Community Contributions

  • Roger Hunt

    Scout Leader, Subiaco Scout Group WA

    Recipient of Governor General Award 2013

    Scouts Australia provides young Australians aged 6 to 25 with fun and challenging opportunities to grow through adventure. Scouts Australia has around 66,000 members, making it the largest youth movement in the nation. No other organisation offers such a diverse range of activities for young people across such a wide range of ages.

  • Gary Ayre

    Board of Management, Kevin Heinze GROW

    Kevin Heinze GROW provides horticultural therapy programs for children and adults with disability or disadvantage. It is the largest and longest running horticulture-based therapy and recreation program in Australia.

  • Doug Golden

    Non Executive Director, Round Square Pty

    Round Square is a UK registered charity that promotes in young people a commitment, beyond academic merit, to personal growth, and responsibility through service to others and through practical, experiential learning.

  • John McKinstry

    Founder and Director, M Institute

    The M Institute provides M-Growth Businesses with a unique partnership approach that can help guide and resource their transformation, project by project, to deliver quick wins for today and sustained growth that builds wealth for tomorrow.

  • Andrew Jones

    President, Rotary Club of Belmont (Past)

    Rotary International has over 1.2 million members in most countries. The organisation has been operating for over 100 years and is for business people to make a difference in their local communities and world wide.

    Director, APCO Foundation

    The vision for the APCO Foundation is to have all 22 APCO sites; employee’s (500) and Franchisee’s (18) working cooperatively and collectively to make a big difference to a worthy cause…..in this way we’ll get greater exposure for the charity or program, extra reach and will have the potential to raise substantial funds for the programs of our choice to make a big difference in our local communities.

    Director, Corangamite Financial Services Ltd

    Backed by Australia's fifth biggest retail bank, Anglesea & District Community Bank® Branch offers access to award-winning financial products and services, and is committed to returning profits to our local communities.

  • Lance Chia

    Non-Executive Director, Community Transport Central Coast Ltd.

    Community Transport Central Coast are a leading provider of safe, reliable and diverse services for the community. They provide door-to-door transport for people in the community who are "transport disadvantaged" for any reason, including financial disadvantage, health, lack of mobility or remote location.

    Mentor, CSIRO ON Prime

    ON Prime is a pre-accelerator program that helps research teams validate their research and discover a real world application for it. It provides an opportunity to test paths for IP, know-how or tech through a process of customer discovery and market validation, and help unlock the entrepreneurial nous required to take an idea to the next level.

  • Greg Garrihy

    Chair, SBC - Southern Adelaide Connections

    ERBA is a Southern Adelaide business association aiming to foster and promote business through networking; shared knowledge, ideas and resources.

    SA Chairman and Federal Council Committee, IICA - Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation

    IICA is the leading Australian organisation which seek to set the Benchmark, provide Networking and Education to the Instrumentation, Control and Automation Industry.

  • Stuart Diggins

    Past President, Rotary Foundation Director, Rotary Club of Willetton

    Part of Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Willetton has been active in the community since 1982 and serves the local, national and international communities to have a positive impact on people’s lives.

    Club members are involved in many community projects in the areas of vocational, community, international and youth service.

  • Mark Dalton

    Director, Rotary Club of Maroondah

    Part of Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Maroondah (formerly Ringwood) has been active in the community since 1969.

    Club members are involved in many community projects in the areas of vocational, community, international and youth service.

  • Derek Stott

    Director, Anglesea SLSC

    Since 1952, Anglesea Surf Lifesaving Club (ASLSC) has been an active member of the local community, patrolling the beaches, providing sport and recreation, skill development and offering frontline first aid and emergency services.

  • Ron Andrews

    1st/2nd Ocean Grove Scout Group

    I'm part of the biggest youth, environmental and peace organisation in the world. Ocean Grove is a fantastic place to give young people the skills to navigate what is becoming a more and more complex society.

    Board Member, Volunteering Geelong

    In working with Volunteering Geelong, I hope to contribute to a community that will experience a 30+% growth in the next 20 years.

  • John Etherington (retired)

    President and Treasurer, National Heart Foundation (VIC)

    The Heart Foundation saves lives and improves health through funding world-class cardiovascular research, guidelines for health professionals, informing the public and assisting people with cardiovascular disease.