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Heather is a specialist charity lawyer and governance consultant. She brings more than 30 years of legal and industry experience in aged care, health and community services, affordable housing and philanthropy.
Heather has previously been Chair and a Board member of UnitingCare Queensland, and is an active member of the Uniting Church. She holds directorships with Uniting Vic.Tas, Australian Regional and Remote Community Services, the National Affordable Housing Consortium Ltd, Queensland Rail, and Children’s Health Queensland.
She is also a member of the Advisory Council to the Queensland Family and Child Commission and the Advisory Board to the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission.
Robyn’s diverse 25-year business consultancy career has included championing enterprise resource planning practices and pioneering the discipline of change management at Accenture as senior partner. She also has expertise in senior executive recruitment with a global search organisation.
Robyn is Chair of the Uniting Council Sydney North and was previously a Board member of Uniting Mission and Education. She brings deep knowledge and skills in program and project management, governance and risk, people and HR systems.
Robyn is active in the community through the Uniting Church and volunteers in Asia with Habitat for Humanity.
Anne has an extensive background working in senior management within private hospitals. She is a registered nurse with a postgraduate degree in Public Health, majoring in Health Services Management.
Anne has served on Uniting Boards since 2009, and has also chaired several University of Technology Sydney advisory and curriculum review committees for nursing studies. She is Chair of the Private Hospital Benchmarking Group and the Day Surgery Benchmarking Group, and is Board Treasurer for Family Drug Support.
Anne is Chairperson of the Uniting Board’s Care and Safety Committee.
Gillian’s career began with Shell Australia Limited before moving into executive roles in sales and operations at David Jones and Pacific Brands. She now consults in change management and leadership development.
Gillian is a partner in The Potential Project Australia, which has a charter for bringing mindfulness-based contemplative practices to the workplace to improve employee wellbeing, capacity and wisdom, and create a more sustainable world.
Gillian is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and her community work includes supporting women post-breast cancer, following her own treatment and recovery. She is Chairperson of the Uniting War Memorial Hospital Board.
Following 5 years as Associate Secretary of the Synod of NSW and the ACT, Jane became General Secretary in 2017.
Ordained as a Minister of the Word in 1995, Jane has since worked in various ministry settings, including congregational ministry, police chaplaincy and presbytery leadership. Her experience provides a broad perspective on the opportunities and realities facing the Uniting Church.
Jane believes that the Church’s 1977 Basis of Union remains as compelling and current today. Gathering people with passionate imagination, creativity and commitment to changing the world in God’s image is core business for the Church in these times.
Liz is a consultant with expertise in organisational behaviour and culture change. As Executive Director of SafetyWorks Group, she specialises in strategic approaches to managing health and safety and effective governance practices.
Liz is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and is a current member of the Hunter Committee of AICD.
She has previously held directorships on the Board of Leapfrog Ability (including 3 years as Chair), St Philips Education Foundation, and a Regional Board of UnitingCare.
Liz is Chairperson of the Board’s Mission, Governance and Collaboration Committee.
Following an early teaching career, Bronwyn joined the Victorian Uniting Church as Director of Justice and Social Responsibility. She managed the delivery of a broad range of health, social and educational services through more than 100 UnitingCare agencies.
Bronwyn was elected as a Minister to the Victorian Parliament in 1999, and held the portfolios of Housing, Aged Care, Community Services, Health and Education.
Bronwyn currently serves as Chair of Western Health, Chair of Uniting Vic.Tas and Chair of UnitingCare Australia.
Michael is a senior consultant experienced in client-centric design to create customer value and enhance brands.
In his roles at Australia Post and the NSW Department of Justice, he managed asset portfolios worth more than $1.5 billion, capitalising on under-utilised assets and reinvesting in new developments. He has expertise in stakeholder management regarding community and heritage assets.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Majoring in Finance, Accounting and Systems (UNSW), is a Fellow of the Australian Certified Practicing Accountants, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Michael is Chairperson of the Board’s Finance, Investment and Capital Committee.
Jane has over 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles with global IT companies and S&P/ASX50 corporations.
Her enduring interest in social justice started through volunteer work with Melbourne’s Brotherhood of St Laurence. Jane holds an MBA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
In 2006, she joined the Sydney Region UnitingCare Ageing Board and later became Chairperson. She has served on the Uniting War Memorial Hospital Board, as Chair, and on BoardConnect, a support service for Australian not-for-profit boards.
Jane retired from the Uniting NSW.ACT Board in March 2019.
Peter’s professional experience spans government, community and industry across service delivery, governance, compliance and regulation, complaints management, organisational structures and controls, purchasing, customer service, and conducting major reforms.
He has a passion for excellence in service delivery and regulatory compliance, and has worked as Executive Director at NSW Roads and Maritime Services, and in senior roles at the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, and the NSW Environment Protection Authority, and as a non-executive director. Peter holds Bachelor and Masters degrees as well as advanced management qualifications, and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors graduate course for Directors.
As CEO of mental health charity Aftercare, Andrew focuses on strong outcomes, evidence, innovation, collaboration and leadership development.
An engineer with a background in business strategy consulting for Andersen Consulting, Andrew’s first not-for-profit role was head of marketing for The Smith Family.
He was CEO of CanTeen Australia from 2004 to 2011, winning Equity Trustees’ Not-for-profit CEO First Year Achiever Award in 2005. He was also the CEO of multi-university partnership, the Centre for Social Impact, from 2012 until 2016.
Andrew is Chairperson of the Board’s Audit and Risk Committee.
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