Cheryl Bart AO
Chair
BCom, LLB
Cheryl is a lawyer and company director. She is the Chairman of ANZ Trustees Ltd, the South Australian Film Corporation,
the Adelaide Film Festival and the Environment Protection Authority. During the past year Cheryl also served as a director
of Spark Infrastructure Ltd, Audio Pixel Holdings Ltd, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ETSA Utilities.
Peter Thomas
Director
B. Comm; FCA
Peter Thomas was appointed as a Director of FARE on 27 May 2010. He is a director of TFG International, a consulting and advisory firm. Peter sits on the boards of a number of government entities, including Innovation Australia, the Australian Solar Institute and Indigenous Business Australia. He is also on the board of Albert Music and is active in the not-for-profit sector. Peter is also the Chair of the FARE Small Grants Committee, and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.
David Crosbie
Director
BA, Dip Ed, Grad Dip Spec Ed
David Crosbie was appointed a Director of FARE on 17 October 2001. David is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Community Council of Australia and was previously the CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia, the national peak body for the mental health field, the CEO of Odyssey House Victoria, one of Australia’s leading alcohol and drug treatment agencies and the CEO of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia. David serves on the FARE Nomination and Remuneration, and Research Committees.
Bernadette Tobin
Director
MA (Melb) MEd (Melb)
PhD (Cantab)
Dr Tobin was appointed a Director of FARE on 17 October 2001. Dr Tobin is Director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney and Reader in Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. Dr Tobin also serves on the FARE Audit and Risk, and Research Committees.
Jonathan Nicholas
Director
BA (Hons) MPH
Jonathan was appointed a Director of FARE on 19 October 2011. He is the CEO of Inspire Foundation, the organisation behind the youth mental health service ReachOut.com. Jonathan was previously the Founding CEO of Inspire Ireland Foundation and a human rights consultant for AusAid and UNICEF in Indonesia and Cambodia. Jonathan currently sits on a number of advisory committees including the NSW Commission for Children and Young People and the NSW Expert Advisory Group on Drugs and Alcohol. Jonathan sits on the FARE Small Grants Committee.
Kate Conigrave
Director
FAChAM, FAFPHM, PhD
Associate Professor Kate Conigrave was appointed a Director of FARE on 19 October 2011. She is an Addiction Medicine Specialist and Public Health Physician based at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. As well as caring for patients with alcohol or other drug problems, she has worked for many years on education of health professionals on these issues, particularly at the University of Sydney. Associate Professor Conigrave has co-authored a clinical textbook on Addiction Medicine, and has many years of research experience, including on early detection and intervention for alcohol problems. She has also had the opportunity to collaborate with several Aboriginal communities in their efforts to reduce harms from substance misuse. She sits on the FARE Research Committee.
Coralie Ober
Director
Coralie Ober served as a Director of FARE from 13 November 2012 to 15 March 2013. Coralie is Islander by birth with Aboriginal kinships in the Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) communities of Cherbourg and Palm Island. Her Torres Strait Island kinships are with the Island of Saibai in the Torres Strait and her South Sea Islander kinships are with the Islands of Vanatau.
Coralie is a Research Fellow at the Queensland Alcohol & Drug Research and Education Centre (QADREC) UQ where she is writing her PhD Thesis. Since joining QADREC, Coralie also holds the position of Principal Consultant Indigenous Training Education and Research Queensland Health. She is the Program Director for the National Rollout of Indigenous Risk Impact Screen and Brief Intervention Project based at Biala City Community Health. Coralie is also State Director for the delivery of the MCDS Workforce Development and Capacity Building Project in Queensland – Up-skilling of the Indigenous Alcohol & Other Drugs Community Workers.
Prior it joining QADREC Coralie was Principal Advisor Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Programs Queensland Health. Coralie has worked in the field of Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs both at a state and national level for some years including working internationally in WHO on the Global Project on Indigenous Peoples and Substance Use. Coralie is a Registered Nurse and a Registered Teacher.
Scott Wilson
MIndigH (SubUse)
Scott Wilson was appointed a Director of FARE on 17 October 2001 and is the past FARE Chair and Deputy Chair. Scott is the State Director of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc, which is the only Indigenous organisation of its kind in Australia. In 2003, Mr Wilson was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Indigenous substance misuse issues. Scott is the co-Deputy Chairperson of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee and serves on a variety of other national and state committees.
Ian Webster AO
MBBS MD (Melb) FRACP FAFPHM
FAFRM FAChAM FRACGP
Professor Webster served as a Director of FARE from 17 October 2001 to 19 October 2011, and Chair from 2001 to 2009. He is a consultant and Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine of the University of New South Wales. He is Patron of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia, Chair of the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council, NSW Expert Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drugs and Governing Council of The Ted Noffs Foundation. Professor Webster has chaired a number of Commonwealth and State Government inquiries and reviews in disability, health, mental health and alcohol and other drug problems.
Timothy Costello AO
LLB, DipEd (Monash)
Bdivinity (BTSRuschlikon)
Mtheol (Whitley) AO
Doctorate of Sacred Theology
Tim Costello served as a Director of FARE from 17 October 2001 to 19 October 2011. Tim is one of Australia’s leading voices on social justice issues. He has taken a prominent role in national debates on issues such as gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse. Tim has served as Minister at the Collins Street Baptist Church in Melbourne and as Executive Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for profit outreach service for the urban poor. Between 1999 and 2002 he was national President of the Baptist Union of Australia. In April 2008 Tim chaired the Strengthening Communities Supporting Families and Social Inclusion Committee of the Australian Government’s 2020 Summit in Canberra.
Elizabeth Anne Mosey
Elizabeth Mosey (known as Anne) served on the Foundation’s board from 17 October 2001 to 13 October 2010. Anne has worked with remote Aboriginal communities for over 20 years in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia to assist them in the development of strategies concerning alcohol abuse and petrol sniffing. Anne is currently working as a consultant providing training, resource development, and community development support to government and non-government agencies in the areas of alcohol, community night patrols and inhalant substance misuse.
Peter Harald Nilsen d’Abbs
Professor d’Abbs served on the Foundation’s board from 17 October 2001 to 13 October 2010. He holds a position as Professor of Substance Misuse Studies at the Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, and adjunct appointments with James Cook University, Queensland, and the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth. He has conducted extensive policy related research and evaluation in the areas of alcohol problems, volatile substance misuse, and community-based interventions, particularly in Indigenous and rural/remote settings.
