seven hospitals and four health care centres
  • Vice-Chairman of the Mid-West Health Service in NSW, controlling thirty hospitals and twenty health care centres
  • Served on many other Boards and Organisations in Bathurst

  Member Earl Bailey OAM
  • Earle Bailey was a senior Television and Radio Journalist for over 25 years working in both Australia and the UK
  • He won two Logies
  • He was also a Member of the Queensland Parliament and a Councillor in Douglas Shire
  • Earle was Managing Director of Dalford Productions which made several series for the Seven Network
  • He was a Board Member of the Royal Queensland Theatre Company and a member of the University of Queensland Senate.
  • He was the founding Chairman of the Queensland Variety Club
  • He received an OAM for services to Charity, Media and Government
  Member Megan Bidencope
  • Masters in Applied Science M.App.Sc
  • Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Managing Director of Bidencope Consulting Pty Ltd
  • Managing Director of United Injury Management Service
  • Managing Principal and Regional Manager, Client Engagement for Right Management
  • Megan has held senior management team roles in a global consulting organisation in which she was accountable for the total revenue generation across Australia and New Zealand
  • Over the course of her career she has also been involved in the development and delivery of global assignments, including working with clients in Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand  
 

Chief Executive Officer Kaye Deeley

  • BSocSc (Sociology and Community Work)
  • Kaye has a strong background in disability issues and services going back to being an activist for the rights of people with disability incarcerated in state institutions in the late 1970's
  • Pivotal in the development of the Queensland Alliance of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability, the peak body for community mental health services in Queensland
  • Kaye is particularly knowledgeable in the area of governance and management practices and provides advice and mentoring to other community organisations. She is also popular and entertaining keynote speaker
  • Kaye is on several state and national Boards and peak bodies
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