BOS Australia Committee
BOS
Australia is a volunteer committee that is elected annually. Following
the AGM held on 20th October 2011, the current committee is:
President
Tony Gilding (NSW)
Tony was elected as a committee member of BOSA in 2009 and is currently acting President;
he has developed solid relations with BOS Foundation Indonesia on his recent
trips. He manages the web site and administration teams as well as assisting
with fundraising. Tony has been actively working with the Australia committee
to develop an energetic and innovate awareness and fundraising programs for BOS
Australia for the next year. Tony was previously Vice President of
Australian Orangutan Project (AOP) for eight years and is currently a director of
Rainforest Rescue and joint founder of the Palm Oil Action Group. He has served
on many boards and was previously CEO of Australia’s largest gift importer,
Vice President
Louise Grossfeldt (NSW)
Louise is one of
the supervisors of the Primate Unit at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo where she has
worked for the past 19 years specialising in the husbandry and management of a
range of different primate species. Lou has been involved in BOSA for the past
seven years and has been a committee member since 2007. She provides animal
husbandry advice on the care of the non-releasable orangutans held within the
BOS sanctuaries in Indonesia. Lou also has a teaching background so is
responsible for the Orang-u-friends program, encouraging school children to
learn more about orangutans, the issues facing these animals in the wild and
how they can help.
Treasurer
Deborah Mohr (NSW)
Deborah Mohr is a chartered accountant
with over four years experience working with non profit organisations in
Sydney, London and Uganda. Prior to working with non profits, she trained at
PriceWaterhouseCoopers and brings sound technical experience to the board.
Secretary
Christine Thornton (NSW)
Christine has been in the public service
for over 20 years in various departments and roles. Her main body of work
involves writing, developing, producing and maintaining communication and
education products, including web content, online bulletins and promotional
material. She writes much of the BOSA communications and has been an active
supporter of many animal charities over the years.
Committee members
Mariana
von-Lucken (NSW)
Mariana
is a chartered accountant specialising in tax advice with over 15 years
experience working with medium to large business entities. She is has taken
over the role of volunteer coordinator and has been very active in fundraising
events. She is committed to the survival and protection of animals and has
joined BOSA to assist with achieving our goals wherever possible.
Jade Harley
Jade has extensive experience in cross-platform sales solutions, event
production, content creation and integrated media planning for brands. She was
formerly head of integration at Peer Group Media, Associate Publisher of The
Music Network, General Manager of Australia’s largest festival event company
Future Entertainment and Managing Editor of youth title 3D World for nine
years. Jade is a passionate animal lover and joined us in July 2010 with the
aim of contributing with the development of a strong and diverse calendar of
fundraising events and strengthening media relations and marketing
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