VWA Board of Directors
Dr Sue Young - Chair
Sue currently teaches at the University of Western Australia in the Social Work and Social Policy Department. She has been a member of the VWA Board since 2004. 2008 marks her second term as Board Chair.
Stephanie Withers - Deputy Chair
Stephanie is the Executive Director of Corporate and Business Services at Tourism WA. She has been a member of the VWA Board since 2006, and in 2007 was elected as Co-Deputy Vice Chair. In her free time Stephanie enjoys travelling and playing golf.
Tara Hall - Deputy Chair
Tara is a principle in Vivacity, an organisation which uses dance and movement to assist women recovering from breast cancer. Tara joined the Board in 2006. She serves as Co-Deputy Vice Chair with Stephanie.
Christine Gray
Christine is the Executive Director of the School Volunteer Program. She has served on the VWA Board in various capacities since 2000. Christine currently represents VWA as a member of the Board of Volunteering Australia, the national peak body for volunteering.
Dr Ian Fairnie
Ian is the Dean of Community Life at Curtin University. In addition to serving on the VWA Board, he is also a Director for Foodbank WA and EdVentures WA, and is a member of the Advisory Group for the Boronia Pre-Release Centre for Women. Ian's recreation interests include the pipe organ, and he has been a church organist since 1966.
Kath Snell
Kath is the Volunteer & Business Development Manager for Volunteer Task Force. With extensive tourism and marketing experience in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, Kath is an avid believer in the power of communication and positive PR. Since moving to Perth from the UK in 2005, she has focused her energy and passion on the development of the volunteering sector in WA.
Kris Robertson
Kris is a Coordinator / Community Program Manager for Agencies for South West Accommodation (ASWA), based in Bunbury. Kris has been a member of the VWA Board since 2005.
Rachel Kemp
Rachel joined the VWA Board in 2006, at that time the Volunteer Coordinator for Activ Foundation. A recent move to the private sector sees Rachel utilising her volunteer management skills as the Staff and Volunteer Manager for Sunset Events.