People


Board of Directors

Position

Name

Chair

Rt Hon Ian Sinclair, AC

Secretary

Mr John Clark (Marketing Consultant)

Board Members

Mr Colin Green (Chartered Accountant)

 

Professor Graham Vimpani AM (Professor of Paediatrics)

 

Ms June McLoughlin (Early Childhood)

 

Ms Tonia Godhard  AM (Early Childhood)

 

Dr Karen Martin (Aboriginal Education & Early Childhood Education

 

Mr Hugh King (Consultant Lawyer)

 

Mr Mark Cubit (Philanthropist)

 

Mr John Perkins (Company CEO)

Honorary Board Advisor

Ms Jane Michie, Solicitor

Honorary Board Advisor

Ms Loretta Di Mento, Accountant (Treasurer)


Expert Reference Group

Status

Name

Aboriginal Representative

Ms Juanita Sherwood, School of Rural Health Northern Territory

Aboriginal Representative

Mrs Sally Gould, Aboriginal Reconciliation Queensland

ACT

Dr Sue Packer, Community Paediatrician

New South Wales

Professor Kim Oates AM
Charles Sturt University (Darwin)
Ms Gillian Calvert, Commissioner for Children and Young People

Northern Territory

Dr Barbara Patterson, Community Paediatrician
Professor Lesley Barclay, Chair Nursing

Queensland

Mrs Robin Sullivan, Director General Department of Child Safety

South Australia

Ms Nan Davies, Director of Nursing Children and Youth Health
Dr Dorothy Scott, Director, Centre for Child Protection University of South Australia

Tasmania

Professor Allan Carmichael, State Advisor Child Health Services

Victoria

Associate Professor Gay Edgecombe, RMIT Melbourne

Western Australia

Mrs Rosemary Cant, Evaluator Social Systems
Dr Trevor Parry, Community Paediatrician

National Office Senior Staff

Chief Executive Officer

Jayne Meyer Tucker

National Training &
Development Manager

Paul Prichard

National Programs Manager

Rebecca Barbagallo

National Sustainability Manager

Martin Bartlett

National Finance &                     Operations Manager

Jo-Anne Jenkins


Local Committees: Community and professional representatives from the local area provide support and advice to the Program Co-ordinator

Our Volunteers Good Beginnings volunteers are a group of dedicated community members who support Good Beginnings and the families referred to the program in a variety of ways. The Good Beginnings volunteers are critical to the success of our organisation

Our Professionals: Professionals are a group of highly skilled, committed workers from a variety of disciplines who provide the essential expertise to conduct the Good Beginnings program

Our National Patrons

Mrs Rosemary Sinclair AO - has worked tirelessly for the implementation and expansion of the Good Beginnings program and developed the Good Beginnings Foundation fundraising strategy

The Hon Warwick Smith - past Minister for Family Services and now a senior corporate executive, is a great supporter and advocate for Good Beginnings

National Goodwill Ambassadors

Shane Gould MBE

National Living Treasure, Olympic Champion

Sally Loane

Journalist, Author

Prof. Kim Oates AM

CEO, The New Children's Hospital Westmead

Mark Ferguson

Channel 9 Newsreader

Hugh Mackay

Social Researcher, Author, Journalist

 

Good Beginnings Program in association with a local agency

 

Ongoing support from the Good Beginnings National Office is available and all partner agencies are required to link into the Good Beginnings network. A Good Beginnings Agreement between the partner agency and the Good Beginnings National Office will ensure integrity of the program.

Good Beginnings Program managed by Good Beginnings National Office


A local community agency can enter into a joint venture with Good Beginnings. The program can be integrated into the established service system, using contacts of the agency. The program coordinator is employed by the agency to implement the Good Beginnings Program.

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