When a child is sick or injured it impacts the whole family. Ronald McDonald House Charities Western Australia plays a unique role in enabling, facilitating, and supporting family-centred care within the Western Australian child and adolescent health system.Ronald McDonald House Charities WA’s (RMHC WA) purpose is to keep patients and families together and resilient. To achieve this, RMHC WA’s supported accommodation, facilities and programs integrate with hospital infrastructure to optimise efficiencies, patient access and experience of healthcare – 24/7, 365 days a year.Ronald McDonald House Charities’ family-centred care model is globally renowned for the quality and efficacy of its service. The model recognises family well-being as a critical foundation to short and longer-term outcomes for young patients beyond their hospital treatment.Facilities and ProgramsNedlands House (QEII Medical Centre): Provides supported accommodation and facilities (domestic, recreational) for 47 patients and their families.Perth Children’s Hospital House: Supported in-hospital accommodation for 14 parents or carers with children in critical care.Continued Education: Ronald McDonald Learning Program provides tutors and therapeutic support for sick or injured children to continue their education and connection with school peers. Available throughout the state.Bass Family Foundation Learning Centre: In-House learning facility available to young patients and their siblings. Program incorporates school curriculum, therapeutic play and First Nations culture activities.Ronald McDonald Family Rooms at Perth Children’s Hospital. In-hospital support and experiences for learning, play, family wellbeing. Includes dedicated cultural space for First Nations patients, families and visitors.Family Respite Retreats. Access to two holiday homes in southwest WA.

The governing body of Guildford Grammar School, the School Council, is comprised of twelve Fellows. The School Council establishes the strategic settings for the School which state the Purpose of the School, its core values and its strategic direction.Roles: Vice Chair; Chair Risk Committee

The Emergence Creative Festival turns the iconic Margaret River Region into a creative playground for 3 days of inspiring keynotes, hands-on workshops, out-of-the-box colabs and incredible satellite events The Emergence Steering Committee consists of a group of people who have a passion for creativity and are leaders in their sectors. The committee spans across all areas of the event including communications, music, film, advertising, design and digital.

Emergence is the State of the Union for Australia's creative industries.Each year, professionals from music, film, advertising, digital and the visual arts travel to one of the world's most beautiful locations, Margaret River, to share recent developments in their disciplines as well as emerging trends in a series of workshops and talks.By bringing together creatives from a wide range of areas, the four-day event encourages participants to look beyond their own specialisation and broaden their thinking. You'll leave inspired, refreshed and ready to create something great.But it's not just a conference: you'll enjoy concerts showcasing the country's best emerging musical acts, exhibitions with work by local artists, meals in the region's famous wineries, light installations and countless other happenings.It's the perfect way to start your creative year.Emergence Creative runs from Wednesday March 16 through to Saturday March 19, 2016.

Established by Andrew and Nicola Forrest in 2001, Minderoo is a modern philanthropic organisation seeking to break down barriers, innovate and drive positive, lasting change. Minderoo Foundation is proudly Australian, with eight key initiatives spanning from ocean research and ending slavery, to collaboration in cancer and community projects.

Black Swan is a theatre company of national significance, creating exceptional theatre that nurtures Western Australian audiences and artists, and promotes our artists within the state, nationally and internationally.

Wollaston Theological College is the recently reconstituted Diocesan College responsible for Theological Education, Formation and Training (EFT) of lay and ordained people in the Diocese. In this, it serves the purposes of the Archbishop of Perth who has ultimate oversight of all such activities in the Diocese. My appointment to the board is associated with my professional experience in advertising and marketing.

The Perth Advertising & Design Club, now in its 37th year is a non-profit organisation with the aim of raising the standards of creative excellence in all creative areas within Western Australia. Its charter is to set standards of creative excellence, to promote this concept in the business arena and to educate and inspire the next generation of creatives.

The Communications Council is the peak professional body representing companies in the Australian commercial creative sector. Our diverse member base spans more than 160 agencies which operate in the areas of creative, digital, strategic planning, promotion, direct marketing, PR, design, production, and healthcare advertising.BELIEFCommercial creativity drives business growth. AMBITIONTo make commercial creativity one of the most valued professional service in Australia.PURPOSEWe exist to drive the quality, reputation and long-term prosperity of our members.PILLARS1. Develop Careers 2. Champion Creativity 3. Demonstrate Value4. Lead the IndustryPROGRAMSAttract and develop creative professionals Professional development courses and certification, graduate programs, tertiary education pathwaysShowcase the most influential commercial creativityAward programs, partnerships with Semi-permanent, Battle of the Big ThinkingPromote the commercial impact of creativityAdvertising Pays, Salary Survey, commissioning ROI research, effectiveness case studies, CPD/accreditationTake action and provide guidance on key issuesAdvocacy, industry relations/reputation, regulatory guidance, committees, diversity, e-news and publications

Provide a seasonal 3 week series of lectures on the relationship between the paper, printing, production planning and budgeting in the development of a print publication.

XciteLogic provide independent ICT consultancy to the communications, education and medical industries. What makes XciteLogic different to most ICT companies in their core focus on ICT strategic planning enhancing the tradition ICT mix of system administration, pre sales engineering and support services.I assisted the Directors of XciteLogic in the expansion of their business with Human Resources, Marketing and Event Management, Group and Individual Team Leader Coaching and Mentoring. XciteLogic have now become a client of Pivot where I continue to provide these services.

Business Analyst- culture, purpose and vision analysis- business process and systems analysis- integrated digital transformation plans- team productivity and effectiveness analysis- staff mentoring and development

The Brand Agency were founded in 1991, a fully-integrated international agency with offices in Perth, Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand. I headed the production department of Perth and assisted with the development of Melbourne and New Zealand production systems. In the 10 years working at The Brand Agency along with then-colleague John Ferrari, I developed the concept, wrote and delivered 'Toolbox' - an ICT workflow tool fully integrating all areas of the business in the development of Bunnings catalogue production. As an extension to this tool, The Brand Agency was also one of the first agencies in Australia to develop a fully integrated pdf workflow system, delivering the benefits of an in-house proofing and computer-to-plate production system for The Brand Agency clients.This system enable the agency to increase advertising production 3 fold without increasing staff numbers.

Mojo was an Australian advertising agency formed in Sydney by Alan Morris ("Mo") and Allan Johnston ("Jo") in 1979. Its lineage can today be directly traced to Publicis Mojo, an Australian subsidiary of the French multinational advertising and communications company holding Publicis Groupe.I worked in the Perth office as an Account Manager for clients such as: Red Rooster, Qantas, Carlton United Brewery.

MJB&B, one of the largest advertising agencies in Western Australia, provides a range of above and below the line marketing communications services to a diverse client base throughout Australia.I managed the daily workflow of all agency creative, in house production and post production requirements in all key areas of the agency.

JWT is the world’s best-known marketing communications brand that has been inventing pioneering ideas for the past 150 years. Assisted in the running a media department of 75 people. Developed a working manual and training tool for "Visuals" JWT Media Schedules program. Worked on key accounts British Telecom, Kelloggs, Unilever & Nestle.

Back in 1997 JB&B Advertising was one of the hottest creative agencies in Perth. I started my career as an accounts clerk, then working in creative services as a typographer, a stint in account service before settling in media. Back then a media assistant typed media schedules, booked media and managed media traffic reports and dispatch of media material to TV, radio and press publishers.