Marelle Thornton, AM, Dip Teach, MAICD - PRESIDENT
Mrs Thornton has been a member of the Board of Directors since October 1983.
Mrs Thornton is President of The Spastic Centre, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Fundraising Committee and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Property and Equipment Committee, the Human Resources Committee and the Services Committee.
Mrs Thornton is a primary school teacher.
Mark Bryant, MA, FCA, MAICD - VICE PRESIDENT
Mr Bryant has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 1997.
Mr Bryant is Vice-President of The Spastic Centre, Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee and a member of the Fundraising Committee and the Property and Equipment Committee.
Mr Bryant has 30 years experience in public accounting.
Cain Beckett, BEC, MINTS, GAICD
Mr Beckett has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 2003.
Mr Beckett is the Chairman of the Research Committee and the Ethics Committee. He is also a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Property and Equipment Committee, the Fundraising Committee and the Services Committee.
Mr Beckett is currently employed as the Senior Manager responsible for Strategy & Project Delivery with Perpetual Corporate Trust and for over ten years prior to this was a
successful management and technology consultant.
Mr Beckett represents Australia in Archery and is the No. 1 Australian on the current Men’s Paralympic Archery World Ranking.
Neroli Best, MBBS, FANZCA, MAICD
Dr Best has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 1994.
Dr Best is a member of the Services Committee, the Research Committee and the Ethics Committee.
Dr Best is a medical practitioner specialising in anaesthesiology and holds appointments at Royal North Shore, Mater Misericordiae and North Shore Private Hospitals.
Robert (Bob) G. Miller
Mr Miller has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 1999.
Mr Miller is a member of the Fundraising Committee, the Finance and Audit Committee and the Property and Equipment Committee.
Mr Miller is presently the Principal of Australia Street Consulting Pty Ltd where he advises the automotive industry, advertising agencies, telecommunications companies and others on Marketing. He was previously General Manager – Marketing, Toyota Australia for fifteen
years.
Mr Miller teaches postgraduate students in Macquarie University’s Economics and Finance Division.
John Morgan
Mr Morgan has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 1991.
Mr Morgan is a member of the Services Committee.
Mr Morgan has been employed at The Spastic Centre for the past 45 years. He is an adviser to the Warringah Council Access Committee.
Mr Morgan has served on management committees of outside organisations, including the Disability & Ageing Reference Group and the Physical Disability Council of NSW. Mr Morgan has a keen interest in the area of ageing and its impact on people with a disability.
Victor Nossar, MB, BS (UNSW), FRACP, FAFPHM
Associate Professor Nossar has been a member of the Board of Directors since June 2006.
Associate Professor Nossar is the Associate Dean of the School of Medicine at The University of Notre Dame Australia. As a community paediatrician, he has more than 20 years experience in implementing communitybased services to enhance the health and development of children and young people, in Australia and overseas.
Associate Professor Nossar was previously a member of the Board from December 1995 until his relocation to South Australia in December 2002.
Robin Way, M Mgt, PHD
Dr Way has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 1995.
Dr Way is Chairman of the Services Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee. She is the Board’s representative on CP Australia, a peak body for organisations in Australia providing services to people with cerebral palsy.
Dr Way is CEO of Community Connections Australia – a non-government organisation providing a range of in home support services to maintain people in their homes wherever possible. She has worked extensively within the disability arena and is a member of the NSW State Committee of National Disability Services (NDS) and Chair of the Centre for Australian Management and Organisations (CACOM) at UTS.
Peter Whitfield, BSc, MAICD
Mr Whitfield has been a member of the Board of Directors since November 1997.
Mr Whitfield is the Chairman of the Property and Equipment Committee, and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, the Fundraising Committee and the Human Resources Committee.
Mr Whitfield initiated the introduction of the Hart Walker to Australia and was instrumental in promoting the Hart Walker program at The Spastic Centre.
Mr Whitfield holds a degree in Maths and Physics and spent eight years as a money-market trader.
Eleven years ago Mr Whitfield left the finance industry to pursue his own business interests. He currently owns a publishing company of quality children’s books.
Brian Williamson, Dip Law (SAB), M. Com (Deakin), Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law (Law Soc of NSW), MAICD
Mr Williamson joined the Board in December 2002.
Mr Williamson is the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee and is the Board representative on the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
Mr Williamson is the founder and co-owner of the specialist law firm – Workplace Law – which deals with all
aspects of workplace law and specialises in acting for
employers.
He holds a Diploma Law (SAB, 1981) and a Masters Degree in Commerce (Deakin 1992). In 1994, Mr
Williamson was one of the first five solicitors in NSW to become an Accredited Specialist in Employment &
Industrial Law with the Law Society of NSW.