As an incorporated association, Octapod is governed by a Board that is elected annually by its membership. This governance function plays a key role in supporting management practices. The Board includes members from a variety of community, educational and business backgrounds. CURRENT OCTAPOD BOARD MEMBERS ARE: President: Lisa Ronneberg Lisa has been working in the community sector for the past 15 years. She is currently the Community Health Promotion Officer with ACON, and has previously worked in Youth Development, Youth Arts, GLBT health promotion, Women's health and advocacy, Student welfare and advocacy, and Environmental administration. Lisa has been involved in several community arts based projects in Newcastle including organising HOWLfest women's music festival, the Salarium Music Venue, and was the Volunteer co-ordinator for the This Is Not Art festival in 2008. She has experience in conference and event management, board representation, community campaigning, grant writing and acquittals, and community development. She is currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Law at QUT.
Treasurer: Brian Joyce Brian has a Grad. Dip. Con. Res. (Macq U), NIDA Playwrights Studio, Cert 4. Since 1975 Brian has worked as an actor, theatre director, writer, production manager, arts administrator and tutor. He has extensive experience in community cultural development , performance/theatre and developing new writers and writing. His is himself a prolific writer and has won and been nominated for a range of awards. He continues to combine his role as Director for the Hunter Writers Centre with freelance theatre work, including a range of projects with Rod Smith Productions specifically targeting Indigenous audiences and an ongoing partnership with Bronwyn Vaughan creating performances for young children. He is presently doing a PhD at the University of Newcastle. Secretary: This position is currently vacant General member: Dwuan La Trobe General member: Bernadette Smith
Bernadette has a Bachelor of Education in Art, University of Newcastle, Grad. Dip.Prof.Art Studies, City Art Institute, Sydney (now Macq Uni), Master of Fine Art in Film, San Francisco Art Institute, U.S.A. and a Cert.4 Multimedia, Hunter TAFE
Bernadette has been a practising artist and art educator for over 20 years and works in photography, painting and screen. She was active in the environmental campaign to stop sand mining of Stockton Bight producing an independent documentary and is a founding member of Octapod's filmmakers collective. Her work is included in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris; the ARCO cinema library, Madrid; the State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Archive; Fotogalerie Kommunale Friedrichshain, Berlin; and others. Bernadette's art can be viewed online at http://www.artofbernadette.blogspot.com/
NEW BOARD MEMBERS WANTED: Octapod is seeking new board members to assist with the growth of the organisation. If you have a passion for arts and culture in the Hunter region, then find out more about joining the Octapod board! For more information: Contact Christina Robberds via podadmin@octapod.org
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