Lex Marinos OAM - Chairman

Since completing his BA with Honours in Drama from the UNSW, Lex has gone on to perform with many of Australia’s premier theatre companies, appeared on multiple television shows and directed a number of film and television series.

Awarded an OAM for services to the performing arts, Lex is also a former Deputy Chair of the Australia Council, former Chair of the Community Cultural Development Fund of the Australia Council, and Board Member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee for SOCOG.

Lex was the Director of Carnivale, NSW's multicultural arts festival (1996-99) and directed one of the segments of the Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony. Lex was also Executive Producer of the YEPERENYE Federation Festival, Alice Springs (2001).

On radio, Lex made a name for himself as a producer/presenter on vaious ABC and commercial radio programs and is also a frequent speaker and writer on arts and cultural diversity.

Lisa Andersen

Lisa Andersen is Community Engagement Coordinator for Shopfront Community Program at the University of Technology, Sydney, and has contributed to or supervised more than 200 community-university projects; particularly in the areas of communications planning, campaigning, arts development and social research  She is also Manager and Senior Researcher on the Australian Research Council's CAMRA (Cultural Asset Mapping in Regional Australia) Project. Her research interests are audience and market development, cultural industries and regional development, community cultural development, and community-engaged research, and she has practiced theatre for 25 years. Lisa managed the Audience and Market Development program at Regional Arts NSW from 2003 to 2006 and has worked with a large number of cultural organisations, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Arts Festivals, the Sydney Opera House, Bangarra Dance Theatre and punk record label, Hopeless Records. With Kate Oakley, she co-edited the 2008 book, Making Meaning, Making Money: directions for the arts and cultural industries in The Creative Age (Cambridge Scholars Press, UK). Her arts industry research includes 'Quality of Light, Quality of Life: Professional Artists and Cultural Industries in and around Broken Hill' (2007), 'Common Ground: Cultural Festivals in NSW's Northern Rivers Region' (2006), 'Archie in the Country: The Archibald Prize Exhibition at Cowra Art Gallery' (2005). In 2005 she was co-winner of the National Award for University Teaching for the Provision of Education Services to the Community. Lisa also sits on the Audience Development Steering Committee for Museums & Galleries NSW and is a member of Amnesty International.

Sancha Donald

Sancha Donald is currently the CEO of Accessible Arts NSW and has been in the role since 2005. As CEO of Accessible Arts, Sancha is responsible for strategic development, policy initiatives, funding development and general management. Sancha was previously the CEO of Technical Aid for the Disabled (TAD) for 7 years and now brings her knowledge and experience of the disability sector to her role at Accessible Arts.

Sancha began her career as a Physical Education and Arts teacher and taught for nine years in Melbourne and Sydney. Following teaching Sancha took up a position as the Deputy Director of the University of Sydney Sports’ Association. This role saw her take up a number of positions related to the management of Australian teams attending the World University games. These roles were followed by her appointment as CEO of Technical Aid to the Disabled.

She brings skills in general management and governance, a knowledge of the disability sector and a broad awareness of the not for profit sector to the role.

Michele Bawden

Michele has over 20 years of experience in the community broadcasting sector starting as a volunteer at 3BBB and training as a journalist at the Victorian Public Broadcasting Association. She has since worked in programming and management for 3CR Melbourne, 2SER Sydney and 8KIN Alice Springs alongside extensive national experience through her involvement with the CBAA Board and the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Michele is now the general manager of Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

Geoff Moss

After many years as a top executive in the finance and IT industries, Geoff is directing his considerable experience and expertise towards the Not for Profit sector. His first achievement  was the creation of a fund-raising and development strategy for the Wesley College Foundation at Sydney University, which has become an outsanding success.  He later became involved in Learning for Life with The Smith Family and assisted them with clarification of the HECS debt (and its deferment) to ensure access to university for disadvantaged families. Misunderstanding about the debt had been a major stumbling block especially for disadvantaged families. He joined Church Resources (established by the Catholic Church) in 2007 for a year and project managed a study into Aged Care Shared Services lodging two successful grant applications totalling almost $6m for using technology to improve in-home care for the aged and improve access to scarce medical resources where money and transport is a problem.
At CCDNSW he's the Honorary Treasurer, Company Secretary and Alternate Chairman.

Marily Cintra

Marily is a visual artist, respected internationally for her experience and research in planning, implementing and evaluating public art for healthcare facilities. She is the founder and executive director of Health and Arts Research Centre, Inc. a not-for-profit organization dedicated to support the development of critical debate within the convergence of health, medicine and the arts. In 2006 she received the Australia Council for the Arts Ros Bower Award, in recognition of a life long commitment to community cultural development.  In 1998 she received the NSW Woman and the Arts Fellowship for her work linking health and the arts.  Marily convened Synergy: Arts, Health and Design, International Symposium in Sydney Australia, 2003, a conference that attracted experts and practitioners from 40 countries. She is a founding member and governance of GUNUNGAN, Asia Pacific Network for Culture and Wellbeing.  She has presented her work in various international conferences, as a key note speaker and is a member of the Advisory Board of the International Academy for Design and Health. In 1992, Marily and partner Malcolm Cooke, established The Art Shed in Tharwa.

Anna Ward

Anna Ward is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, specialising in IP and IT Law and has achieved a Master of Laws and Legal Practice from UTS and University of NSW, a BA (Hons) in English Literature, a Dip. Ed from the University of Tasmania, a TESOL Diploma in Education from the University of New England, and a Certificate of Art in Fine Arts from RMIT. She has also attended the ARTS Ltd course for Senior Arts Administrations and achieved a German Language Scholarship for Senior Arts Administrators in Berlin through the Goethe-Institut.

Anna has been a teacher of literature, lecturer, policy writer, researcher, funding officer, executive arts manager and now a lawyer specialising in international media law and intellectual property law.   She has worked for the Educational Department of Tasmania, the Literature Board of the Australia Council, the University of NSW, the National Association for the Visual Arts, VISCOPY, Finers Stephens Innocent, Litigation IP/Media Unit in London and now SBS Television. 

Anna has lectured in Marketing Law, Commercial Transactions and Media Law and has been a consultant to the Commission for the Future, DCITA and the Australia Council.  During her time at NAVA and Viscopy, Anna undertook significant advocacy to Federal Government that resulted in major legislative and policy reform.