Governance

Patron:
His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC CSC RANR,
Governor of South Australia

Board of Management:

Mr David Linn BE, MEng (President)
President 2002 to date
Member Board of Australian Refugee Association Ancillary Fund Inc since March 2003
Owner/Operator service industry business for sixteen years
Experience as Quality Assurance consultant and auditor
Travelled widely in South East Asia and Asia for business and pleasure
Brings to Board: Management skills, strategic planning skills, general business experience, strong commitment to social justice

Mrs Elizabeth Bleby BA Dip Social Studies,  MA (Soc. Admin),
B Th (Flinders) (Vice President)
Vice President 2004 to date
member of the Audit Committee
Australia Volunteer Abroad, 1965
Extensive experience in aged care and mental health services.
Manager, Ethnic Link Services 1992 - 1997.
Qualified as a Home Tutor in ESL

Ms Kath Milne MBA, F Fin, FAIM, GAICD, FGLF, (Vice President)
Vice President 2005 to date
Member Board of Australian Refugee Association Ancillary Fund Inc since November 2006
International Housing Association Munster, Germany, 1994
Masters of Business Administration Newcastle University, UK; Newcastle University Award for Best Dissertation; Distinction – Strategic Human Resource Management in the Financial Service Industry; Diploma in Marketing; Chartered Institute of Marketing, 1990-93
Diploma of Chartered Institute of Bankers Distance Learning ACIB BEC National, 1979-87
Fellow, Australian Institute of Banking and Finance - now Financial Services Industry
Member, Chartered Institute of Bankers
Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Fellow, Leaders Institute of South Australia
Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow of Governors Leaders Foundation

Mr Wayne Turner BA (Acc) MBA (Treasurer)
Treasurer 1999 to date
Member Board of Australian Refugee Association Ancillary Fund Inc since October 2003
Associate Fellow, AIM (AFAIM)
Certified Professional Manager (CPMgr)
Management Consultant – 21 years experience (independently and
with an  international consultancy company)
Former Principal Consultant, Plexus Strategic Solutions
Former Business Manager, major College
Financial, marketing and management qualifications and experience
Committee-based experience for several community and education-
based organisations

Ms Maria Barredo
BS in Nursing (Philippines), Bachelor of Nursing (Flinders),
Master Nursing (Uni SA),
Grad Dip in Theological Studies
Currently completing Master of Public Policy and Admin (Flinders)
Senior Adviser – Multicultural Services, Archdioceses of Adelaide
2005-6
Director of Multicultural Pastoral Services, Archdiocese of Adelaide
2000-2005
Coordinator Settlement Services (metropolitan and regional)
Migrant Resource Centre of SA – 1996 -2000
• Filipino Community Settlement Services worker – Community development
• Registered Nurse
St Andrews Hospital – 1996 – 1997, Registered Nurse
St Andrews Hospital 1990 – 1996 –
Clinical Nurse (ICU-CCU and Paediatric Burns Unit)
Iran – 1983 -88
Theatre Registered Nurse 1982-83, Philippines

Volunteer work and professional affiliations –
Member – SA Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission (SAMEAC) 2003 – to date
Member – RAH Consumer Advisory Council 2002 – present
Member – Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Migrant and Refugee Committee 2000 -2006
Deputy Chair – federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia (FECCA) – 2002 - 2005

Mr Peter Engelhardt
A founding member of ARA (21 June 1975)
Vice President 1976 - 2005
Volunteer work with ARA Inc, ARA Jobs Pty Ltd, Kura Yerlo, Nunga Elders Group, Parks Health for Cambodian & African Women, Cambodian Australian Community, Cambodian Buddhist Association, Zhu-Lin Buddhist Community, Board member Vietnamese Volunteer Association (1990-1999) and Vietnamese Women’s Group (ASEWA)
Member - Australians Aiding Children
Well travelled in South East Asia – business and pleasure
Thirteen cultural groups represented in Peter’s immediate family (including refugees who  have married into the family)
Steering Committee Regency Green Aged Care Village, 2000  to date

Mrs Marie Hogan MEd, BEd, Dip T, Grad Cert TESOL
Board Member 2005 to date
Chair - Marketing Sub-Committee 2006 to date
Masters of Education Degree in Leadership
Bachelor of Education Degree in Adult Education and Professional Development
Teacher in Senior School of St Aloysius
Founding managing Director of the South Australian Adelaide Language Centre (1995-96)
Has a broad interest in social issues and an understanding of marketing requirements
Currently Director of Ethos at Saint Ignatius College

Ms Patricia Muncey MBA (Advanced), MA, LIB, BASW
Board Member  2004 to date
Master of Business Administration (MBA) University of Adelaide, 2003
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia,  May 1997
Bachelor of laws (Llb) University of Adelaide, 1991
Master of Arts in Social Policy and Administration (MA) University of Nottingham England, 1988
Office of Employment Advocate, now Workplace Authority, April 1999 - June 2008
Office of Public Advocate (OPA), April 1999
Family and Community Services – (State) now Families SA, 1989-1998
Social worker in education, corrections and social welfare, 1982-1989

Mr Bryce Whetton
Board Member 2006 to date
Applied Data Control (Now Editure Technology Pty Ltd) –
SA Manager 1994 to date
AusOperations Pty Ltd - Chairman 2001 to date
Previously worked with Dunn & Bradstreet and Bank of New South Wales

Director (Executive)

Mr Kevin Liston
Kevin Liston has been the Director of ARA for the past 25 years.

He has a wealth current on the ground knowledge embedded within a full  understanding of the historical contexts and different groups of refugees who  have made Australia home.

On a national level Kevin’s work in policy development as both a Member  of the  Refugee Resettlement Advisory Council for the Minister for Immigration, and  Citizenship and as a Board Member for the Refugee Council of Australia, means  he can articulate the advances and concerns that ARA and the refugee sector at  large have about refugee and migration policy.

Kevin is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable authorities on refugee  issues in South Australia.

Since 1983, he has worked with every wave of refugees, including those from  Vietnam, Chile, El Salvador, former Yugoslavia, the Middle East and Africa. He  was deeply involved in helping asylum seekers (boat people) form Afghanistan,  Iran and Iraq in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Kevin is also the non-executive Director (Board Member) of ARA Jobs Pty Ltd,  which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian Refugee Association Inc.  and a Job Network Provider. ARA Jobs has the only specialist contract for Non- English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB) job-seekers in the state.

Before migrating to Australia in 1982 Kevin studied and worked in Ireland,  Scotland, Italy, Kenya and USA. He is from a bilingual background in Ireland and  is a gifted speaker. He acquired his academic qualifications in a Bachelor of  Philosophy (BPh) at the Lateran University in Rome, Italy (1965).