Our People
Board of Directors
Janine Hendry
Janine Hendry is a woman who is unafraid to stand up and act in the face of injustice. Her early career was in academia in the field of strategy and communication, and she continues to hold visiting professorships with Boston University and IESEG, Paris.
After 20 years working as a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, Janine segued into a Masters of Architecture. Alongside this, Janine’s unyielding commitment to social justice has seen her spend a lifetime developing programs that support equality, with a focus on equality for women.
In 2004 Janine founded Bryn’s Schools, a registered charity that gave her a platform to build schools around the globe. She also founded the Guild of Objects, a social enterprise that supports artists; and she is the spokesperson for Her Hague Story.
Janine acknowledges that the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the East Kulin Nations are the traditional custodians of the land on which she lives.
Miree Le Roy
Miree is the mother of three children as well as a company director and owner of an IT company that develops software for the construction and property related industries.
She is a long-term campaigner for equality and climate justice having been involved in leadership roles in these movements for over a decade. She is deeply concerned about climate change and growing inequality – disastrous legacies that are worsening and must be addressed now, not left for future generations to solve.
When the pressure boiled over in March 2021 Miree was one of a number of angry women who heeded Janine’s call to march on Canberra in what became the nationwide #March4Justice.
Miree lives on the unceded lands of the Turrbul and Jagera people.
Sonya Semmens
Sonya lives on the unceded land of the Bunurong people. A lifelong advocate for social and environmental justice, Sonya has been a relentless and courageous voice for people on the margins, as well as spaces and species under threat.
With over two decades as an NGO-consultant and communications specialist, her words have moved millions of Australians to engage with causes that matter, and she’s been privileged to play a part in many remarkable campaigns for good.
As a single parent, Sonya experienced insecure housing and homelessness, and believes a national conversation about women’s safety must include economic equity.
Amanda Morgan
Amanda is a Yorta Yorta woman living on Darug country. Amanda is a trauma, domestic and family violence-informed survivor advocate, activist, speaker and writer.
Amanda is the founder of Make A Seat Australia and a 2022 Churchill Fellow who will travel to the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and New Zealand this year to investigate trauma-Informed Approaches to Legal processes for historically underserved survivors.
Amanda is an advisor to the strategy group for the National Plan to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse, and the National Women’s Safety Alliance.
Amanda is a full time project manager and research investigator for the Aboriginal Legal Pathways Project at Djurali Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research and Education at Macquarie University, and is soon to graduate a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Psychology.
Brent Hodgson
Brent is a highly sought after data driven marketing strategist. His expertise lies in identifying trends before the market does and developing customer centric strategy for organisations.
Brent regularly lends his expertise to community groups.
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