Moorambilla
MOORAMBILLA VOICES AMBASSADORS
Perform a crucial role in helping us generate support for our candidates and the program.
Ms Jennifer Aaron
Nursing
Jennifer has a background in nursing, Industrial Relations, organisational and cultural change and was an international negotiator and mediator for 12 years. She is a member of the Leadership team of the Leichhardt Annandale Business Chamber and the Leichhardt Residents Precinct Committee. A successful business owner Inner West Sydney for 26 years, is a donor, choir supporter and energetic networker.
Mrs Lee Hartigan
Founder,Artistic Director and Condutor of Moorambilla Voices
Suzanne is a trained teacher with 30 years’ experience in education and children’s services. She strongly advocates for community partnerships in children’s Education and Care. Suzanne has supported Moorambilla since its inception in a volunteer capacity and has extensive knowledge of program, partnerships and stakeholders. Suzanne is passionate about the power of working within a learning community to enhance and change lives. She is committed to the achievement of excellence in her business of school aged care provision for over 4000 children (Primary OSHCare), and through her wider involvement in the development of curriculum through TAFE NSW, liaison with social agencies, sponsorship and support of community events. Primary OSHCare are currently establishing a research project with Macquarie University and are in partnership with Max Employment to place and train long term unemployed people in supported workplaces
Mr John Clark
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An experienced management consultant and social researcher as director of Decided Advantage, former Marketing Manager with Unilever, and senior lecturer in Marketing at Sydney University, John is a Fellow of the Australian Market and Social Research Society. He is skilled in research design and data interpretation, and in the use of evidence by senior decision-makers in the public and private sectors. In NFP governance, John is past chair of forestry company Tilba Lake Community and a former director of Good Beginnings Australia, for whom he developed board objectives, comprehensive governance policies, and corporate marketing strategy.
Mr Mark Ferguson
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Mark Ferguson is currently weeknight presenter for Seven News in Sydney. He was previously a senior news presenter with Nine News Sydney, presenting the weeknight news bulletin. Ferguson was one of nine children. He and his wife Jayne (a successful publisher) have three children (Jack, Ted and Paddy). He is passionate about World War II Aviation and is known to frequent Bankstown Airport. He got his start interviewing veterans in Georges Hall and hopes to one day write a biography of Simpson the Donkey man. Ferguson was a Goodwill Ambassador for the Good Beginnings charity organisation. He is known affectionately as ‘Fergo’ by friends and television presenters Lisa Wilkinsonand Karl Stefanovic.
Ms Sue Kingwill
CEO
CEO of Contact Inc (Contact) a leading Australian charity helping to address the impacts of isolation for children, families and communities, working across all child, family and children’s sectors, providing service delivery in ways that best ft local child and family need and designed to improve outcomes for children (see here). Sue has a wide range of community, regional, government and philanthropic connections./p>
Ms Patria Jafferies
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Ms Jafferies has a strong background in business, the arts and events, and is an outstanding contributor to Australia. She was named National Telstra Business Women of the Year in 2000 as co-founders of Dome Coffees Australia.Ms Jafferies has has served on various boards including the Reserve Bank of Australia subcommittee, Cullen Wines, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Creative Partnerships Australia, Barking Gecko Thetre Co, Volunteering WA, Solaris Care and the Land Valuers Licensing board. She also chaired the Small Business Development Corporation for fve years.Kirsty McCahon: We welcomed Kirsty McCahon in 2018 as a Moorambilla Voices Ambassador. Born in Carnarvon, WA, and educated in country Victoria, Kirsty is now one of Australia’s leading double bassist. She has been a member of many signifcant and well known orchestras, internationally and well as within Australia. This includes as the Principal Bass with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for 20 years as well as a founding member of the AustralnWorld Orchestra.Kirsty has already worked closely with Moorambilla Voices – most recently providing her exceptional talent and skills in supporting Michelle as part of the ensemble for the Hillary Clinton Sydney performance and the MAXed OUT Company recording sessions – and has been a strong advocate for the organisation since her involvement with events. We are delighted to have Kirsty accept an Ambassadors position and join the team.Ms Elizabeth Stanley: Beth Stanley came to Moorambilla in 2013 as the International Educational Observer. Beth has been in education for 37 years mainly in the United States. She continues to lend her services to Moorambilla as an Ambassador and is seeking ways for Moorambilla Voices to be a sustainable organisation for the future.
Ms Barbara Wellesley AM
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Barbara has a long and successful career in child and youth health services planning and management, in policy development and program evaluation and extensive clinical experience in community child, youth and family health and well being. As a former NSW child health policy advisor, and Child Health Manager for Orana and Far West Health Region her work has covered urban, rural, remote and indigenous communities. She was Co-Founder and National Director of Good Beginnings Australia, now a division of Save The Children. She has served on ministerial and departmental advisory committees. She has experience in collaborating with corporate Australia, the NFP sector and major service organisations. Currently a director of Contact Inc., a director of Perinatal Infant Research Institute (PIRI), and Convenor of ARACY Early Years Chapter.