The Great Public Schools’ Association of Queensland aims to provide outstanding opportunities for students from its nine member schools to take part in an extensive range of sporting and cultural activities.The Association encourages students to pursue excellence in sport and cultural activities underpinned by the values of commitment, courage, teamwork, healthy competition, integrity, fair play and good sportsmanship.My role provides a range of high-level executive, secretariat and project support services to theGPS Association and is directly responsible to the Management Committee of the Association for the oversight of strategy, financial accountability, as well as internal and external communications. Sixteen GPS interschool sports and activities are included in the annual program:Academic Day of Excellence, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Cross Country, Debating, Football, Gymnastics, Music, Rowing, Rugby Union, Sailing, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.The nine (9) member schools are: St Joseph's College Nudgee, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane State High School, St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, The Southport School, Ipswich Grammar School, Brisbane Grammar School and Brisbane Boys' College.

As a part of the Combat Institute of Australia (CombatAUS) board, I assist in overseeing the development of the organisation's vision and strategy. Concentrating on what success looks like for Paris 2024 and beyond, within the member engagement and communication framework.CombatAus leads the High Performance Programs across the Olympic Combat Sports in Australia.- Boxing- Judo- Taekwondo- Wrestling- Fencing

Contracting for a small event company on Brisbane’s biggest charity participation events, I step in to manage and control race days aspects including management of sites, staff, external stakeholders and event participants.Events: International Women’s Day Run Mothers Day Classic Brissy to the Bay Bike Ride Bridge to BrisbaneRoles and Responsibilities• Police Liaison and Event Controller• Controlling mass participation events• Trouble shooting• Managing risk and evaluating likelihood of risk• Volunteer management• Equipment bump-in and bump-out• Stakeholder engagement• Stage Manager supervision• Dignity Protocol Management

The Brisbane Bandits are one of six teams competing in the Australian Baseball League (ABL). The Brisbane Bandits set the benchmark within the league for live coverage, media support and corporate interest across Australia and Asia. As the 2018 season came to an end the Brisbane Bandits made history by becoming the only ABL Team to win three (3) Championships back to back, taking out the Claxton Shield in 2016, 2017 and 2018. A feat which may never been seen again.The next steps in the re-vamped ABL will come in October when the 2018/19 Competition will expand to eight (8) teams and have each teams owned privately. A great time to be involved with the Brisbane Bandits.

Actively manage the strategic and administrative support to State Chapter members and the wider sector, through the provision of a high standard quality of service.Understanding of the complexities of a family business and the underlying dynamics created by the mix of family relationship, ownership and management responsibilities is key to my role. As the first person with whom a prospective member interacts, my qualities in displaying discretion, empathy and an understanding of the member’s needs is critical and managing the life cycle of the membership to ensure the member’s expectations are met in a timely, efficient and caring manner rounds out my role.As State Manager I serve an important role in maintaining the satisfaction of State members, grow membership and develop effective working relationships with FBA Head Office personal, other state managers, sponsors, corporate and academic organisations, government at state and local levels, and associations to ensure that all goals are met.My responsibilities are for the delivery of FBA’s offerings in the state, including:- Education- Forums- Conferences- Awards- Mentoring- Conversation sessions- Networking- Adviser linking

Whilst in the position for a short contract my role was to manage the operational aspects of Basketball QLD and to provide guidance and advice to BQ affiliated association. The focus was centered around the Pan Pacific Masters Basketball Tournament (7 days, 107 teams, 6 courts, 14 divisions); Office administration including monitor revenue and expenses associated with the BQ operations and budgets. Training in the use of The Basketball Network (database, competition software and websites - SportsTG) to internal and external stakeholders.

Key Achievments Implementation of Elite Player Pathway Program Membership increase of 20% Review and implementation of Club Governance program Development and adoption of Touring Best Practice Policy Establishment of MoU and relationship with School Sport Queensland Financial turnaround from $-80k to $160k with best practice Successful application of $500k government grant 100 Year Celebratory Gala Dinner and AwardsDuties.• Direct Management of four (4) staff members• Management of ten (10) team appointed personal• Effectively plan and prioritise staff work load and direction• Provide leadership and management direction to the organisation• Lead any organisational change• Acquire all organisation sponsorship and provide ongoing servicing to sponsors• Policy and procedure development and implementation• Prepare and submit government funding applications• Fulfilment of reporting requirements for all funding• Develop, monitor and acquit all program/ project/ event budgets• Developing and Managing all organizations budgets and financial control• Initiate and develop appropriate frameworks, pathways, policies, procedures and standards for development and commercialisation of the sport• Liaise with key stakeholders including peak bodies, government agencies and industry bodies, and team members (including coaches, managers, athletes, parents and high performance staff). • Management and development of coaches, officials and players development pathways• Management and implementation of State Titles and locally hosted National Championships • Oversee representative athlete activities including selections, uniforming, travel, insurance, communications and reporting• Identify, initiate and facilitate the creation of a range of representative opportunities for athletes;• Liaison with Board, committees, members, patron• Liaison with key stakeholders including peak bodies, government agencies and industry bodies

Implementing and managing event aspects for the Wilson HTM Brisbane to the Gold Coast Cycle Challenge, BDO Brisbane Coot-tha Challenge and Bike Week. • Oversee, administer and manage mass participation cycle event• Manage the administration and reporting of all external event activities• Booking and securing venues, developing site layouts, assisting with volunteer recruitment, attending stakeholder meetings, developing volunteer requirements and deployments for a mass participation fundraising event. • Key contact at the finish site which catered for 10,000 riders. • Developing and implementing new opportunities for current members and the cycling community.• Liaison with key stakeholders including government agencies, industry bodies, community groups, private companies and the public• Develop and manage road closures, including implementation of the traffic management program• Acquire all event sponsorship and provide ongoing event servicing to sponsors• Develop, monitor and acquit all mass participation event budgets• Develop and implement new event initiatives, including review of existing programs• Develop and maintain event website and marketing collateral• Develop and implement public relation campaigns relating to events and community involvement• Fulfil reporting requirements for all mass participation events

Assist and administer international tours and representative athlete activities including World University Summer Games, World University Winter Games, World University Championships, University Rugby League World Cup, Indian Rim Asian University Games and other approved events. • Liaise with key stakeholders including peak bodies, government agencies and industry bodies, and team members (including coaches, managers, medical personal and athletes). • Develop, monitor and acquit all High Performance budgets.• Oversee, administer and manage, international tours and representative athlete activities• Manage the administration of all representative team operations including selections, uniforming, travel, insurance, communications and reporting• Initiate and develop appropriate frameworks, pathways, policies, procedures and standards for the creation of and involvement of student athletes in representative university sport events;• Identify, initiate and facilitate the creation of a range of representative opportunities for student athletes;• Manage inquiries and investigations relevant to high performance sport and participate in relevant working groups/committees• Acquire all team sponsorship and provide ongoing servicing to sponsors• Liaison with AUS Board, committees, members, patron• Liaison with AUS sponsors and suppliers• Liaison with key stakeholders including peak bodies, government agencies and industry bodies• Prepare and submit government funding applications• Fulfil reporting requirements for all High Performance funding