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INTRODUCING OUR PARTICIPANTS of the 2019 NORTHERN MALLEE LEADERS PROGRAM Louise Ackland Gail Ahearn Colignan, Vic Merbein, Vic INTRODUCING OUR PARTICIPANTS OF THE 2019 NORTHERN MALLEE LEADERS PROGRAM Louise Ackland Gail Ahearn Colignan, Vic Merbein, Vic Raised in the Wimmera Mallee, Gail’s childhood was spent on Louise completed her studies at a dry land farm at Powlett Plains, La Trobe University in Melbourne in central Victoria. and then began her career as a Secondary Teacher in rural areas After completing her secondary including Mount Beauty and schooling, Gail continued her Red Cliffs. studies at the Bendigo Institute of Technology which led to a Since the early 90’s Louise and career in administration. her husband have developed and managed large-scale horticulture After a ten-year break from the properties including vineyards, workforce to have a family, Gail stone fruit and citrus orchards, and returned to work in the education nut plantations throughout Sunraysia, sector and completed a Diploma the Riverland and the Riverina. of University Administration, Bachelor of Business (HRM) Their two daughters have also and Cert IV in Workplace Training gone on to build careers in the & Assessing. horticulture industry. Louise’s skills lay in integrated management Gail relocated from Bendigo to systems and quality assurance and Sunraysia in 2002 to continue she is incredibly passionate about work in the education sector for advocating for strong representation a further 16 years and now for farmers and the horticulture currently works in administration industry. in both a virtual and face to face environment. Proudly Supported by Proudly Supported by Rotary Clubs of Sunraysia Women in Ag Vic Funded Place Recipient Scholarship Recipient Eliza Allomes Linda Bennett Mildura, Vic Mildura, Vic Eliza was born in Mildura where she Born and raised in Murrayville, completed a Bachelor of Accounting Linda relocated to Mildura as an at La Trobe University and has worked 18-year-old trainee nurse through in a local firm for the past 4 years. the ‘old’ Mildura Base Hospital. She was also a fruit packer and Eliza got a taste for volunteering home care worker. Linda has at university where she joined a two adult daughters and will be group called Enactus that carried out celebrating 30 years of marriage community projects. Since then, Eliza later this year. has undertaken various roles within the Mildura Young Professionals In 2010 Linda relocated to the Network, became a member of the Whitsunday’s where she worked Rotary Club of South Mildura and a as a nurse’s assistant in community Director of MADEC. care, during this time Linda completed a degree in social work Eliza also enjoys learning about and worked in Child Protection. holistic approaches to managing Returning to Mildura in 2017, Linda stress in a professional environment, commenced working with MASP travelling and spending time with where she is currently working with loved ones. young people transitioning from out of home care to independence. Linda is passionate about finding ways to support people who feel powerless to have a voice and ability to self-determine. Proudly Supported by Proudly Supported by Paula Bond Kim Brown Mildura, Vic Mildura, Vic Paula Bond is an experienced Kim has lived in Mildura for most operational and people leader of her life and is married with two with a career spanning 25 years in children. hospitality, retail and financial services across Australia and the United After completing her schooling Kingdom. at Mildura Senior College, Kim commenced further studies at Looking for a tree change and to SuniTAFE, gaining a Cert II and III in reconnect with her regional roots, Business Administration. Kim worked Paula and her family recently moved at SuniTAFE in Administration for the to Mildura from Sydney. following 10 years before leaving in 2016 to begin a new chapter in Paula has vast leadership experience her work life, taking on the role of and has led customer facing teams, employment consultant at WDEA networks of stakeholders and most Works. Kim has found that being recently national operational delivery an employment consultant is her in a large-scale financial services absolute passion. organisation. She thrives on sharing her knowledge and skills to grow She loves helping her clients and and develop others and is keen to really enjoys the rewards of changing share her experience with the Mallee people’s lives and supporting them community. through their barriers to obtain gainful employment. Proudly Supported by Proudly Supported by Mildura Deakin Rotary Scholarship Recipient Melissa Castleman Ben Ezeabia Nichols Point, Vic Mildura, Vic Melissa was born in Mildura and Ben is a Nigerian. He studied has lived here for most of her life Mechanical/Production Engineering apart from time spent living in in Enugu State University of Science Melbourne, Adelaide and travelling and Technology, 1995. Australia and overseas. Ben has a vast range of work Melissa completed a degree in experiences including: Training Visual Arts at Mildura’s La Trobe Maintenance Engineer