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Marelle Thornton
AM, Dip Teach, MAICD - President
Mrs Thornton has been a member of the Board of Directors since October 1983.
Mrs Thornton is the President of Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Community Relations, Fundraising and Marketing Committee, Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee, and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Services Committee.
In December 2008, Mrs Thornton retired as a primary school teacher.
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Mark Bryant
MA, FCA, MAICD - Vice President
Mr Bryant has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 1997.
Mr Bryant is the Vice-President of Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee and a member of the Community Relations, Fundraising and Marketing Committee, and the Nominations and Governance Committee. He also serves as a board representative to the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
Mr Bryant has worked in public accounting for 35 years. He is currently a consultant to Ernst & Young. He also has several roles in the administration of football, as well as playing.
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Cain Beckett
BEC, MINTS, GAICD
Mr Beckett has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 2003.
He is the Chairman of the Research Committee and the Ethics Committee. He is also a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Services Committee, the Human Resources Committee, and the Nominations and Governance Committee.
Mr Beckett has been a member of the senior leadership team at Perpetual Corporate Trust for over 11 years. Prior to this, he was a successful management and technology consultant.
In 2011, Mr Beckett was appointed Chairperson of the Disability Council of New South Wales.
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Neroli Best
MBBS, FANZCA, MAICD
Dr Best has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 1994.
Dr Best is a member of the Services Commitee, the Research Committee and the Ethics Committee.
Dr Best is a medical practitioner specialising in anaesthesiology and holds appointments at Royal North Shore, Mater Misericordiae and North Shore Private Hospitals.
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Robert (Bob) G. Miller
MAICD
Mr Miller has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 1999.
Mr Miller is a member of the Community Relations, Fundraising and Marketing Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee. He also serves as a board representative to the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
Mr Miller is presently the Principal of Australia Street Consulting Pty Ltd where he advises the automotive industry, advertising agencies, telecommunications companies and others on marketing. He was previously General Manager - Marketing, Toyota Australia for 15 years.
Mr Miller is an Adjunct Professor teaching postgraduate students in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Business and Economics, and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
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John Sintras
GAICD
Mr Sintras has been a member of the Board since August 2009.
Mr Sintras is a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, and the Community Relations, Fundraising and Marketing Committee.
Mr Sintras has a young daughter with cerebral palsy and he was a Governor on the Council of Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation, a wholly owned entity of Cerebral Palsy Alliance.
Mr Sintras is the Chief Executive Officer of the Starcom MediaVest Group, one of Australia’s leading media communications agencies.
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Andrew Buchanan
PSM, MAICD, AIMM
Mr Buchanan has been a member of the Board of Directors since August 2010.
Mr Buchanan has recently retired after 8 years as Chairman of the Disability Council (NSW) the official advisory body to the NSW Government. Mr Buchanan has 40 years experience in broadcasting, communications and media, having spent his career at the ABC and now operates his own communications & media consultancy AB Communicates, and manages his winery at Queens Pinch Vineyard in Mudgee.
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Brian Williamson
Dip Law(SAB), M. Com (Deakin), Accredited Specialist in Employment and Industrial Law (Law Soc of NSW), MAICD
Mr Williamson has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 2002.
Mr Williamson is the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee and is a board representative on the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
Mr Williamson is the founder and owner of the specialist law firm - WilliamsonLegal - which deals with all aspects of workplace law and specialises in acting for employers. In 1994, Mr Williamson was one of the first five solicitors in NSW to become an Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law with the Law Society of NSW.
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Michelle Noort
RN, CCC, MHSc, Crt Public Sector Management
Michelle has worked in the public health sector for over 30 years across NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Michelle is currently the Director Operations Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.
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Alexandra Green
GAICD, Mechanical Engineering student, University of New South Wales and Paralympian
Miss Green has been a member of the Board of Directors since August 2011.
Miss Green is a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of New South Wales and shall complete her undergraduate degree by November 2012.
Miss Green is an Australian representative for para-cycling and adaptive rowing and is the 2012 Para-cycling World Champion in the women's C4 Individual Pursuit. Miss Green aims to represent Australia at the Paralympics for cycling in London 2012.
