Board of Management

Geoff Youl

President

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 – 30.06.10

Board Committees: Executive, Continuous Quality Improvement (Chair), Murray to Moyne (A major fundraising event)

 

Charlie Blackwood

Senior 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 – 30.06.11

Board Committees: Executive, Murray to Moyne

 

Susan Kewley

Junior Vice President

Diploma of Business Management and Diploma of Business (Human Resources)

Susan is employed by Moyne Shire as the Human Resources Officer and has experience in public sector Governance, Strategic Planning and Policy Development.

Member of the Moyne Shire Arts & Culture Committee and member of the Port Fairy Surf Life Saving Club and Port Fairy Book Club.

Terms of Appointment: 01.11.05 – 30.06.11

Board Committees: Executive Remuneration Committee (Chair), Marketing and Communications

 

Peter O’Keeffe

Treasurer

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 – 30.06.12

Board Committees: Audit and Risk (Chair), Executive

 

Eda Ritchie

A Mus A, Grad Dip Business

Board member of Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Melbourne University Publishing, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Hillview Quarries Pty Ltd. Trustee of the R.E. Trust and Council Member University of Melbourne . Formerly Chair of the Commissioners of Moyne Shire, Chair Rural Ambulance Victoria, and board member of the Rural Finance Corporation, Howard Florey Institute and Environment Conservation Council.

Terms of Appointment: 27.11.03 – 30.06.12

Board Committees: Executive Remuneration and Governance, Marketing and Communications (Chair)

 

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 – 30.06.10

Board Committees: Continuous Quality Improvement, 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 -30.6.11

Board Committees: Audit and Risk

 

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 - 30.6.11

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

 

Ralph Leutton

 

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 has vast experience in management, research and teaching.

Terms of Appointment: 1.07.2010 – 30.06.2013