Strategic Plan
MCF has developed a plan to assist MCF achieve its strategic direction to 2012.
The plan incorporates the key MCF initiatives;
1. Community of Donors
2. Knowing Communities
3. Funds Development
View the Strategic Plan 2009-12
The Board
MCF is governed on a voluntary basis by a distinguished group of men and women from all walks of life and reflects a broad range of skills and community experience. Members include lawyers, accountants, philanthropists, finance experts, community workers, CEOs and company directors.
All
Board members contribute financially to the operations of MCF and more than half the
Board members and their families or companies are donors with either sub-funds or gumnut accounts.
Chris Lovell (Chair) LLB. BA. LLM – Joined MCF
Board 2005. National Managing Partner, Holding Redlich
Director, Clemenger Communications Ltd, Victorian Railtrack Authority
Trustee,
Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust
Jodie Baker LLB (Hons) BA - joined MCF Board 2009
Research Analyst, Evans & Partners Pty Ltd
Sandra de Wolf, AM BA (Hons) Monash, DipSocStud, FAICD, FAIM, PBAS - Joined MCF Board 2008
Chair, Families Australia
Board Member, Greatconnections
Board Member and Secretary, Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia
Member, Victorian Children’s Council, Victorian Child Death Review Committee, DHS/VCOSS Human Services Partnership Implementation Committee.
Annie V Duncan PhD - Joined MCF
Board March 2006
Director, Shipley Consultants
Board Member, Scope
Peter Griffin AM B. Comm - Joined MCF Board 2004.
Chair, Karara Capital Ltd.
Director, Rothschild Australia Ltd, Global Mining Investments Ltd, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Inc.
President, Cancer Council Victoria
Jo Grigg BA – Joined MCF Board 2007
President, Friends of The Elms Inc.
Committee Member, Amenity Tree Health
Peter Hero BA, MC, MBA (
USA) - Joined MCF Board 2007
Senior Advisor, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Lecturer, Stanford University Business School
Chair, World Bank Advisory Committee on global community foundation development
Tim James B. Bus Dip Fin Pla, CFP - Joined MCF Board August 2009
Financial Adviser - UBS
Greg Larsen BCA (NZ), FCPA – Joined MCF
Board 2005.
Executive Mentor
Member, VicRoads Audit Committee
Karen Mahlab B Econ – Joined MCF
Board 2001.
Director and CEO, Pro Bono Australia, Mahlab Group
Trustee, National Council of Jewish Women Foundation
Ian McHutchison, OAM LLB – Joined MCF
Board March 2006.
Director and CEO, Adult Multicultural Education Services
Committee Member, Indigenous Leadership Fellowship, Disability Attendant Support Services Inc
David Murray BA, DipCrim, MA - Joined MCF Board August 2009.
Executive Director - Youth Substance Abuse Service, Member – Minister’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health, Victorian Drug and Alcohol Prevention Council, Victorian Children’s Council, Juvenile Justice Roundtable and Youth Parole Board
His Honour Judge David Parsons SC LLB (Hons) - Joined MCF Board 1997.
Judge of the County Court of Victoria
Director, Koorie Heritage Trust, Australian Community Support Organisation
Member, Indigenous Leadership Fellowship, Law Council of Australia Indigenous Affairs Committee, Victoria Bar Council Indigenous Legal Issues Committee, Victorian Bar Council Readership Committee, Judicial Officers’ Cultural Awareness Committee
Casey Tan BCom, Mmgt, FCA, FAIM, FIPAA, FAICD - Joined MCF Board 2007
Director - CiTiConsulting Pty Ltd, Entitlements Consultancy Sdn Bhd
Elana Rubin BA(Hons), MA, FFin, FAICD, FAIM - Joined MCF Board August 2009.
Non-Executive Director Australian Super, Chair – VicTrack, Victorian WorkCover Authority, Director – Industry Superannuation Property Trust, Tower Australia, Transport Accident Commission, SecondBite, Bravura Solutions, Hotel, Tourism and Leisure Trust of Australia, UniSuper, Development Australia Fund
Marion Webster OAM BA Monash, DipSocStud , Senior Fellow City
University of
New York – Joined MCF
Board 1997.