in Nigerian University and has worked at the National Petroleum Corporation, Christie Centre for the past 12 years Maintenance Supervisor in West as a disability support worker and African Portland Cement Company arts facilitator. Her work life has (Now Lafarge), Production Manager been varied though and even now in Unilever Nigeria, Factory Manager in her current role, Melissa divides in Reckitt Benckiser Nigeria, Head her time between ArtRageUs and of Supply Chain in Orbit Chemical Aroundagain. Industries Ltd Kenya, Plant Manager in Unilever Nigeria and Plant Manger Outside of her work, Melissa’s Sesame Processing in Olam Nigeria. interests are art, reading, gardening, playing ukulele, getting out in In 2018, Ben moved to Australia, nature, especially kayaking and working in Olam Orchards Australia spending time with her partner Carwarp as Plant Manager for Chris and their children Alice Almond Processing. He is a and Oscar. member of the Diggerland Church at Red Cliffs. Proudly Supported by Proudly Supported by Scholarship Recipient Marissa Featherston Parthee Gana Gol Gol, NSW Mildura, Vic A long-term employee at the Mildura A civil engineering professional, Health Fund and a Senior Manager Parthee migrated to Australia from responsible for the Hospital and Sri Lanka in November 2011. He Medical Team and Audit Functions. moved to Mildura in September 2014 to take up a position with Mildura Marissa is a devoted mother of Rural City Council as Technical Officer 3-year-old twins, and wife to Adam. and his current role at council is now She loves to experience new sights, as Engineering Design Team Leader. tastes and experiences and has a Parthee has also completed passion for fitness and wellness. a professional honours degree in In her past, she has been a fitness Road Engineering and Construction instructor. Marissa believes personal at the University of Tasmania. development is forever evolving. Parthee currently holds the position Marissa is originally from Broken Hill of Secretary of Sunraysia Indian and from a farming background. This Association Inc. (SIA) and actively upbringing is the reason she likes to participates in community activities that are organised by SIA. In his live sustainably and pass a more leisure time, Parthee plays cricket conscious way of living onto the and badminton. Both Parthee and next generations. his wife have an interest in singing and dancing and have performed in several of their community events. Parthee strongly believes that the NML Program provides an opportunity to connect to the community and is Proudly Supported by eager to grow in his understanding of how he can contribute to the community with positive change. Proudly Supported by NML Alumni Scholarship Recipient David Gardner Gayle Guyomar Mildura, Vic Koorlong, Vic David was born in Berri, South Gayle was raised in Nangiloc where Australia, but has spent the majority she was educated at Nangiloc of his life in Mildura. Primary and Mildura Technical School throughout the 1970’s and He completed a Bachelor of 1980’s. She has been married for Commerce at La Trobe University 17 years within a modern family, Mildura and started work as a combining his, hers and their tax accountant for 5 years. He children. Their eldest is 34 and then expanded his accounting youngest 14 years old. knowledge into management and Gayle comes from a family of finance accounting, working for the community minded people - her Mildura Rural City Council. grandparents were Nangiloc David’s current role is the financial pioneers, committed to various controller of Southern Cross Farms, boards and committee groups, and where his small background in her mother a CWA Committee and agriculture has come in handy. Mildura Show Society committee member. Gayle feels that now is her David and his wife Melissa time to act within Sunraysia. welcomed their first child into their family in 2018. Along with sleepless Her work focus has been customer nights, he enjoys catching up with services, working with Mildura Fruit mates, renovating (very slowly) and Juices Pty Ltd, 4 years; Mildura watching the cricket. Independent Star, 7 years; and currently, Senior Customer Services Officer at Lower Murray Urban and Rural Water Corporation, 10 years. Proudly Supported by From the NML Program Gayle wants to devote her time and intensity to a community project. Proudly Supported by Angela Harvey James Jarvis Mildura, Vic Red Cliffs, Vic Having lived and worked in Broken Originally from Sydney and then Hill for most of her life, Angela Goulburn NSW, James completed moved to the Sunraysia area two High School in Goulburn before years ago after accepting a position studying at Australian National in Dareton with Far West Local University in Canberra. Health District. Now working with Sunraysia Community Health Services Afterward he spent several years as Manager of the Family Violence at his parents family owned Park Program, Angela is a Social Worker Newsagency, initially working part with a Masters degree in Social Work time and then full time, even helping from Charles Sturt University.
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