The Board
MCF is governed by a distinguished group of men and women from all walks of life and reflects a broad range of skills and community experience. All Board members perform their duties on a voluntary basis and contribute financially to the operation of MCF. A number of Board members and their families are also MCF donors.
- Marion Webster OAM (Chair) BA Monash, Dip Soc Stud Melb, Senior Fellow City University of New York - Joined MCF Board 1997.
Director, WWW Communications Pty Ltd, Director Almalia Pty Ltd a thoroughbred horse breeding enterprise, Patron, Education Foundation Australia, Trustee Philip and Vivien Brass Foundation, Board Member DEAC Inc, 45 Downstairs, Academia Arcadia and Founder, Fitted for Work.
- Chris Arnold B. Com MBA - Joined MCF Board 2002
CEO WHK Armitage Downie - a total financial services company He is also a board member of Philanthropy
Australia and
Christ
Church
Grammar School.
- Sam Chandler - Joined MCF Board 2006
CEO of Nitro PDF Software, a leading PDF software company with offices and operations in the
US ,
Australia , Europe and
Asia . Sam is on the advisory board of Brocon Ltd, a Cambodian property acquisition and development company. Sam is currently completing a Bachelor of Business at
RMIT
University and has studied capital markets at
Politecnico di Milano ,
Italy .
- Annie V Duncan PhD - Joined MCF Board March 2006
Director, Shipley Consultants, Newsletter on CSR. Board Member, Scope
- Peter Griffin - B. Comm Melbourne - Joined MCF Board 2004.
Consulting Director, NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd, President, GMI, The Cancer Council of Victoria; Director, Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Inc; Board Member, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Chairman of Investment Sub-Committee, Director, Global Mining Investment Ltd
- Jo Grigg - Joined MCF Board 2007
- Peter Hero (USA) - Joined MCF Board 2007
Peter Hero has recently retired as CEO the Silicon Valley Community Foundation but remains with the Foundation as Special Advisor. Peter is the founding Chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service Foundation and is on the Board of several other foundations.
He chairs the World Bank Advisory Committee on global community foundation development and has been working in Central and Eastern Europe to create a network of community foundations. He lectures at Stanford University Business School and is engaged in a wide range of other philanthropic and arts related activities.
- Greg Larsen B. Comm & Admin FCPA, BCA (Wellington) - Joined MCF Board 2005
Chair Professional Advisrors Committee Business Consultant. Chair Homeground Services. Previously, CEO of CPA Australia; Chairman and Managing Director of BP New Zealand
- Chris Lovell LLB. BA. LLM - Joined MCF Board 2005
National Managing Partner, Holding Redlich lawyers, Director, Clemenger Communications Ltd, Director, Victorian Railtrack Authority, Trustee, Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust
- Karen Mahlab B Economics - Joined MCF Board 2001
Founder, Pro Bono Australia, Managing Director, Mahlab Group, Trustee, National Council of Jewish Women Foundation
- Ian McHutchison LLB - Joined MCF Board March 2006
General Manager Social Enterprises and Organisations Services, Brotherhood of St Laurence. Committee Member, Sir Doug Nicholls Fellowship and Fitzroy and Carlton Credit Coop; Director, Community Sector Bank Limited and Community 21 Limited; Director, Disability Attendant Support Services Inc, Director, Adult Multicultural Education Services.
- David Parsons LLB (Hons) SC - joined MCF Board 1997
Judge David Parsons of the County Court of Victoria.
Director, Koorie Heritage Trust; Aboriginal Stolen Generations Board - Victoria; Sir Douglas Nicholls Fellowship; Member, Aust Law Council Aboriginal Sub Committee; Vic Supreme Court Committee for Koorie Education and Victorian Board Readership Committee
- Jacqueline Phillips - joined MCF Board 2008.
National Brand and Campaigns Manager (Financial Planning), ANZ Banking Group
- Jill Reichstein OAM. BA (Hons) - Joined MCF Board 1998
Chair, Reichstein Foundation, Board Member: Koorie Heritage Trust, Community Support Fund, Community Advisory Council Australia Centre - Melbourne University, Trust for Young Australians, Royal Melbourne Hospital Ethics Committee; Member, Philanthropy Australia, Indigenous Affinity Group; Board Member Changemakers; Member, Steering Committee Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network
- Casey Tan - Joined MCF Board 2007
Fellow of several professional/community bodies; including Foundation Fellow of The Australian Institute of Company Directors, Paul Harris Fellow, prior Board responsibilities with The Australian Institute of Management (Vic & Tas) and The Institute of Public Administration (Vic). Business interests in Australia & Malaysia.
- Mike Zafiropoulos BA (Science) - Joined MCF Board 1999
General Manager, Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Melbourne, joined MCF Board 1999, Board Member, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital; President, Regional Arts Victoria Member, Australia Day Committee (Victoria).
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
- Finance Committee
Ian McHutchison (Chair)
Peter Griffin
Casey Tan
Peter Walsh
Michael Gilmore
- Communications Committee
Chris Lovell (Chair)
Annie Duncan
Jo Grigg
Marion Webster
Mike Zafiropoulos
Sam Chandler
- Grants Committee
Jill Reichstein (Chair)
Mike Zafiropoulos
Karen Mahlab
- Governance Committee
David Parsons (Chair)
Chris Arnold
Chris Lovell
Marion Webster
- Professional Advisors Committee
Greg Larsen (Chair)
Chris Arnold
Sam Chandler
Sue Dahn
David Gibbs
Tim James
Karen Mahlab
Stuart Rose
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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