Richard Bluck

Richard is the Founding Executive Director of Leadership Victoria, an independent nonprofit organisation which develops and enhances leaders across all sectors via the: Williamson Community Leadership Program; ExperienceBank; SkillsBank; Board Orientation Series; Leadership Workshops and Roundtables.  He has held senior appointments in tertiary education, the Defence Force and volunteer organisations at state and national levels.  Currently he serves on the board of the School for Student Leadership and the National Executive of the Federal Government’s Defence Reserves Support Council.

Peter Burns 

Peter Burns is currently Chief Executive of YMCA Victoria; an organisation committed to building strong people, strong families and strong communities. 

With a Masters of Professional Education and Training, a Bachelor of Education and a Graduate Diploma of Exercise for Rehabilitation, Peter is a "jack of all trades". Peter's career with the YMCA spans fitness instruction, aquatic education, youth work, education and community development.  Peter is dedicated to fostering connection between people, encouraging social inclusion, and promoting empowerment, health and wellbeing. 

Peter and his family live in Melbourne.  They enjoy an active community life with current involvement in two local sporting clubs, the local school, arts and music events, community fundraising, and the best volunteer run community festival in the universe.

Scott Chapman

Chairman

Scott Chapman is currently Chief Executive Officer at Royal Flying Doctors Service, Victorian Section. His previous role was as General Manager Strategic Projects, Victorian YMCA and previous to that, as Director, Commerce and Marketing at the City of Melbourne. Scott has had extensive experience in board directorship particularly in the not for profit sector; he is currently Chairman of Outdoor Education Group,  VicSuper Murray River Marathon and Strategic Purchasing P/L and a Director with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. Scott is passionate about the value of simply being outside, and that our parks are a major asset in personal health and wellbeing.

Gaye Hamilton 

Gaye Hamilton started her career with 18 years of secondary science, maths and biology teaching in the Victorian State Schools system, reaching the Principal class prior to resigning and changing careers in 1989.

Gaye then was Assistant Director at Melbourne Zoo and then Director of Werribee’s Open Range Zoo before moving to Scienceworks as Director in 1996. In 2002, Gaye became Director of Museum Operations with Museum Victoria, responsible for Scienceworks, Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building, the position that she retired from at the end of 2004.

Gaye now undertakes a range of contract and consultancy work and is a Director of; the Western Bulldogs Football Club, Seaworks Foundation, the Victorian Government’s State Sports Centres Trust, Zoos Victoria and Victoria’s Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust.

Alan Howe

Alan Howe is the Executive Editor of the Herald & Weekly Times newspaper group that publishes Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper.
 
He has spent more than three decades working on newspapers and has held senior posts on leading international titles including The Times and Sunday Times in London, The New York Post and The Australian.

Tina Leonard

Tina is a senior commercial lawyer with a focus on the "TMT" industries - technology, media and telecommunications. Tina's most recent role was as special counsel with the intellectual property and communications group of Blake Dawson. She is currently acting as in-house legal counsel for Enterprise Business Services, an IT outsourcing company owned by the Singapore Power group, and is a Director on the Destination Melbourne Board. Tina and her husband also own and operate boutique accommodation properties in Red Hill and St Kilda.

Robert Pascoe

Secretary

Robert Pascoe is the Managing Director of Closed Loop, a joint venture he established with Visy Industries in October 2001. With extensive experience in both the packaging and recycling industries over the past 15 years, Robert has developed the Closed Loop concept into being a successful waste management system which has been adopted by many organisations in Australia and the UK.

In addition to being Managing Director of Closed Loop Environmental Solutions and a director of Closed Loop Recycling in the UK - Robert is currently a judge for the Banksia Environmental Foundation judging the Prime Ministers Environmentalist of the Year Award as well as being a member of the Banksia Advisory Board. He is a director of the Sydney Swans Football Club and founding director of the Sport for the Environment Foundation.

Jenny Holliday

CEO

Jenny Holliday was most recently the Executive Director of the Victorian Olympic Council and was responsible for developing and implementing strategic programs to promote the Olympic Movement across Victoria. Prior to joining the Olympic Council, Jenny was Program Manager with the Olympic Job Opportunities Program at Ernst & Young and was a teacher at Caulfield Grammar School as Head of Girls Sport. Currently, Jenny is Chair of Softball Australia.

Outside of work Jenny was an Australian Softball representative from 1985 - 1998 including being a member of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Bronze medal winning team.