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Our Board  

The affairs of the Deaf Society are managed by a President and voluntary Board of Directors elected by Deaf Society members at Annual General Meetings. Directors hold office for a three year term and can stand for re-election at the end of each term.

Alistair McEwin

Alastair McEwin MBA BA B Laws
President

  • Lawyer
  • UNSW Disability Studies & Research Centre Advisory Committee, NSW Attorney General’s Department’s Disability Advisory Council
  • Member of the Board since November 2008
   
Ken Deacib

Ken Deacon JP, Grad Cert Management,
Chairperson

  • Cert IV Auslan
  • Cert IV Assessment and Workplace Training
  • Certified Mediator
  • Member of the Board since November 2006
   
Susanne Rae

Susanne Alexandra Rae MA BA Dip Ed
Deputy Chairperson

  • Director of Curriculum at K-12 Independent Girl's School
  • Member of the Board since November 2000
   
Glenn Welldon

Vivek Prabhu MBA, FCA, F.Fin, B Business
Treasurer

  • Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)
  • Member of the Board since 2010
   
George Barbouttis

George Barbouttis OAM F.C.A., Dip. Commerce

  • Chartered Accountant
  • Member of the Board since 1982
   
Breda Carty

Breda Carty PhD MA DipEd BA

  • Lecturer in Special Education (Deaf and hard of hearing)
  • Associate editor of Deaf Worlds journal
  • NSW Attorney General’s Department’s Disability Advisory Council, World Federation of the Deaf Expert Group on Deaf Culture
  • Member of the Board since November 2008
   
Anthony Gorringe

Anthony Gorringe JP, NIA Assoc Dip in Business

  • Finance Officer
  • Member of the Board from 1995 - 2005
  • Rejoined the Board in November 2007
   
Anthony Gorringe

Michael Lockrey B Business (Accounting)

  • Member of the Board since 2010
   
Glenn Welldon

Gillian Mahony B Laws (Hons 1)

  • Diploma in Interpreting (Auslan)
  • Member of the Board since November 2010
   
Glenn Welldon

Glenn Welldon

  • Cert IV Business Front Line Management
  • Cert IV Information Technology
  • Member, NSW Association of the Deaf
  • Member of the Board since November 2007
   
Glenn Welldon

Todd Wright BE

  • Board member of Deaf Australia
  • Member of the DSNSW Board since November 2010
   
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir

Patron
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC, CVO,
Governor of New South Wales

   
Glenn Welldon

Vice Patron
Nola Colefax