NAPCAN NSW Council is working towards a sustainable structure that will:
- develop networks to support local communities and child protection interest groups across NSW
- discharge NAPCAN Foundation's strategy for of a child friendly Australia supported by a cohesive approach to the prevention of child abuse and neglect
- encourage the development of child friendly policies and practices by NSW communities, their agencies and advocates.
Professional Non-Executive Director for Integral Energy, DUET (an AMP and Macquarie joint venture), Arc Energy and the Growth Centres Commission.
Current engagement with University of Western Sydney
Member of Board / Strategy and Resources Committee
Dr Sue Roffey has been o the NSW Council since May 2005. She is an educational psychologist and academic specialising in social and emotional issues and the development of caring 'emotionally literate' communities. Sue has published many books and articles about behaviour and relationships in school. The most recent are three teacher resource books for Whole Child, a primary school program for social and emotional learning.
"We need to move the focus away from blame, management and control to providing an environment where children experience positive relationships, models of caring and clear, consistent expectations and have opportunities to participate. There also needs a stronger focus in education on ' learning to be' and 'learning to live with others'. Only then will children internalise pro-social behaviour and begin to make positive choices for themselves and others. The people who live and work with children need to feel valued and supported to be able to create and sustain such child friendly communities"
Sue is a founding member of the network Wellbeing Australia : http://www.wellbeingaustralia.com.au She provides professional learning and consultancy on related issues, including Circle Time Training. Sue can be contacted at sue@sueroffey.com
Treasurer of Lion Nathan
Erin has tertiary qualifications in International Business and Spanish, and she completed her MBA in Spain in 2004. Joined NAPCAN as a volunteer in 2005. Currently working in the Financial Services Industry
Born in Ukraine and educated in Canada and Germany , Olya graduated from the University of Manitoba at the age of 19 with an Honours Degree in Psychology. She migrated to Australia in 1987 and worked in the print media before joining SBS as a broadcaster and journalist. In 2002, as Station Manager at SBS Radio in Sydney , she became one of the youngest women ever to head up a major national radio station in Australia . She has worked in senior positions in Pay TV and the Australian Film Commission and has recently been appointed Deputy Director of the Classification Board from the role of Community Relations Executive at SBS Television. Married with two teenage children, Olya speaks several languages and lists her hobbies as reading and watching movies.
Jennifer Morris is the lead consultant and Managing Director of Orijen, a human resource company which consults to boards, senior executives and managers. After working for 20 years in management and leadership development, Jennifer now specialises in mentoring.
Before establishing her Human Resource consultancy in 1986, Jennifer practised as a psychologist in both the public and private education systems. Jennifer is on the executive of NEEOPA and the Task Force on Care Costs, and a member of Women on Boards and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Holding a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University and a Master of Arts from Macquarie University, she is a registered psychologist and was on the faculty of the University of New South Wales' Management Development Programs from 1995 to 2002.
Jennie is a Project Manager in TAFE NSW with extensive experience in access and equity, quality implementation, curriculum and grants programs. Jennie holds a Bachelor of Education with Honours, a Bachelor of Social Work and Social Policy, Graduate Certificate in Management with Distinction, Certificate IV in Quality Management and Assessment, and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Workplace Trainer and Assessor). Jennie is on the Board of the Central Sydney GP Network, the Clinical Quality Council of Sydney South West Area Health Service, the RPA/Balmain Consumer Council, NAPCAN NSW and Down Syndrome Association NSW. She has a strong interest in advocacy for children's rights. She has 2 adult children and 2 young children. Jennie lists as a major achievement her community campaigning in the late 80s to have adoption law successfully changed in NSW.
Coordinator, Child Protection & Student Welfare
Department of Education and Training
Economist; Director of Primary Sources
Specialist in Online Communities; Director World Communities
Ursula Kolbe is an artist, early childhood educator and author of two books for teachers and parents: Rapunzel's Supermarket: All about young children and their art, and It's Not a Bird Yet: The drama of drawing .
