Executive.Profiles

Chief Executive Officer & Company Secretary, Adrian Ford

B Soc Stud, FAICD. Previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer of The Benevolent Society and the National Coordinator of the Kids First Foundation. He is the Chairperson of the Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Chairperson of the NSW Dept of Ageing, Disability & Home Care Expert Advisory Group on Children and Young People with a Disability & their Families.  He is a former Chairperson of the NSW Child Protection Council and the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies. He has worked both in Australia and Great Britain in community services and has specialised in management of these services over the past 25 years.

Executive Director, Community Services & People, Mark Schlosser

Mark was previously the Chief Executive Officer of JewishCare.  Other roles he has held include Deputy General Manager and Acting General Manager of the Home Care Service of NSW (ADHC) and NSW Manager of Silver Circle Home Support Services.
 

Executive Director, Education & Research, Dr Trevor Clark

Trevor is a special educator with a comprehensive knowledge of educational programs and service provision for students with ASDs and over seventeen years' experience in New Zealand, England and Australia. During his 14 years with Aspect he has been a teacher, principal of four schools and acting Director, Services. Trevor completed his doctorate in autism in 2001 at UNSW, including a curriculum designed to make functional use of savant and splinter skills (strengths and interests) in children with ASDs.

Director, Finance, Property & IT, David Renneberg

B.Bus (UTS) majoring in Finance and Economics. Over the last ten years, David has worked in various accounting roles at the University of Sydney, Marrickville Council and The Benevolent Society. David is a member of the A.S.C.P.A., achieving CPA status in 1999.

Director, Fundraising & Communications, David Jackett

David has worked in the not-for-profit sector since 1994, holding senior positions in communications and fundraising with The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and St. Vincents & Mater Health Sydney.  Prior to 1994, he worked in the commercial world in both the UK and Australia holding marketing and finance positions in organisations including Air New Zealand,  Johnson and Johnson, Wilkinson Sword and Unilever.

Director, Positive Partnerships, Julie Hook

Julie has worked in the disability / special education field for over  26 years, in a range  of roles including  classroom teacher, school principal, consultant and manager of a state wide team responsible for supporting schools to meet the needs of students with high and complex support needs. Julie has worked in all three education sectors -state  catholic and independent and has also worked  in the university sector at an undergraduate and post graduate level.

Director, Children, Young People & Families, Anthony Warren

B.A.(Hons) ,TTC ,G.D.S.E.(Spec.Ed.)  Anthony is an educational and developmental psychologist whose experience includes various roles in government , non-government and private practice settings. He has worked with Aspect since 1992. Young Children & Families provides a range of leading edge information, diagnostic assessment, early intervention, and family support services. Particular interests are early identification for children at risk for a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder, and the development of a range of family focused capacity building evidenced based early intervention services.
 

Director, Schools, Elizabeth Gadek

BSc. (Hons), Dip. Ed., MEd (Spec. Ed.) Elizabeth has had extensive experience in special education for over twenty five years. Since joining Aspect in 1985, Elizabeth has worked as a teacher and  a Teacher- in – Charge. She was the inaugural principal of the South East Sydney School for Children with Autism, a position she held for  nearly ten years. In 2005 she joined the management team of the Education & Research group of Aspect and is currently Director of Schools.

Director, Community Service Development, Allison Yee-Brogan

Allison Yee-Brogan has had a varied career spanning accounting, management consulting, direct service management, service planning, quality assurance and systems development. She has held various positions at pricewaterhousecoopers, Spice Consulting, St Vincent’s Hospital, The Benevolent Society and Australian Foundation for Disability. Allison has qualifications in Economics and Community Management and is also a Chartered Accountant.

Director, Education Development & Research, Dr Debra Costley

Debra has considerable research and education experience having worked in special schools, further and higher education, and industry, both in the UK and Australia.  Debra completed her Ph.D in 1997 in special education policy and has used that knowledge and experience to develop innovative professional development and research projects for a range of education initiatives and organisations.
 

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