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HER PLACE WOMEN'S MUSEUM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR – Hon MARY DELAHUNTY, G.A.I.C.D.
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Co-Founder and Chair of Her Place Mary has high level experience in Media, Government and the NFP sectors. A Gold Walkley award winner journalist Mary was an international reporter for the ABC and Channel 10, Presenter of Four Corners, News and Current Affairs anchor and interviewer, the first woman to present solo prime-time News in Australia.
In Government Mary was the first female Victorian Planning Minister and the longest serving Arts Minister. Mary also served in Cabinet as Education and Women’s Minister. Mary and her brother Hugh were the first siblings to serve in the same Parliament on the other side of the dispatch box. In 2002 she received the Centenary Medal for Services to Government.
Her third career is in the Not for Profit sector. Mary chairs Her Place and is a former chair of McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery and Orchestra Victoria, former Director of the National Library of Australia and Emeritus advisor to the Harold Mitchell Foundation. Currently she serves on the boards of the Melbourne Recital Centre Ltd, Central Highlands Rural Health and the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University. Mary is a graduate and currently mentors in governance at the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Mary is a published author and has a red rose bred for, and named after her.
A critic of the gender gaps in Australia’s history Mary is a leader in ensuing that women’s voices are heard in the great debates of our time.
BARB JENNINGS
Barb started life as a science teacher after student activism. She then worked as Associate to Commissioner Graham Walker on the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (as it was known then). Following this, Barb was selected to establish the Girls’ Apprenticeship Programme, the first Victoria - wide programme to increase the number of young women going into the traditionally -male trades.
During her working life, Barb remained an activist; being involved in many battles including the Council of Action for Equal Pay, the fight to establish the Queen Vic Women’s Centre, the fight to save the Women’s Hospital and the establishment of EMILY’s List. She was the proud Women’s Officer for the Australian Education Union Victoria for nearly 20 years.
Barb was inducted into the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll in 2007.
Barb has served on the Boards of VWT, QVWC and Her Place Women’s Museum.
PENELOPE LEE CT
Penelope is a museum professional, cultural producer, arts manager and artist who has worked across Melbourne’s cultural sector for over 25 years with a focus on developing and managing community-engaged, interdisciplinary and inclusive arts, education and cultural programming.
Penelope has previously been the General Manager of Her Place Women’s Museum Australia, Education and Outreach Manager at the ARC, Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, and Education and Public Programs Manager, Development Manager and researcher at The Dax Centre. In these roles, Penelope has led interdisciplinary teams and external partnerships, project-managed and co-curated local and touring exhibitions, and strategic development.
Over her career, Penelope has been recipient to numerous state and national grants and awards, public art commissions and oversea residencies, and a Churchill Fellowship.
ADNAN JASWAL
Adnan is a digital technology leader, author and consultant. Adnan believes in the digital revolution and the power it possesses to change the way people and businesses interact with technology. He is passionate about enabling digital change. Adnan is a technology leader at Deloitte Digital.
BELINDA (MORISON) PHILP
Former Secretary, Australian Nurses and Midwives Federation (Vic). Belinda Philp is a former board director of ESTA and First State Super. and Health Super and inaugural Chair Victorian Nurses Health Program.
DEPUTY CHAIR - MARY ATTARD
Mary is a Cyber Security and Technology leader. Currently a Partner at PwC, Mary leads the Identity and Access Management team. Mary is passionate about bringing the human element into the digital world with solutions that protect the user from cyber threats. Mary started her career in Financial Services working for NAB for over 11 years in Australia and Asia. Through her experience Mary realised her passion for delivering large scale business and technology change. Mary is a passionate advocate for gender equality particularly within the technology and cyber industry.
JANINE BARRAND AM
TANJA KOVAC
KATE DENNIS
Kate is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years global experience across a range of industries including proffessional services, listed and not-for-profit entities.
She is currently General Manager - Corporate Finance at BWX Limited, and Australian made global manufacturer and supplier of natural care products.
As a motherof a young daughter, Kate is committed to building a better future for females in Australia
Sub-Committee
Dianne Hall is a senior lecturer in History at Victoria University, Melbourne. She has published extensively on histories of women, religion and memory in Australia and Europe.
Patricia Grimshaw is Emeritus Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne. President, International Federation for Research in Women's History. Fostered the Australian Women's Archive Project and lead the online Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia. Fellow, Academy of the Humanities in Australia, the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia. Officer, Order of Australia 2017.
Executive Officer, Australian Women's Archives Project established in 2000 to promote the protection of women's archival heritage. Nikki Henningham has a PhD in Australian women’s history and is an experienced oral history practitioner. She is co-editor of the Australian Women's Register, for which she has contributed over 1000 entries.
Judith Smart is an Adjunct Professor, RMIT University; Deputy Chair, History Council of Victoria; Councillor, Royal Historical Society of Victoria 2007–2017; Vice-president Federation of Australian Historical Societies 2011–2016. Published extensively on Australian women’s organisations in the first half of the 20th century, as well as on women and political protest, women and religion, and the social history of the home front in Victoria during World War I. Co-editor with Shurlee Swain of The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, an online reference tool at http://www.womenaustralia.