The Ella Centre Board Members

Rev. Graeme Tutt (secretary)

Graeme has been the Minister at St David’s Uniting Church since mid 2005. Prior to that he worked as a School Chaplain, which followed a 7 year period on the staff team of the Anglican Church in Redfern, including the role as Board Secretary of the Factory Community Centre.

 

 David Pigott (chair)

David holds a senior strategic and advisory position with Mission Australia, one of Australia’s largest national community services organisations. He is also a director of ChildFund Australia and elder at St David’s Haberfield. He has previously held senior advisory roles in the Commonwealth Government and NSW Premier’s Office.

Bob Matthews (treasurer)

 

Retired from Goodman Fielder on July 1, 2003 after 15 years at Goodman Fielder, where he was the Human Resources Director of its Edible Oils Division for 9 years and then of its International Division for 6 years. Bob has tertiary qualifications from UTS, RMIT and the Urban University in Rome, Italy.

Donna Bevan

Geoff Kerry

Geoff has been on the Board of Ella since 1988 and was Treasurer from 1988 to 1994.  He is a program manager working for the Commonwealth Bank. Geoff has a BComm/LLB (1983 - UNSW), MBA (1998 - MGSM) and has been a CPA (since 1989), FAIBF (since 2000)

Dr Philip McCrea

Philip McCrea has over 32 years experience in the Australian IT industry, spanning both academia and commerce. He is currently the CEO of a computer bureau at the Australian Technology Park. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of NSW (1975)

John Read

John is a retired engineer and a member of the St Davids Uniting Church Haberfield congregation.

Denise McNally

Denise works in the community sector and is a member of St Davids Uniting Church.

Christine Cleaver

Christine has a background in marketing and public relations. She is currently employed by the NSW Department of Education.

 Jeanette Sheehan