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Our Board

Cafs is governed by a team of dedicated Board members who focus on high-level strategy, oversight, and accountability of the organisation. 


John White 

Chair

 

MAICD, MRICS, FFin, AAPI, BBus (Land Economy), Grad Dip. (app Fin Inv)

 

 

 

 

Year appointed 2016

Gary Hevey RFD

Deputy Chair & Secretary

 

LL.B (Hons), LL.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year appointed 2022

Gabby Howlett

Treasurer

 

B Business (Accountancy), Australian & New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (Member), Registered Tax Agent of the Tax Practitioners Board of Australia 

Year appointed 2022

Karen Heap OAM

 

 

Chief Executive Officer – Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative (BADAC). 

 

 

 

Year appointed 2020

Andrew Henwood

 

MBA, Dip Business Accounting, Cert IV Community Services (Employment)

 

 

Year appointed 2023

Jayne Ferguson

 

BA Psychology and Sociology, Grad Dip (Counselling and Human Services), Cert Business Excellence

 

Year appointed 2020

Sharelle Knight

 

B Arts, B Social Work, Grad Dip Human Services Administration AICD Graduate

 

 

Year appointed 2022

Teresa Tjia

 

BSC Hons (UWA), MSc (UWA)

 

 

 

 

Year appointed 2023

Cherie Salmon

 

B Arts Education, Grad Dip Special Education, Grad Dip Social Science (Human Services – Counselling)

 

Year appointed 2023

Jeff Pulford

 

Grad Dip, Public Policy, Deakin University

 

 

 

Year appointed 2023

Emma Vogel cropped photo smiling at the camera

Emma Vogel

B. Engineering Hons (Mining),
B. Commerce (Economics and Finance)

Year appointed 2024

 

COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS  

  • Kim Halbert-Pere
  • Heather Stewart
  • Jane Measday
  • Jayne Ferguson (Chair)
  • Julia Pannan
  • Karen Heap OAM
  • Kevin Zibell
  • Wendy Sturgess
  • Serena Eldridge
 
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