Our People

Board

Dr Sonja Hood AM

Chair

Brad Chilcott

Founder

Jen Sharpe

Director

Chris Simmonds

Director

Kin Ho

Company Secretary

Team

Aleem Ali

Chief Executive Officer

NIyati Acharya

Chief Operating Officer

Kate Leaney

Campaigns & Communications Manager

Maia Tua-Davidson

Manager, Welcoming Sport

Sebastian Geers

Manager, Welcoming Cities

Ken Dachi

Coordinator, Welcoming Workplaces

Cate Gilpin

Welcoming Universities Coordinator and Coordinator (QLD), Welcoming Cities

Olga Cherniak

Senior Policy and Research Analyst

Bel Schenk

Coordinator (VIC), Welcoming Cities

Turkan Aksoy

Coordinator (NSW), Welcoming Cities

Jessica Scannell

Coordinator (VIC), Welcoming Sport

Judy Thomas

Finance Administrator

Advisory Panel

Brad Chilcott

Co-Chair

Yamamah Agha

Co-Chair

Kara Keys

Member

Geraldine Chin Moody

Member

Fida Hussain

Member

Chris Kwong

Member

Matt Osborn

Member

Celeste Shambrook

Member

Mariam Veiszadeh

Member