Director, WWW Communications Pty Ltd, Almalia Pty Ltd, Fitted for Work, Manukau Community Foundation (NZ)
Vice Chair, Changemakers
Australia
Patron, Education Foundation
Australia
Trustee, Philip and Vivien Brass Foundation
Executive
- Chief Executive Officer - Sarah Davies
- General Manager - Andrea Heffernan
- Manager Community & Donor Services - Trudy Wyse
- Administration & Donor Support Officer - Raz Babic
- Office & Grant Support Officer - Leonie Mugavin
Sub Committies
- Audit Committee
Hugh Parkes (Chair)
Chris Arnold
Hayden Raysmith
Casey Tan
- Communications Committee
Annie Duncan(Chair)
Chris Lovell
Jo Grigg
Marion Webster
- Finance Committee
Ian McHutchison (Chair)
Jodie Baker
Michael Gilmore
Peter Griffin
Tim James
Elana Rubin
Casey Tan
- Grants Committee
Karen Mahlab (Chair)
Sandie De Wolf
- David Imber
- Jo Grigg
Trudy Wyse
Jill Reichstein
- Governance Committee
David Parsons (Chair)
Annie Duncan
Chris Lovell
Marion Webster
- Professional Advisors Committee
Greg Larsen (Chair)
Chris Arnold
Sue Dahn
David Gibbs
Ian Granter
Heather Gray
Tim James
Karen Mahlab
Bernard Marin
Ian McHutchison
Sarah Robinson
Stuart Rose
Andrea Watson
MCF Ambassadors
- Michael ANDREW
Chair KPMG Victoria, member KPMG's National Board and International PI Committee. Michael is a board member of the Committee for Melbourne, PARK Indemnity, The Melbourne Prize, Chair Lauriston Girls’ School, the Dowd Foundation and a trustee of CEDA. Michael is also a member of the Victorian Government’s Financial Regulatory Advisory Committee.
- Connie BENN AM
Founding board member of MCF. Has held a number of senior positions including Deputy Director General of Community Services Victoria. Professor of Social Work,
Melbourne University.Was awarded the Order of Australia (Health and Education) in 1995. Concetta has 40 years of experience as a caseworker, researcher, social policy development worker, teacher, administrator and social change agent.
- Clare CANNON
Founding donor and founding board member of MCF who has a passion for the environment, helped establish Earthwatch Australia and serves on the Sustainability Committees of St Catherines and Geelong Grammar.
- Rev. Tim COSTELLO
Lawyer and Baptist minister, CEO World Vision Australia and from 1995-2003 Exec Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for-profit organisation that provides outreach services and hospitality to the city’s street people. Tim is one of Australia’s leading voices on issues such as urban poverty, homelessness, problem gambling, reconciliation and substance abuse.
- Carol des Cognets
Former MCF Board member
- David C L GIBBS AM
Founding board member of MCF; past chair of ANZ Trustees; board member of Felton Charitable Trust.
- David I GIBBS
Founding MCF board member. David is Assoc. Director, Mutual Trust Pty Ltd, Councillor Mittagundi Outdoor Education Centre, Chair Audit Committee, City of Glen Eira, Audit Committee, Freemasons Victoria; Chartered Accountants Advisory Group (Victoria) and Director of Resolute Financial Advisory Services Pty Ltd. and Abbottsford Convent Limited.
- Janine KIRK AM
Executive Director Committee for Melbourne since 1995. Janine holds positions on a number of private sector boards and State Government management committees and councils.
- Ellen KOSHLAND
President and founder of the Education Foundation. Deputy Chair of Vic Schools Innovation Commission and Director of Pilotlight Australia. An author of a children’s book and an historical chronicle.
- Louise MYER
Founding director of the Myer Community Fund and served on the MCF board. Louise has many years of experience working in philanthropy with the Myer Foundation, Asia Link Centre
- Elizabeth PROUST
CEO ESANDA, previous CEO City of Melbourne; head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
- Hayden RAYSMITH
Founding chair of MCF, Chair, Abbotsford Convent Foundation, Chair of Hobsons’s Bay Community Fund, Advisory Committee, past Director of the Victorian Council of Social Service
- David SCOTT AO
Commissioner of the SECV from 1983 to 1992 Chair of the Land Conservation Council and the Power Line Review Panel. His previous positions include Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Director of Community Aid Abroad and President of the Australian Council of Social Service.
- Fiona SMITH
Chair of the Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria. Over 20 years legal and governance experience across Fed and Stat tribunals, government agencies and not-for-profit sector. Extensive experience in social justice and disability issues and is an accredited mediator. In 2003 Fiona was awarded a Centenary Medal for her contribution to the Vic Justice System.
MCF Structure
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