Advertising Standards Bureau

GIULIANA BAGGOLEY Appointed August 2011

Giuliana Baggoley is an optometrist in clinical practice and is also employed as clinical policy adviser for Optometrists Association Australia.
Giuliana has previously served on the Optometrist Association of Australia Boards and she is currently involved with her local P&C Association.
The majority of her professional life has been spent in rural and regional Australia and she now lives in Canberra where she is married with two young children.
Giuliana’s interests include health, and following media and the arts.
Giuliana thrives on community involvement. “I am interested in people’s stories and I value how different experiences and lifestyles enrich a community.”

JACK MANNING BANCROFT Appointed August 2011

At 19 years of age and in the third year of his media and communications degree, Jack founded the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), partnering 25 Indigenous and non-Indigenous university student volunteer mentors with 25 Indigenous students from Alexandria Park Community School in a pilot program.
Jack has since become the CEO of AIME and in 2011 the program now operates out of 10 universities across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. Heading up a group of 35 full-time staff, Jack and the team are currently working with close to 1000 university student volunteers who will mentor over 1000 Indigenous high school students in 2011. The program is currently increasing the Indigenous rates of school completion and university admission across the East Coast of Australia – to the point where some of our sites are already exceeding local and national averages.
At 26 years of age Jack's vision is to see Indigenous high school students finishing school and entering universities at the same rate as their fellow Australians.
Jack was the 2010 NSW Young Australian of The Year, and has recently been awarded the Young People’s Australian Human Rights Medal. Jack and was also the University of Sydney’s 2010 Young Alumni of the Year. 

SIBYLLA BUDD Appointed August 2006

Sibylla Budd grew up in Canberra and moved to Melbourne to study acting at the Victorian College of the Arts, where she graduated with a degree in dramatic art.

Since then, Sibylla has shot to prominence with her role in the Australian drama, The Secret Life of Us, and Australian feature film The Bank. Her other television work has included roles in The Farm, All Saints, Something In The Air, Kath and Kim, Sea Patrol and Canal Road.

Sibylla's film credits include September, The Bank, The Book of Revelation and The Bet, for which she was nominated for an AFI award for best supporting actress in 2007. Sibylla has also worked solidly in theatre with the Melbourne Theatre Company, Company B (Belvoir street theatre), The Griffin and Newtheatricals.

MARIA COSMIDIS Appointed August 2011

Maria Cosmidis is currently employed by the AFL as a Multicultural Programs Manager, and has a long history of working in the field of multicultural affairs, being the current Chairperson of the Metro Migrant Resource Centre and sitting on that board for over 10 years.
Maria is currently undertaking her Masters of Management as part of a scholarship with the Australian Sports Commission’s “Sports Leadership Grants and Scholarships for Women”. She is also a member of the “Next Generation of Corporate Leaders” program initiated by Women on Boards and UBS Investment Bank.
She is also one of the producers of a movie review show on a local Sydney radio station and enjoys heated debate amongst co-reviewers on the latest film releases.
A passionate sport participant and fan, Maria enjoys watching and playing sport and spending time with her young daughter. Being of Greek heritage,  Maria and her family travel to Greece regularly.

BARBARA DAVID Appointed August 2008

Barbara David has broad experience with both young and mature-age Australians. Her career has included time spent as a high school music teacher as well as a lecturer and researcher in social and child psychology at the Australian National University.
Barbara has retired from lecturing and is currently reliving the student experience, undertaking a TAFE Diploma in Visual Arts. She was awarded Arts and Media Student of the Year in 2007.
Barbara's passion for informed investigation of social issues continues in her ongoing supervision of PhD students. Their research covers topics such as the role of modeling (imitation) in children's gendered behaviour, and the part played by perceptions of capability in the perpetuation of inequality in the workplace.

KHOA DO Appointed August 2006

Khoa Do was born in Vietnam and came to Australia as a refugee when he was two years old. Khoa began working in the performing arts in the late 1990s, developing and producing a number of shows and films. He is now a film director in his own right, having achieved significant success in his short career.
Khoa's most recent works include Footy Legends in 2006, starring Anh Do, Angus Sampson and Claudia Karvan. His first feature film, The Finished People, was a gritty and realistic story about at-risk adolescents on the edge of survival. The film won international acclaim and was nominated for an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Direction, and Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Film and Best Director. It won the Independent Film Independent Spirit Award in 2003.
Khoa has also worked as a volunteer with Open Family Australia at Cabramatta in Sydney, assisting at-risk youths. He was awarded Bankstown City's Young Citizen of the Year Award in 2002.
Khoa was named Young Australian of the Year in 2005.

