Board of Management

Ralph Leutton

President

MSc (UQ)

Ralph is a self-employed lobbyist, facilitator and trainer. He sits on a number of National Boards representing the vocational education and training, methane capture and storage and intensive livestock industries. Ralph is the President of Port Fairy Mens' Shed and a Moyne Shire Councillor.

Ralph has vast experience in management, research and teaching.

Terms of Appointment: 1.07.2010 – 30.06.2015

Board Committees: Audit  and Risk, Executive Remuneration & Governance, Executive, Strategic Working Group.

Peter O’Keeffe

Senior Vice President

Peter is the Facilities Manager at South West College of TAFE. Peter’s interests include Folk Festival-Construction Crew (30 years), Red Cross- Disaster Relief Plan (Water purification) and golf .

Terms of Appointment: 01.11.95 – 30.06.15

Board Committees: Audit and Risk, Executive, Occupational Health & Safety (Chair), Strategic Working Group (Chair), Executive Remeration and Governance.

 

Charlie Blackwood

Junior Vice President

Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Sydney University), MACV Sc

Charlie is a Partner in the Warrnambool Veterinary Clinic located in Port Fairy. President of Port Fairy Consolidated School Council.

Terms of Appointment: 25.11.04 – 30.06.15

Board Committees: Executive, Audit and Risk.

 

Michael Gunn

Treasurer

B. Ecs

Terms of Appointment: 1.7.12 - 30.6.15

 

Geoff Youl

President Recreational Reserve Committee and Trustee Port Fairy Public Cemetery Trust; President Yambuk Community Inc and Secretary Yambuk Tenting Erecting Committee (Port Fairy Folk Festival). Geoff is a primary producer based in Yambuk.

Terms of Appointment: 01.01.00 – 30.06.13

Board Committees: Strategic Working Group, Executive Remuneration and Governance, Murray to Moyne (A major fundraising event).

 

David Ryan

BA, LLB

David is a Solicitor. In addition to his own legal practice, he works as a solicitor for South West Community Legal Centre and the Department of Human Services as a Disability Worker.

David is a volunteer with Community Connections, committee member of the Multicultural Development Unit and a member of the Kurri Kurri Co-operative and Friends of the Pallister’s Reserve.

Terms of Appointment: 01.11.95 – 30.06.13

Board Committees: Governance, Quality and Risk, Clinical Governance, Murray to Moyne.

 

Richard Walter

Richard is a Director of Health Super Pty Ltd and Independent Chair of the Moyne Shire and Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority Audit Commitees. He is a former member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Terms of Appointment: 1.07.08 -30.6.14

Board Committees: Audit and Risk, Executive Remuneration and Governance (Chair).

 

Kerrie Robertson

 

Dip Applied Social Sciences- Welfare Studies, Assoc Dip Family Therapy

Kerrie provides the Board with allied health expertise and is a Social Worker and Family Counsellor in private practice.

Terms of Appointment: 24.10.02 - 30.6.15

Board Committees: Governance, Quality and Risk, Occupational Health and Safety.