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Council Members and the Secretariat

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Chair Cain Beckett

Cain was born with Cerebral Palsy and is a passionate advocate for removing barriers for people with disabilities.

Non-executive Director of Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) formerly the Spastic Centre of NSW, since 2003. Until joining the Council, also Chaired the Alliance's NHMRC affiliated Human Research Ethics Committee.

Full time role with Perpetual, part of the senior leadership team responsible for the Corporate Trust division since 2007. Cain manages the securitisation operations team.

Prior to this worked for 10 years as a successful management and technology consultant in Australia, USA and Europe including working on projects for the Australian Government.

Former Australian archery representative.

Lives in Sydney with his wife Sara and daughter Eleanor.

Council Members

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Simon Darcy

As a power wheelchair using quadriplegic with high support needs, Simon has been involved in numerous disability related organisations, and represented on government and private sector committees to promote the rights of people with disability.

Simon is an Associate Professor at the UTS Business School where he specialises in the management of events, sport and tourism.

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Unis Goh

Unis has a physical disability which was acquired as an infant as well as a family connection with disability.

Unis has had a long and well recognised career in change implementation and business improvements in the public service and non-government sector. This culminated in her receipt of the 2009 Public Service Medal for outstanding service to community housing in NSW. She led the implementation of a performance based registration system in the community housing sector in NSW. This system sought evidence from community housing providers in ensuring accountability of quality client services delivery, ethical governance of boards and financial viability of their organisation for a sustainable community housing sector.

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Michele Nealon

Michele has worked in a variety of commercial and community organisations. Within community organisations her career has focused on building relationships and raising community awareness across a range of subjects including extreme poverty, independent telecommunications for people with disabilities and suicide prevention.

A current member of the boards of the Disability Discrimination Legal Centre and the Deafness Council of NSW.

Michele has recently completed a Masters of Community Management through the University of Technology, Sydney.

For relaxation, Michele can most frequently be found walking briskly along a beach or engaging with a keyboard of the musical kind.

Michele has a congenital hearing loss.

Photograph of Roslyn Sackley

Roslyn Sackley

Ros is a blind Aboriginal woman from Lake Cargellico in the central west of NSW but living on the Central Coast.

Ros is a teacher and very much interested in the education and meaningful employment of people with disability.

Ros is also a member of the Association of Blind Citizens of NSW and the Secretary of the Deaf Blind Association of NSW, as well as being part of a social inclusion committee at Macquarie University where she is currently employed as an Accessibility Adviser.

Photograph of Robert Strike

Robert Strike

Robert has a mild intellectual disability and is an advocate and educator in the area of intellectual disability.

Robert set up Self Advocacy Sydney of which he is President and is on the Board of Directors of the NSW Council for Intellectual Disability.

The newly appointed Council members are
Sally Robinson, Carmel Flavell, Chris Sparks, Laura O'Reilly, Maria Katrivesis,
Paul Raciborski, Steve Widders and Ya'el Frisch.
Biographies on the new members will be added to the website shortly.

Council Secretariat

Melinda Savvides, Executive Officer

Diana Qian, Senior Policy Officer

Adam Bannon, Policy Officer

Kristine Schneider, A/Project Officer

Roxana Knittel, Assistant Policy Officer

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	Chair Cain Beckett Cain was born with Cerebral Palsy and is a passionate advocate for removing barriers for people with disabilities. Non-executive Director of Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) formerly the Spastic Centre of NSW, since 2003. Until joining the Council, also Chaired the Alliance's NHMRC affiliated Human Research Ethics Committee. Full time role with Perpetual, part of the senior leadership team responsible for the Corporate Trust division since 2007. Cain manages the securitisation operations team. Prior to this worked for 10 years as a successful management and technology consultant in Australia, USA and Europe including working on projects for the Australian Government. Former Australian archery representative. Lives in Sydney with his wife Sara and daughter Eleanor.
Council Members
	Simon Darcy As a power wheelchair using quadriplegic with high support needs, Simon has been involved in numerous disability related organisations, and represented on government and private sector committees to promote the rights of people with disability. Simon is an Associate Professor at the UTS Business School where he specialises in the management of events, sport and tourism.
	Unis Goh Unis has a physical disability which was acquired as an infant as well as a family connection with disability. Unis has had a long and well recognised career in change implementation and business improvements in the public service and non-government sector. This culminated in her receipt of the 2009 Public Service Medal for outstanding service to community housing in NSW. She led the implementation of a performance based registration system in the community housing sector in NSW. This system sought evidence from community housing providers in ensuring accountability of quality client services delivery, ethical governance of boards and financial viability of their organisation for a sustainable community housing sector.
	Michele Nealon Michele has worked in a variety of commercial and community organisations. Within community organisations her career has focused on building relationships and raising community awareness across a range of subjects including extreme poverty, independent telecommunications for people with disabilities and suicide prevention. A current member of the boards of the Disability Discrimination Legal Centre and the Deafness Council of NSW. Michele has recently completed a Masters of Community Management through the University of Technology, Sydney. For relaxation, Michele can most frequently be found walking briskly along a beach or engaging with a keyboard of the musical kind. Michele has a congenital hearing loss.
	Roslyn Sackley Ros is a blind Aboriginal woman from Lake Cargellico in the central west of NSW but living on the Central Coast. Ros is a teacher and very much interested in the education and meaningful employment of people with disability. Ros is also a member of the Association of Blind Citizens of NSW and the Secretary of the Deaf Blind Association of NSW, as well as being part of a social inclusion committee at Macquarie University where she is currently employed as an Accessibility Adviser.
	Robert Strike Robert has a mild intellectual disability and is an advocate and educator in the area of intellectual disability. Robert set up Self Advocacy Sydney of which he is President and is on the Board of Directors of the NSW Council for Intellectual Disability.
The newly appointed Council members are Sally Robinson, Carmel Flavell, Chris Sparks, Laura O'Reilly, Maria Katrivesis, Paul Raciborski, Steve Widders and Ya'el Frisch. Biographies on the new members will be added to the website shortly.


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