Corporate & Support Services
Supports delivery of efficient, effective and transparent services. Includes legal, risk management, internal audit, policy, privacy, records management and GIPA (freedom of information) functions.
Board Member
I am Wiradjuri living on the Country of the Gadigal of the Eora Nation.
Yvonne is a proud Wiradjuri woman born and raised in the inner city of Sydney but maintains strong ties to her homelands of Cowra and the Riverina areas of New South Wales.
From a young age Yvonne developed a strong passion and commitment to bringing about positive change for Aboriginal people and communities. A life-long activist, Yvonne has 30 plus years’ experience working in key government and Aboriginal organisations driving positive reform in land rights, justice, health, education, and child protection. Yvonne holds an Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion.
She was awarded the 2022 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year and in 2019 NSW Volunteer of the Year Adult Volunteer for the South Sydney Region. Yvonne was awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for significant service to the Indigenous community of New South Wales in the 2022 Queens Birthday Honours List. Yvonne is a published author and a proud mother and grandmother.
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