Management Committee

Sally Stevenson - Chairperson

Sally is a founding member and has recently returned as IF chairperson after a stint as Head of Mission in Ethiopia the for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors without Borders. She was also chairperson from IF's formation in 2001 until May 2005 after which she was Head of Mission for MSF in South Sudan. Sally has a Bachelor of Commerce, a Masters in Peace Studies and a Masters of Public Health. Over the past eighteen years, she has worked in community development and public health, in Australia and internationally with organisations such as World Health Organisation (WHO), World Bank, Stanford University and AusAID.

Sally is IF's Management Committee Representative for Indonesia, India, East Timor and Australia.

Alice Martin - Treasurer

I became involved with Indigo as l wanted to use my accounting skills in a socially responsible way whilst on a permanent maternity leave. Therese Huxtable suggested l spoke to Sally and l joined the team.

After qualifying and working as an accountant in Scotland l moved to Australia as l had married a Wollongong man. I worked in the food industry for several years before starting our family. I combined work and children until the twins arrived bringing the total number of children to four. We then all spent several years in Townsville before returning to Wollongong. As a family we enjoy bushwalking, skiing and kayaking.

Reiko Take - Secretary

Reiko has a Masters and PhD in International Relations and joined the IF Management Committee in February 2009. She is currently working on monitoring and evaluation in AusAID’s Indonesia Program. Reiko previously worked in the Solomon Islands in 2007 at the peak NGO, Development Services Exchange, as a NGO activity database project manager. She was also involved in community development activities in the Solomon Islands through local schools, sport and amateur theatre. She enjoys the challenges of working in cross-cultural situations and thinking about good M&E frameworks that suit the dynamic contexts of international development. Reiko will be the Management Committee Representative for the Solomon Islands from July 2009.

Jennifer Noble (nee Spence) 

Jenny currently works at AusAID as a Director on the Papua New Guinea program. She has previously worked in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, advising on international development issues, and at AusAID helping to manage the Australian Government's response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia. Jenny has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political Science. She has been on the IF Management Committee for six  years and was Project Manager for East Timor for three and a half of those years. Jenny finds the combination of working for a large donor and a small community development organisation fascinating and complementary.

Phil Strickland - fundraising and marketing

Phil has been a barrister for 16 years and a Senior Counsel for 2 years, specializing in criminal law and other public law areas. Between 1999 and 2001, Phil spent some time working for Aboriginal Legal Aid in Darwin and in Arnhem Land. Phil's main interest is being involved with people who live in protected, wilderness or high conservation areas.

Phil is IF's Management Committee representative for Congo.

Sue Cunningham

Sue joined IF’s Management Committee in September 2007, having been IF’s Project Manager for Solomon Islands since 2002. Sue has extensive experience in the development and environment fields having held positions as the National Development Education Coordinator for Community Aid Abroad (now Oxfam Australia), and as a senior Environment Officer for the NSW Environment Protection Authority. She is currently a Principal Consultant with a small consulting company that specialises in policy development, research and evaluation, facilitation and negotiation mainly in the human services area. Sue has a Batchelor of Arts (Education) and a Masters in Social Change and Development.

Sue is IF's Management Committee representative for Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands.

Susan Engel

Susan is a lecturer in Politics at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She has been a member of the Management Committee for much of the last seven years and over that time has taken on various roles including chairperson and secretary. Before academia, Susan worked managing development programs in East Timor and Mozambique and had also worked in government, the private sector and NGOs. Her research interests include the political economy of development, south-east asia and the World Bank.

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Key contributors

Libby Lloyd - IF Patron

Libby has a strong presence in the international and development community and was awarded an Order of Australia for her contribution to international relations.  Libby  has filled a number of senior management positions in Immigration and Community Services within the Australian Public Service; has been a senior staff member and consultant to the UNHRC, and a senior coordinator and executive director in several large community organisations in Canberra.  From 2002-2005, Libby was the President of UNIFEM Australia. Currently she is a Board member of the White Ribbon Foundation and the Representative for International Relations for UNIFEM Australia.

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