KAREN HAYNES Appointed August 2011

Karen is from Brisbane and since 2008 she has been a Queensland Baptist Pastor, ministering at North-East Baptist Church in Nundah.  Her ministry primarily focuses on teenagers and young adults.  She also works for Australian Baptist's Cross-Cultural Agency, Global Interaction. 
Karen’s current role includes leading a team of people who provide a worship service, various programs and individual care to people aged 11 to 30.
As a Youth Ministry Facilitator for Queensland Baptist Youth, Karen connected Youth Pastors, ran events and was also on the management committee of the National Youth Ministry Convention in 2009. Karen became reacquainted with the challenges facing teenagers while working as an Indigenous Learning Support Officer during 2007, where she tutored young people in Maths and English.
Karen has worked with young people and their families since she was teenager. She began her working career in administration and business roles, after completing a Bachelor of Business, but then changed direction and completed a Master of Divinity (Pastoral Studies) through Malyon College a member of the Australian College of Theology.
Between 2005-2008, Karen’s involvement with the community included being a Youth Leader with a Baptist Church, administration and director roles on a Scripture Union’s camp, and member of two chaplaincy committees. Since 2007, Karen has also been involved as treasurer of the Malyon College Student Association and Student Representative to the Malyon College Council. She currently chairs a Chaplaincy Committee. 
In 2010 Karen took on the role of Group Facilitator at the Queensland Student Leadership Forum on Faith and Values and is currently a Committee Member of a finance sub-committee of Queensland Baptists.

NATHAN HINDMARSH Appointed August 2011

Nathan Hindmarsh is considered one of Australian rugby league’s great forwards.  He captains the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League and has played his entire career to date at the Eels. In 2010 he became the most-capped Eel in the history of the Club, having played more than 265 games for Parramatta.
Nathan is also a New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative second-row forward. He is the first player to make 10,000 tackles in the NRL and is current co-holder of the world record for the most tackles made in a single game, making 75 tackles against the Melbourne Storm in round 23 of the 2007 season.
Nathan five times, consecutively, received the Provan Summons award (most popular player in rugby league) and has also been named ‘Women’s favourite Son’ at the annual Women in League awards for the past three years.
He was also the 2009 recipient of the Ken Stephens medal for outstanding services to charity. His dedication to community programs such as Can Assist, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Hope Rwanda, The Nathan Hindmarsh Cup and his ongoing work with numerous One Community programs secured him the medal.
Nathan grew up in country New South Wales. He is married to Bonnie and they have three boys - Archie, Buster and Rowdy - all under 6 years old.

SOPHIE KOWALD Appointed August 2006

Sophie is undertaking a Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne and works at the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Previously Sophie worked as a research fellow at the Centre for Media and Communications Law at the University of Melbourne where she researched a paper on the control of cross-border tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in a joint project with the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control. Sophie has also worked as a judicial associate in the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia and as a casual academic in law and media studies at four universities.
For many years Sophie has been a singer in choirs including The Australian Voices, Canticum, The Melbourne Chorale and most recently, the Sydney Philharmonia choirs. In this capacity, Sophie has participated in a number of festivals, concerts and educational workshops with children living in metropolitan and regional Australia.
Born in Canberra, Sophie was raised in Brisbane, recently enjoyed three years in Melbourne and now lives in Sydney.

JOHN LEE Appointed August 2006

John Lee is Chief Executive of the Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF) the peak body for the tourism, transport and aviation sectors. John’s career to date has spanned a range of industries, including public transport, major events and tourism. 
John's previous roles include Director General of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, Department of Commerce, CEO of the NSW State Transit Authority, Director-General of Transport (NSW) and Head of Communications and Marketing at CityRail. 
John has spent most of his life based in western Sydney where he has been involved in numerous community and charity projects. 
John is married and his family includes two daughters and a son.

