Our Board
Board of Directors & Advisors
At the heart of our board is a small but dedicated team of predominantly volunteer directors, members and advisors.
Together these people bring a wealth of experience from a diverse range of industries.
They are professional people, who give up their time, resources and even money, to passionately support the causes we represent, while acting as champions and ambassadors for the charity.
Our Board of Directors
Darryn Keneally OAM
Public Officer
Expertise: Industry
Darryn is a passionate advocate and implementer of change for those within our community that are vulnerable and/or disadvantaged.
With a 40-year history of successfully directing Youth and Community projects that have changed and enriched the lives of too many to count, Darryn funnels his passion and drive into everything, and everyone, he engages with.
Recognised for his ongoing and relentless commitment to servicing the community, Darryn has received an Order of Australia Medal, Australian Leadership Award, Premiers Award for Service to the Community, BHP Bicentennial Award for the Pursuit of Excellence, Outstanding Young Australians Award and a Young Achiever Award.
Andrew Kay
Board Member
Expertise: Industry
Founder of Here For Life
Victorian of the Year 1998
Executive Director – World Literacy Foundation
Executive Director – Aboriginal Literacy
Foundation
Bernold Glaser
Chairman
Expertise: Financial
Company Director of Glaser and Associates Accountants and Financial Planners.
Our Advisory Board
Jacinta Hawgood
Lecturer
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention
Griffith University
Alasdair Vance
Head Academic Child Psychiatry
Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Royal Children’s Hospital
Adjunct Professor, NYU and Jiao Tong University
Andrew Kay
Founder of Here For Life
Victorian of the Year, 1998
Executive Director – World Literacy Foundation
Executive Director – Aboriginal Literacy
Foundation
Professor Sharon Lawn
Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit
Margaret Tobin Centre
Flinders University
Professor Patrick McGorry
Executive Director – OYH Research Centre
Professor – Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
Director of Clinical Services – Orygen Youth Health