National Board 

Tony Eviston (Board of Chair)

Tony joined the Board of Lifeline Australia in January 2001. He was a member of the Board of Lifeline Central West (NSW) Inc 1991-2001. He has 10 years retail management experience and 14 years financial institutional management with the Catholic Development Fund, where he is currently manager. Tony has an involvement in many community-building activities in the western area of NSW.

 

Micaela Cronin (Deputy Board Chair)

Micaela Cronin joined the Lifeline Australia board in November 2006. And as a Director at Wesley Mission Melbourne, has been involved with lifeline Melbourne for over two years. She has extensive experience in the delivery and management of community services, including youth, homelessness and adult support services, sexual assault, drug & alcohol and counselling. Micaela has qualifications in Community Development & Social Work and is currently completing an MBA. She has a sound understanding of stakeholder requirements and community sector governance issues, and is also a current board member of the Victoria Council of Social Services.

Mary Parsissons (Lifeline International President)

Mary has been involved with Lifeline for the past nineteen years, beginning as a telephone counsellor. Her many roles include: President of Lifeline Hobart for six years from 1991-1997; Secretary and Chair to the Southern Regional Council; a member of the National Board for eight years in the capacity of vice-President and now as an elected Board Member; and is Australian representative on the International Board which she chairs. Mary holds a Masters of Education and works as a Family and Child Health Nurse in Hobart and as a counsellor for Relationships Australia.

Tim Hantke

Tim joined the Board of Lifeline WA in 2002 and has subsequently become Deputy Chairman. He was elected to the National Board in October 2002 and serves as Chairman of the Audit & Risk Comittee of the National Board. He has a Commerce degree from UWA and is a Fellow Member of the Australian Institute of Management, Australian Institute of Company Directors and CPA Australia. Tim manages his own franchise consulting business after a career in management within organisations in a variety of industries. He is a Director of Joyce Corporation, Chairman of Cooperative Purchasing Services and Chair of TEC 47 for The Executive Connection.

Trevor Carlyon

Trevor joined the Lifeline Australia Board in 2004. He is State Executive Director, Client Services, Lifeline Community Care Queensland. He is a former executive director of Kids Help Line, Parentline and Peer Skills. Prior to this role he held senior positions in the public sector. Trevor has worked in child protection, mental health, juvenile justice, adult corrections and private practice environments. He has been an Assistant Director- General in the State Government and has served as Chairperson on a number of Government and not for profit boards. He is strongly committed to the principles of client/child centred practice and has some experience in engaging corporate partners (Kellogg and Optus) in this mission. Trevor is Chair of the Board Service Performance Committee.

George Fox

George Fox served on the Board of Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland from 1995 to 2005. He has been a solicitor in a private practice for 30 years and is a past President of the Queensland Law Society. He was a member of the Law Society's disciplinary tribunal for many years and served as a Law Reform Commissioner in Fiji. He is a qualified mediator and arbitrator and continues to work and teach in these areas. He is chair of the Dispute Management Foundation and the Queensland Tax Agents Board, and is an adjunct professor of law at Murdoch University.

 

Kathy Bowe, R.N., Dip Nursing Adm.

Kathryn joined UnitingCare NSW.ACT in March 2007 in the role of Community Services Consultant. She joined the Board of Lifeline Australia in April 2007. In her role Kathy works with UnitingCare church agencies and programs, across NSW & ACT, including the nine Uniting Care Lifeline centres to provide support in the areas of service planning and development; to facilitate networking and sharing of resources; and, to develop a relationship of support for the church’s community services to ensure continued viability and quality of services.

During her career Kathy has worked in the private and not-for-profit sectors. Her roles have included health service management in both hospital and community care, followed by a career swing into project management where she spent 10 years primarily in the areas of health service planning & development.

 

Allan Grey

Allan has been involved with Lifeline South East for the past 5 years as a member of the board, and was elected to the position of Chairperson in 2005. He was elected to the Board of LifelineAustralia in 2007.

Allan has been retired for 5 years and was previously a senior manager with ForestrySA. He has a science degree from theUniversityof Adelaide, a Diploma of Forestry and a Masters degree in Forest Science from theUniversityofWashington. He is currently the Deputy Chair of the Limestone Coast Area Consultative Committee and brings skills in corporate governance, policy development and strategic development to the Lifeline Australia Board, and coming from a smaller regional centre, understands the issues which relate to similar centres.

Richard Bialkowski

Richard was elected to the Board of Lifeline Australia in November 2007.  He has been a director of Lifeline Canberra since 2001 and the Board Chair since 2004.

Richard has extensive senior executive management and governance experience in community based, not for profit organisations both in Canberra and at a national level. Richard holds undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in business management and corporate governance. Through his involvement with a wide range community based organisations he has gained a sound understanding of the critical role that community based organisations such as Lifeline have in providing effective and accessible programs and services that respond to community needs.

 

 

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