Board and Staff

• Board and Staff
• Reference Group
• Domestic Issues Group
• Market Issues Group
• Mission Statement

Board

• Joan Sturton-Gill (Chair) was a member of the Victorian Small Business Advisory Council to the Minister for Small Business, and the General Manager and Director of a family engineering firm. She has a Bachelor of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Career Education and a Masters of Administration.
• John Mumford is a Financial Counsellor at Bass Coast Regional Health in Wonthaggi. He has a strong background in grassroots consumer advocacy specialising in rural issues. He is a Director of the Energy and Water Ombudsman - Victoria (EWOV).
• Peter Hansen is a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, and Parish Priest of Our Lady’s Parish, Craigieburn. He is Lecturer in the History of the Church in Asia at the Catholic Theological College, Melbourne. He holds degrees in arts, law and theology, including Postgraduate Degrees from the Melbourne College of Divinity and Monash University, Melbourne. Having worked in refugee camps in Hong Kong and the Philippines, he continues active work amongst Melbourne’s Vietnamese Community. From 2000 to 2003, he was Founding Director of the Mary of the Cross Centre, the Drug and Alcohol Agency of the Catholic Church in Melbourne.
• Sandra Slatter has operated her own small business specialising in Economic, Business and Community Development for the past fifteen years. Sandra is an Accredited Economic Developer, and successfully managed the only self funded Economic Development Unit in Victoria. She was also one of the first ‘In store” proprietors for Westpac Bank. She is currently involved in the Central Victorian Young Entrepreneurs Program – cvYEP - an innovative business planning, mentoring and training program for Young Entrepreneurs with businesses in the Central Victorian Region – as a core mentor. She has Post Graduate Qualifications in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Civil Ceremonies.
• Fanoula Ferro is a specialist financial services lawyer with over 12 years of experience working in leading law firms and financial services organisations. Her last role was as Head of Legal & Compliance of the Investments arm of Australian Unity Limited. Prior to this, she worked at AXA Australia and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. She has post-graduate qualifications in International Law and has a strong interest in International Humanitarian Law. She is currently developing her own small business in the food industry.

Staff

• Kerry Connors is CUAC's Executive Officer. She has broad experience in the public sector, primarily with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including a posting to the Australian Embassy in Seoul. Prior to joining CUAC, she managed her own consultancy business, strengthening relations between the private and community sectors.
• May Mauseth Johnston is CUAC's Senior Policy Officer. With a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, May has extensive knowledge across a range of public sector issues.
• James Henshall is a CUAC Policy Officer. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree and a Graduate Diploma in Urban Policy and Planning. He has experience in labour market research, conservation and forestry, health care, youth and industry policy.
• Tosh Szatow is a CUAC Policy Officer. Tosh holds a Bacholor of Economics and Social Science and is currently undertaking a Masters of Engineering in Sustainable Energy. Tosh has project and research experience across Human Resources and construction including research into their social and economic impacts.
• Kerry Munnery is CUAC's Publications Officer. She has an Honours Degree in Arts and extensive experience in publications in the community sector, local government and business.