Meet our Executive Committee

Sally has exposure to and understanding of the work of DFAT and other key stakeholders in international development, and has worked closely with the disability movement to advocate for and enhance disability equity in international development efforts. 

Representing UNIFEM Pacific (now UN Women) as part of the 2007 Roundtable in Fiji on the Situation of Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Pacific, informing the Pacific Sisters with Disabilities: At the Intersection of Discrimination Report, exposed her to the diverse experiences of women and girls with disabilities in the Pacific region. As part of AusAID’s (now DFAT) Disability Inclusive Development Team integral to implementation of the first Development for All Strategy 2009-2014, she worked closely with Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs), including the Pacific Disability Forum, as well as with Australian government leaders to enhance disability inclusion within and through the Australian aid program.  

As a Senior Technical Adviser – Inclusive Development with CBM Australia (2017-2018), Sally provided technical advice and capacity support to further support Australian Government commitments under the second Development for All Strategy 2015-2020. She continued to work closely with the disability movement and a range of OPDs throughout the region to co-design and co-deliver training programs to enhance inclusive development efforts in-country (Timor Leste, Myanmar, Nauru, Solomon Islands).  

As an independent consultant since 2017, Sally provides ongoing support to DFAT-funded programs including as an Inclusion Adviser (e.g. DiD4All Help Desk) and Gender Equality Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Adviser (e.g. Vanuatu-Australia Policing and Justice Program (VAPJP)). She also undertakes targeted roles on the rights of persons with disabilities specifically and brings a strong focus and interest in access to justice and legislative compliance with the Convention for Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Some examples include working together with the national OPD and Vanuatu government disability focal point to conduct research and desk review on access to justice for persons with disabilities in Vanuatu; working with psychiatric survivors in Fiji to conduct a legislative review on mental health law and compliance with the CRPD; and working with the national OPD and UNICEF in PNG to review the draft national disability law for compliance with international human rights law including the CRPD. 

Sally’s experience in social justice and international development is grounded in formal training as a Lawyer and post-graduate legal education. 

Tim is the voluntary President of Physical Disability Australia (PDA) and a materials chemistry PhD candidate, focused on structural electrolytes research, at Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). 
  
Tim is the elected Pacific Regional Representative for the UN-affiliated Global Network of Young Persons with Disabilities (GNYPWD) and has written key international documents, including the ‘Commonwealth Youth Code of Practice: Working with Youth Networks and Youth Representatives’ and submissions to the UK parliament on the ‘UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO’s) Approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health’ in his former roles as Policy & Research advisor and Co-Chair of the Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (CCYDN).  
  
Tim is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and is a member of the Science-Policy Expert Advisory Group (ExAG) for the Children and Youth Major Group (CYMG) to the United Nations Environment Department (UNEP). 

She has worked in government and opposition, on two federal election campaigns, in a patient advocacy organisation and for a global manufacturing company. She is passionate about the role of government in everyday life and the importance of social inclusion, equality and workplace participation. 

Lisa has led PWDA’s policy work on the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol. Lisa also leads PWDA’s domestic and international modern slavery policy work. In 2024, she will represent PWDA at the United Nations Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York.

Prior to PWDA, Lisa worked on numerous justice research and policy projects, including at the Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (Monash University), the Centre for Innovative Justice (RMIT) and the Victorian Commission for Children and Young People.

Lisa is a qualified Australian lawyer and holds a Master of Public and International Law from the University of Melbourne. 

Fhon’s current role has allowed her to integrate disability inclusion into the decolonising feminist approach and advocate for the rights and representation of diverse women and girls. 
  
Fhon’s professional journey includes seven years of dedicated work with Inclusive Education Programs on the Thailand/Burma border, where she has seen firsthand the transformative power of accessible education. She is deeply committed to advancing meaningful intersectionality, ensuring that diverse identities and the multifaceted nature of marginalisation are recognised and addressed. This commitment is a cornerstone of her work and a reassurance of her dedication to relevant, decolonised diversity and inclusion. 
 
Fhon holds a Master of Development Studies from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Human Rights Studies from Mahidol University in Thailand. 

Fleur is also a practicing paediatric occupational therapist and an Honorary Fellow of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She has a particular interest in working to ensure children with disabilities or developmental delays and their families are able to achieve the best possible outcomes in life.

Fleur has extensive experience of working on disability inclusive development in Asia and the Pacific. This ranges from community based early intervention programs in the Pacific, to evaluating investments in prosthetics and orthotics in Southeast Asia, and the development of the World Health Organization’s Disability Inclusive Health Toolkit. Fleur is currently leading an applied research project to understand the systems and practices for the identification of childhood disability and early intervention in Fiji.