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Meet the Board

Michael Betts

Chair

Michael is a retired Chartered Accountant with over 37 years’ experience in public practice,... Read more

Dr. Joan Benjamin

Deputy Chair

Joan is a retired Academic, with over 40 years’ experience teaching at all levels of education,... Read more

Matthew Grapsas

Treasurer

Matthew is a fully qualified financial advisor with over 22 years in the financial services... Read more

Cheryl Woollard

Senior Executive with extensive experience in complex organisations, including multi-national... Read more

Fiona McIntyre

Fiona has worked in the Employment Services Industry since 1997 She has been with MatchWorks for... Read more

Dr. Louise Johnson

Louise is Professor of Australian Studies and Geography at Deakin University She has worked at... Read more

Rob Birch

Rob has been employed by Gforce Employment Solutions for 19 years and was appointed to the role of... Read more

Simon Tait

Simon is a commercial lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in the legal industry Simon has... Read more

Getting Started
with Getting Ahead

We are pleased to be offering Getting Ahead in 2019 in conjuction with the Cloverdale Community Centre. In Getting Ahead, participants investigate the impact low wages or dependence on Centrelink payments has on them and what it takes to move from just getting by to getting ahead.

Getting Ahead is different from other learning experiences. Participants are not told what to do or think but are encouraged to become investigators of their own lives, to dig for the facts and not settle for the obvious answers. Investigators look for the truth and become experts at what they’re investigating.

What Getting Ahead participants discover usually leads to a brighter assessment of the future and their place in it.