Australian Volunteers International

Australian Volunteers International (AVI) "is an independent not-for-profit organisation, a company limited by guarantee and registered as a charity and deductible gift recipient.

"We manage people-centred development projects and programs in a wide range of countries. Our work focuses on reducing poverty, providing health and education services, promoting human rights and gender equality, and protecting the environment."

Senior Management
Accessed September 2008:


 * Dimity Fifer, Chief Executive Officer
 * Peter Britton, Senior Manager International Services
 * Dave Jones, Senior Manager Business Services

Directors
Accessed September 2008:


 * Bob Meyenn (Chair)
 * Justice Richard Refshauge (Deputy Chair)
 * Alison Crook AO
 * Kurt Fearnley OAM
 * Robert McLean
 * Samantha Mostyn

Council
Accessed September 2008:


 * Margaret Jackson (Aus) AC (President) - Chairman of FlexiGroup Limited and a director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Billabong International Limited and Florey Neuroscience Institutes.
 * Bill Armstrong AO (Life Member) - CEO of Australian Volunteers International 1982-2002. AVI volunteer Malaysia 1975-76
 * Veronica Brady - Author and Honorary Senior Research Fellow; Department of English, University of Western Australia
 * Graham Brown - Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, The University of Melbourne
 * Linda Burney - Director-General of the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs
 * Margaret Chandra - National Manager Support and Admin, Employment Programs Australia; AVI volunteer, India 1966-67
 * Fred Chaney - Co-chair, Reconciliation Australia; Deputy President, National Native Title Tribunal
 * Mary Chapman - Landscape Architect, Australian Landscape Management
 * WFM (Martin) Clemens, CBE, AM,MC (Life Member)
 * Alison Crook AO (Board Member) - Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Resources), Monash University; AVI volunteer, Papua New Guinea 1971-72
 * Alan Davis - Principal, Newcomb Secondary College; AVI volunteer, Maldives 1977-78, 2005
 * Cameron Dick - Senior Ministerial Policy Adviser, Queensland State Government; AVI volunteer, Tuvalu 1993-96
 * Tom Evison - Senior Lecturer, Education, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education; AVI volunteer, Malaysia 1979-80, Zimbabwe 1990-91
 * Kurt Fearnley OAM (Board Member) - Australian champion wheelchair racing athlete; gold medallist Athens 2006 Paralympic Games; silver medallist Sydney 2004 Paralympic games; Finalist, Young Australian of the Year 2005; Australian Male Athlete of the Year 2004
 * Betty Feith (Life Member) - AVI volunteer Indonesia 1954-55, 1996-97
 * Christopher Fogarty - General Counsel, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, Sydney, AVI volunteer in Papua New Guinea 1972
 * Gaye Hart - Director, Hunter Institute - TAFE NSW; President, Australian Council for International Development (ACFID - formerly ACFOA)
 * John Kerin - Former Minister for Trade and Overseas Development, Primary Industries and Energy, Transport and Communications; Board Member, UNICEF Australia
 * Jean Ker Walsh (Deputy President) - Director and Principal Consultant, Ker Walsh Communications
 * Marilyn Kong - AVI volunteer, Papua New Guinea 1999-2000
 * Jean-Gabriel Manguy (Board Member) - Head Manager of Radio Australia; AVI volunteer community development worker 1987-88
 * Elaine McKay - Member of Volunteer Graduate Scheme 1958-60
 * Robert McLean (Board Member) - Certified Practising Accountant with extensive experience in finance and risk management; AVI volunteer lecturer in Malaysia 1974-75
 * Bob Meyenn (Chair of Board) - Provost and Special Adviser Ontario, Charles Sturt University; AVI volunteer, Solomon Islands 1966-67
 * Samantha Mostyn (Board Member) - Group Executive, Culture and Reputation, IAG
 * Hugh O'Neil (Life Member) - AVI volunteer Indonesia 1958-60
 * Robyn Pugh - Senior Epidemiologist, Communicable Diseases Unit, Queensland Health; AVI volunteer, Papua New Guinea 1975-76, Thailand 1980
 * Richard Refshauge SC (Board Member) - Director of Public Prosecutions, ACT; AVI volunteer, Papua New Guinea 1965
 * Chris Sidoti - School of Applied Social and Human Sciences, University of Western Sydney
 * Geraldine Skinner - Chief Executive Officer, Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership
 * Pamela Smith (Aus) - AVI Honorary State Representative, Northern Territory
 * Barbara Spalding - Consultant in Human Services
 * Ninian Stephen - Former High Court judge and Governor-General of Australia
 * Kathy Sullivan (Aus) - Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
 * Baden Teague - Writer and former Senator for South Australia
 * Katrina Watson - Deputy Director of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital; AVI volunteer, Samoa 1997-98
 * Sally-Ann Watts - National Manager, ICT, Biotechnology and Emerging Industries, Austrade
 * Jim Webb (Aus) OBE (Life Member) - Founding Director of Overseas Service Bureau 1961

Contact

 * Web: http://www.australianvolunteers.com

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