JANEMAREE MAHER Appointed August 2008

Associate Professor JaneMaree Maher is Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, in the School of Political and Social Inquiry, at Monash University in Melbourne. She has degrees in Law and Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne (1991) and gained her PhD in 1999 from La Trobe University. 
JaneMaree’s research focuses on birthing, pregnancy, women, family life and work. She currently involved in research focused on how families manage working and caring. She teaches in the areas of media and popular culture, and gender, culture and power. 
JaneMaree has experience as a board member in girls’ education and recently participated in the Victorian Government Centenary of Suffrage Reference Group, celebrating women’s right to vote.
She has three teenage daughters who share her passion for the Essendon Football Club.

PAULA McNAMARA Appointed August 2008

Growing up with parents in the hospitality industry, Paula made her first coffee at 15 and has worked in a variety of restaurants and cafes in Melbourne, London and Sydney. Preferring to work in cafes Paula loves the sense of community and familiarity that builds up over time between the regular customers and staff. 'In a big city that can be quite anonymous, cafes can be a small haven.'
Paula is also involved in her daughter's school community and sports club, which keeps her involved in the community as well as busy while she isn't studying.
Paula is completing her Arts Degree at Sydney University, majoring in English Literature and has a strong interest in theatre, film and television. 'Time constraints have made television my main form of entertainment and I love documentaries, particularly stories about real people and the challenges life throws our way.'

NIGEL MILAN, AM Appointed August 2011

Most of Nigel’s career has been in television and broadcasting, in both the public and private sectors, in Australia and New Zealand. He has also held numerous non-executive directorships in not for profit organisations. He was a member of the board of the Fred Hollows Foundation from 1997 – 2007 and was Chair from 2002. 
He was National Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) from October 2006 until October 2010. He is currently CEO of the Livestock Health and Pest Authority based in Orange NSW. 
He was Managing Director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) from 1998 until 2006. Under his tenure, SBS’s television and radio audiences grew significantly as did the quantity and quality of Australian (including indigenous) produced programs on the network. 
In Australia, he had a successful commercial radio career in CEO and leadership roles in the Macquarie, Bond Radio and ARN networks. He was Chief Executive Officer of Radio New Zealand from 1991-1995.
Nigel and his wife Judi own a small cattle farm in the Southern Highlands of NSW. His daughter Lucy is a teaching musician and singer, she lives in London.

JAIME PHILLIPS Appointed August 2011

Jaime Phillips’ career has taken her to regional and remote communities across Western Australia. Working in the private sector, Jaime develops community strategies for large resource and infrastructure projects. As a director of Palea Project Associates, Jaime moves between corporate offices, construction sites, mines and remote towns.  She is inspired by projects that create jobs, address disadvantage and capture the imagination of local and Indigenous people in the regions. 
Jaime has an honours degree in History and English from the University of Western Australia and is involved in Perth’s creative sector. She volunteers on urban design and art groups and is fascinated by plans to revitalise the cityscape of Perth. 
Jaime has served on the National Advisory Council of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Advisory Committee of the Western Australian Maritime Museum.

PETER PHILLIPS Appointed August 2011

Peter grew up in Frankston and now lives with his wife and two young sons, Will and Tom, in Melbourne. 
Following university, Peter worked in Canberra as an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury, and has maintained an interest in economics and regulatory policy since then.  Peter is the director of a small regulatory and governance consultancy, specialising environmental and regulatory frameworks. 
Peter has a Bachelor of Economics (Hons), Master of Applied Finance and Master of Regulatory Studies, and is currently working on a regulatory history of Victoria for his PhD.  He has a keen interest in Australian history and is in receipt of a research grant to write a history of Australia in the First World War.  
Peter is involved in a number of small community groups, including his sons’ cub group, football team, and various church committees.  Peter also serves as a Bails Justice and Justice of the Peace.

