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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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George Barbouttis OAM F.C.A., Dip. Commerce
- Chartered Accountant
- Member of the Board since 1982
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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
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Anthony Gorringe JP, NIA Assoc Dip in Business
- Finance Officer
- Member of the Board from 1995 - 2005
- Rejoined the Board in November 2007
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Michael Lockrey B Business (Accounting)
- Member of the Board since 2010
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Gillian Mahony B Laws (Hons 1)
- Diploma in Interpreting (Auslan)
- Member of the Board since November 2010
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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
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Todd Wright BE
- Board member of Deaf Australia
- Member of the DSNSW Board since November 2010
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Patron
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC, CVO,
Governor of New South Wales |
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Vice Patron
Nola Colefax |
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