Our Board

Board Chair

Maria is a lauded human rights advocate and champion of diversity and gender equality. She holds extensive experience and expertise, particularly around the rights and meaningful inclusion of women from migrant and refugee backgrounds in policy and system reform.

Deputy Chair

Margaret is a qualified Social Worker who has been working in the not-for-profit community services sector for the last 35 years, across many different settings including family counselling, community health, community legal services, and advocacy and rights organisations.

Board Treasurer

In her professional career of over 20 years, Tania has led finance, IT and business service functions across the education and health sectors. She is currently Corporate Services Director at Family Planning Victoria.

Board Director

Elizabeth (Libby) has had over 30 years’ experience in a broad range of professional settings in education, community rehabilitation, community health, primary health and service system reform through the primary care partnership sector.

Board Member

Janet has held key leadership roles in effective organisations for over 30 years. Janet’s experience in the human services sector includes work in child, youth and family services, relationship and counselling services, homelessness, family violence, community legal sectors, AIDS Councils and universities. Janet’s current role is CEO of Refuge Victoria.

Board Member

Sue-Anne Hunter is a proud Wurundjeri and Ngu rai Illum Wurrung woman and the Deputy Chair and Commissioner of Australia’s first truth telling process – the Yoorrook Justice Commission. She is an Adjunct Professor of Global Engagement at Federation University and a member of the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice Advisory Board.

Board Member

Zione is a lawyer, social entrepreneur, Broadcaster and Executive. She is the co-founder of Incubate Foundation and founder of Community Builders Lab. She has experience in systemic, structural and organisational change, and has worked at Victoria Police, Womens Legal Service, Victoria Legal Aid, the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and now works as a Director within the public service.

Board Member

Nesreen is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights, an organisation committed to addressing gender inequality and advocating for the rights of Muslim women and girls in Australia.

Board Member

Dale has been the CEO of GenWest since 2022. A social worker by trade, Dale has a long history of working in health, disability and family violence sector. For around last 20 years she has lived and worked in Mparntwe Alice Springs with leadership roles in family violence and politics.