GRAHAM RIXON Appointed August 2008

Graham Rixon is currently engaged in part-time educational consultancy work particularly in the areas of school registration, middle schooling, technology in education, strategic planning and executive coaching. 
He stepped down as Principal of Penrhos College a Uniting Church School, Perth, Western Australia at the end of 2007 - a position he held since September 1986. 
Graham is a passionate educator and has worked on a number of state and national committees aiming to improve the quality of education in both government and non-government schools. He is currently an Educational Consultant for the Western Australian Department of Educational Services.
Graham is the Chairman of the Amanda Young Meningococcal Septicemia Foundation - a non-profit organisation working in the area of community awareness, survivor and carer support and offering grants for research to develop a Meningococcal Type B vaccine. 
Graham grew up in Melbourne where, along with his career in education, he was active with Lifeline and his local Uniting Church. He moved to Perth in 1986 with his wife, Meredith and two children. Graham and Meredith share interests in travel, reading, cycling and kayaking.

NATASHA STOTT DESPOJA, AM Appointed August 2008

Natasha Stott Despoja is a former Senator for South Australia (1995-2008) and former Leader of the Australian Democrats.
Natasha has made a significant contribution to a wide range of policy debates. She was a spokesperson on portfolios including foreign affairs, higher education, science and biotechnology, Attorney-General's, privacy, women, work and family.
Natasha is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at The University of Adelaide and is a columnist for The Advertiser.
She is also a Director of beyondblue, the Burnet Institute and the South Australian Museum. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Museum of Australian Democracy and The University of Adelaide's Alumni Advisory Committee.
Natasha lives in Adelaide with husband Ian and their children Conrad and Cordelia.

JOSEPHINE TIDDY Appointed August 2006

Dr Josephine Tiddy is the Managing Director of JTCT Consultants specialising in dispute resolution and organisational wellness. She provides strategic, legislative and policy advice to organisations in all sectors and investigates, mediates and resolves disputes.
She has worked with people since her early years as a nurse, which was followed by the establishment and management of the first Australian Nurse Counselling Service at the South Australian Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
As Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, Josephine managed and promoted controversial and complex legislative and social changes throughout South Australia and nationally - changes which have been accepted as common practice and integrated into the Australian community. She held the post for 16 years, making her Australia’s longest serving Equal Opportunity Commissioner.
An expert in discrimination law, she has an in depth knowledge of the disadvantages people experience and the services they require. Josephine has written widely on equality, fair treatment and discrimination. Her book, It’s Just Not Fair, describes the personal stories of Australians, supported by the law, who confronted and changed the way our society thinks, works and lives. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by The Flinders University of South Australia in recognition of her national contribution to administrative law, public policy, dispute resolution and legislative reform.
Josephine is actively involved with the community. She is a Justice of the Peace, a member of The Rotary Club of Adelaide and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and serves on various boards and statutory committees.

CRAIG WHITE Appointed August 2008

Craig has served as a Queensland police officer for almost 20 years.
He has been awarded both the National Service Medal for 15 years Police Service and the Queensland Police Service Medal for good conduct.
Craig has served throughout Queensland including 10 years working in remote communities in Far Northern and Central Western Queensland. During that time he was involved in implementing a number of publicly funded projects aimed at reducing substance abuse and domestic violence.
As well as being a serving member on numerous boards and committees, Craig is currently involved in a number of community organisations. He holds a Masters Degree in Business, Graduate Diploma in Human Resources and a Diploma in Public Safety (Policing).
Craig is married and has three children and enjoys spending spare time with his family.

PETER WILLIAMS Appointed August 2011

Peter Williams is a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia and a Visiting Principal Fellow at the University of Wollongong, where he was previously Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Before working at the University of Wollongong, Peter was the Director of Scientific and Consumer Affairs at Kellogg for three years, and previously worked as the Chief Dietitian and Food Services Manager at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
Peter has been an active researcher in nutrition in Australia, with over 100 peer reviewed publications. He has served on National Health and Medical Research Council working parties for the review of Dietary Guidelines for Australia and the review of Nutrient Reference Values, and is a member of the steering committee for the Heart Foundation's Pick the Tick program. He has also conducted consultancy projects with the NSW Department of Health to help develop Nutrition Standards for Adult Hospital Inpatients.
Peter is among those selected to be on the Federal Government’s The National Food Policy Working Group which includes representatives from supermarkets chains, farmers, service providers and leading scientists.  From 2005-2011 Peter was a member of the Board of Food Standards Australia New Zealand and now serves on the the Therapeutic Goods Authority's Advisory Committee on Complementary Medicines (ACCM).
In his spare time Peter enjoys cycling, bushwalking and yoga.