Board of Management
Our Board of Management are elected members of Personnel West Association Incorporated. They are responsible for fulfilling the obligations contained within the Service Agreement held between the funding body (DEEWR) and Personnel West Association Inc.
Some of these obligations are:
- Use of the funding for the provision of employment assistance services.
- Meeting the Disability Services Standards when providing those services.
- Achieving the specified outcomes.
- Conducting regular meetings to plan and review agency performance.
Election of Board Members is conducted at our Annual General Meeting and voting is open to all financial members of the Association.
Would you like to join the Board? Contact our Manager, David Amey-Wallis, to register your interest.
Current Members
Our Board of Management for 2009/2010 is:
Mr Mark Munro (Chairperson)
Mr Brad Schofield (Treasurer)
Mr Peter Murphy (Secretary)
Ms Sonia Muller (Ordinary Committee Member)
Mark Munro – Chair
Mark is the Promotions and Finance Manager of the Toowoomba Hospice and has been involved with ‘Not for Profit and Volunteer Organisations’ since leaving school in 1987. Mark is an active Board Member of Personnel West and enjoys helping out wherever he can. Mark has been a member of Toowoomba Backscratchers (a local business networking group) since August 2003, and holds the position of secretary. He also holds a Diploma of Public Relations, Publicity and Promotions through the Australian College of Journalism.
Brad Schofield – Treasurer
Brad has been a member of the Board since 2007. Brad is an accountant at Pacific Seeds, where he deals with taxation and other compliance issues. His role within Pacific Seeds covers many different areas including budgeting, financial statement analysis, income tax, GST and liaising with external auditors. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 9 years experience in both public practice and the commercial environment.
Peter Murphy – Secretary
Peter works for the Australian Red Cross as a Case Manager with the Homestay program, an early intervention program to prevent homelessness. Peter joined the board in 2010. Before starting at the Red Cross Peter worked in tenancy and disability advocacy at The Advocacy & Support Centre, and in a homeless men’s service at the Salvation Army in Brisbane.
Sonia Muller – Committee Member
Sonia joined the board in 2010. She is a Clinical Practice Coordinator, overseeing psychologists and therapies at Teen Challenge, which is a drug and alcohol residential facility. She also works at Lifeline in family interventions services, assisting parents who are involved with DOCS. Sonia says, “It’s wonderful to see Personnel West helping people with mental health issues and other disabilities to gain meaningful employment. It’s so important for people to have purpose in life through work.”
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