Dennis Altman is a Professorial Fellow in the Institute for Human Security at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He remains active as an author and commentator on politics, gay rights and global HIV AIDS issues amongst many other topics. He was listed by The Bulletin as one of the 100 most influential Australians ever in 2006 and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2008.
Ruth is a general practitioner specialising in LBTQ health and women’s health. She is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne; where she conducts LGBT research. She is a member of the Victorian Government LGBTI Taskforce and has been a member of all LGBTI ministerial advisory committees on health since 2000.She was the founding Convener of the Fertility Access Rights Lobby from 1999 to 2004, formed the Rainbow Families Council in 2005, and was Convener of the Australian Lesbian Medical Association from 2002 to 2005. In 2007 she was made a life member of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights lobby, and in 2017 a life member of the Victorian AIDS Council. She was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2017 for her academic, clinical and advocacy work.
Fiona is Chartered Accountant, with experience as Business Controller with Orange Business Services; Business Advisory Manager with William Buck; General Manager of a privately owned group of Aged Care residential facilities (Wilkie Resources Pty Ltd). More recently, Fiona has co-founded Annie’s Place, an aged day care facility delivering a new and innovative model of aged care.
Fiona is the current treasurer and a director of Paws and Recover, fundraiser for Smith Family through long distance swimming (20km Solo Rottnest Channel 2015) and former volunteer with BCAP – Boulder County Aids Project, the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, Bobby Goldsmith Foundation and the Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service (Sydney).
Living in Hobart, Susan is Executive Officer of Working It Out (WIO), Tasmania’s gender, sexuality and intersex status support and education service. Susan is a member of various LGBTQIA+ Government working groups and contributes to three national projects in Aged Care training, the MindOut! mental health project, and Safe Schools Coalition. Susan, representing Tasmania, is the Director of the National LGBTQIA+ Health Alliance and is currently Chair of the Board.
Damian is a senior IT professional in Perth. Damian was convenor of Gay and Lesbian Equality WA (GALE) from the late 90s to 2004 and was a key public face for the gay community in WA during that time as WA was amending its laws to remove discrimination for gays and lesbians. He was on the WA Attorney General’s Ministerial Advisory Committee into Lesbian and Gay Law Reform. He was a board member of LGBTQIA+ Retirement Association Inc. (GRAI), an advocacy group for LGBTQIA+ retirement and aged care issues. He has also previously been on the boards of Australian Marriage Equality, and of Human Rights WA Inc.
Living in Adelaide, Catherine trained as an actor at Flinders University Drama Centre (1979 -1982) and has worked as an actor, director and writer working in alternative, community and main stage theatre as well as in film and TV. She was Artistic Director of Feast Festival, Adelaide Queer Cultural Festival (2013 – 2015), Associate Director at State Theatre Company of South Australia (2011-12), Artistic Director of Vitalstatistix National Women’s Theatre (1996-2002), Artistic Director of Mainstreet Theatre based in the South East of South Australia in early 1990s. Catherine is currently a free- lance artist and spreads her time between directing and writing gigs around the country. She recently developed, dramaturged and directed Say No More – a multi-arts, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-lateral 3 country collaboration for Tutti Arts, The Georgetown Festival and OzAsia Festival.
In 2003 she was awarded The Centenary Medal for ‘the development of women artists in South Australia through Vitalstatistix’.
Catherine has been a member of the Management Committee of International Women’s Playwrights (2009-15) and was appointed as a Governor of the Board for State Theatre Company of South Australia (1996-2011), she is currently a Port Adelaide Arts Forum Board Member.
Ian’s career was as a research engineer/scientist and then senior manager with the Victorian Department of Agriculture and CSIRO. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has Board experience on CRC’s and Centres of Excellence. Ian has been a volunteer and activist in the LGBTI community since the 1980’s, including volunteer and Board member of the Victorian Aids Council/Gay Men’s Health Centre (1986-96), Committee and Treasurer of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (2000-04), volunteer with the Reichstein Foundation’s GALFA formation committee (2004-5) and Deputy Chair of the Victorian Governments Advisory Committee on LGBTQIA+ Health and Wellbeing (2007-11). He also contributes to his local Port Melbourne community in community health and aged care, and is a Member of the SE Melbourne Primary Health Network’s Community Council.
Sarina is a partner of a law firm based in Sydney and Melbourne. When living in Melbourne, she was on various boards of the ALSO Foundation including a time as President. She has been involved with Joy 94.9, HIV/AIDS Legal Centre and Victorian AIDS Council. Sarina is aware of the issues relating to same sex attracted individuals and couples in Australia and feels strongly and passionately about changing those issues. Sarina’s experience in her legal practice and her knowledge of the community compliment that of the other trustees of PFA.
For the past thirty-one years Colin Krycer has been a committed volunteer in the HIV/AIDS field and general Gay and Lesbian community. Colin has been successful in fundraising and served on numerous committees. He is one of the earliest members of JOY 94.9, Australia’s first Gay and Lesbian radio station.
In 2017 Colin was awarded the Minister for Health Volunteer Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement.
