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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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