Katherine Lang - Vice President

Katherine has a Degree in Construction Management and Economics (Honours) and has worked in the private and public construction sector as a Site Engineer, Contract Administrator and Project Manager for over 10 years.  Katherine is currently a Consultant Project Manager with Thinc working for several different Client groups.

Katherine brings several years of working with Boards to her role as Board Member and Vice President of YWCA Adelaide; namely the National Association of Women In Construction (NAWIC) and previously the Australian Institute of Building.  Katherine is a founding member of the South Australian Chapter of NAWIC and currently serves as a National Director.

Amy Nazar - Treasurer

Amy holds a Bachelor of Business and Commerce, majoring in professional accounting, from Monash University.  She is currently studying to become a Chartered Accountant.  Having worked for the federal government for several years, Amy moved to the commercial sector in 2009 and is currently the Finance Manager for South Australia at Mantra Group, a company that runs a network of 100 hotels throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Having worked in the accounting field for ten years, Amy brings a wealth of knowledge in financial management and reporting to her role as Treasurer of YWCA Adelaide

Executive Committee member convenor - Sue Averay

Sue is an experienced senior executive with substantial experience on both sides of the not-for-profit Board table. She has special expertise in the third sector, having served on Boards and Committees as well as holding senior management roles in a number of second-tier cultural organisations. She is the current chairperson of Vitalstatistix Theatre Company.

Sue has served on and chaired boards, advisory committees and review panels at State and National levels. She has consulted in organisational development, governance, strategic and business planning and human resource management for NFPs.

Currently, Sue is the Principal of Sue Averay Management Services, and supports high performance in strategy and implementation in the public and third sectors through the provision of services including planning, facilitation and management and team development.

Marcela Perez

Marcela has had an extensive and varied career having worked in the private and public sector, in operational and corporate environments.  Marcela career has predominantly been within the mining sector, extending over seventeen years primarily with BHP Billiton’s Iron Ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and Newmont Asia Pacific’s Corporate Offices in Adelaide and Perth.  Marcela has extensive community relations, environmental protection, government relations, occupational health and safety, corporate sustainability, contract management and project management experience.

Through her current public sector role, Marcela provides the Health Performance Council and in turn the South Australian Minister for Health with strategic advice in relation to the Health Outcomes of South Australians, Health System Performance and Community Engagement.

Marcela has a strong interest in social responsibility and in particular advocating for young women affected by social and economic disadvantage.  Marcela hopes that as a board member she will influence corporate sector executives to give more generously of their time and participate in community development activities that encourage and promote young women to become the best that they can be.

Suzanne Thomas

I have been an active YWCA member since 1996 through the women’s group Workara. I was elected to the YWCA Board in November 2010. Previously, I was a director of an engineering business. Through studying Women’s Certificate III & IV in 2010, it broadened my views on women’s issues and the social injustices, so now want to empower other women.

Georgia Heath

Georgia is a passionate advocate for women’s empowerment and equality, and is currently the Manager of the Women’s Information Service in the Attorney General’s Department. Previously Georgia has held diverse roles in the areas of finance, information technology, service delivery, information management and community education, has run her own business, and has led change management and strategic planning projects in both public and community sector organisations. She is also an experienced board member having chaired both commercial and community boards.

Julian Roffe -YWCA of Adelaide Chief Executive

Julian joined the YWCA of Adelaide as the Chief Executive in November 2010. Julian has previous experience in the community, employment & youth sectors both in Australia & the UK. In his most recent role he was responsible for the delivery of employment services to nearly 10,000 job seekers  across the SA-WA-NT-VIC-TAS Region for one of Australia’s largest NGOs. In the UK Julian managed an award-winning One-Stop-Shop that provided young people with access to advice, guidance & counseling from experts in job placement, teenage pregnancy, sexual health, drug & alcohol, mental health & careers guidance. At the YWCA Julian is focused on strengthening the role of the “Y” as a key community service provider, as well as the leading young women’s organisation in Adelaide. He has a personal and professional commitment to improve opportunities for young women to help them fulfill their potential

Julian Roffe
Chief Executive

Wendy Looi-Penhall
Business Development Manager

Chelsea Lewis
Communications Manager

Karen Day
Operations Manager

Indigenous Parental Engagement Program

Lisa Warner
Ceri Bruce

Employment Programs

Jody Anderson
Caralyn Lammas
Pepita March

 

Youth Mentoring

Amy Bruce
Program Coordinator

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Sarah Bettany
Jesse Langer

Go Girls!
Claire Tatyzo

Game On!
Sean Bint

Northern Services

Jemma Taylor
Program Coordinator

Ellie Simmons

Encore

Ruth Morrison & Val Slater
Coordinators

Anne Mulley
Ros Perkins
Judy Brewin
Margaret Tavener