Board Member

Board Member - Concern Australia

January 2012 – October 2017

Concern Australia works with vulnerable young people and children, aged 5-25 years, creating opportunities for them to enjoy full and meaningful lives. I was proud to have served time on the Board here and had the opportunity to help shape and grow the ways in which we were able to impact the lives of those young people and children who came into contact with our services.

Key Responsibilities

• General duties of board member (governance, compliance, risk management), including monthly board meetings and a range of other leadership and networking opportunities.

• Serving on a range of subcommittees.

• I served one year as Secretary and two years as Chair.

Achievements

• As I became Chair, our existing 5 year strategic plan was coming to an end. I oversaw an organisational review and development of new strategic plan.

• As Chair I had to oversee the recruitment of, and transition to, a new Chief Executive Officer.

• As Chair, with the endorsement of the Board, I implemented significant cost reduction measures as well as sourcing new areas of funding to solidify the organisation's financial stability.

• During my time, particularly as Chair, I helped to re-engage with key donors and supporters to continue supporting our programs.

• My time on the Board was marked with a number of updates and revisions to organisational policies which had not been reviewed in a number of years. I helped advocate for a number of internal and external audits to ensure our organisation was operating to the highest standards.