In 2010 a total of eight scholarships were awarded. CEW partnered with the Australian Institute of Company Directors to offer four scholarships to women in the Not-for-Profit sector, early in their career, to participate in the Company Directors Course.   In addition, a further four scholarships were awarded to study the new Graduate Certificate in Social Impact, at UNSW.

Not-for-Profit, AICD

The referees for the scholarship winners, who included a number of CEW members, spoke with great enthusiasm of the outstanding contribution, capability and potential of these women and the value that the Company Directors Course will bring to them personally as well as to their organisations.

Amy Kilpatrick
Amy is an advisor to the Human Rights and Discrimination Commissioner of the ACT. In 2010, she founded Street Law Outreach Legal Service for the Homeless in Canberra and was the first CEO of the Public Interest Law Clearing House in Sydney. She is based in Canberra and also serves on the Boards of two NFPs – the ACT Council of Social Services and the Consumer Credit Legal Centre NSW as well as a Panel Member on an Advisory Committee with the Financial Ombudsman Service and a Panel Member of the Capital Football Disputes and Disciplinary Tribunal.  Amy has been actively involved in sport and is currently in a high performance coaching program. She has qualifications in Law, Arts and Politics. In 2011, she completed the AICD Company Directors Course through the CEW/AICD Scholarship.
Re Scholarship: Attending the scholarship has increased my interest in corporate governance and desire to take on more challenging roles. The course was as outstanding as it was inspirational. My future plans are to continue to grow my experience and learning so that I can add real value to NFPs and, hopefully, a listed company as a director in the future.

Anne Duncan
 Anne works as an Executive Officer in the Primary Industries and Resources South Australia.  She is also Managing Director of 2 B Ethical: 2 Eat (a partnership producing organic spelt products), Chair of the Adelaide Showgrounds Farmers Market Board and is on the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Human Research and Ethics Committee.  She has qualifications in Law and International Studies.

Bec Heinrich
Bec is the CEO and Co-Founder of Rising Generations Ltd, an NFP founded in 2004, to deliver leadership development programs, now to over 28,000 young people annually, partnering with more than 300 schools across Australia.  She has been involved in a range of other volunteering and community service activities, such as walking the Kokoda Trail to raise funds for women in the KUP region of PNG.  Bec lives in Sydney and has qualifications in Arts and Law from Macquarie University, and Social Entrepreneurship from Stanford University, USA.
Feedback:  Bec undertook the week long Institute’s Company Directors Course residential program at Byron Bay in March, along with her Chairperson of Rising Generations.  As you can see from Bec’s letter, she valued the experience highly.  Bec Heinrich thank you letter

Catherine Bremner
Catherine is the Chief Operating Officer of Low Carbon Australia, an Australian Government owned company based in Brisbane.  She has been involved in organisations focused on improving sustainability and energy efficiency in Australia and the UK for the last decade, after commencing her career at McKinsey.  Catherine has been a Trustee since 2002 of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust which takes children sailing in the UK.    She has qualifications in Chemical/Environmental Engineering and a MSc in Environmental Management from Oxford University.
Re scholarship: The scholarship from CEW has been extremely valuable in enabling me to attend the Company Institute of Directors course which is of real benefit in my role as COO of Low Carbon Australia.

Graduate certificate in Social Impact

Frances Raymond
Frances works at the Curve Group in Melbourne and was previously a senior consultant at PwC. She is a people and change consultant who has worked with HR teams and business leaders to support implementation of people initiatives and help manage change.

Her long term career goal is to hold a leadership role in a social enterprise or a senior role in a corporation that is focussed on creating social value through its business activities. Her background in organisational psychology and experience in instigating cultural and behavioural change enables her to bring a unique lens to many of the issues raised in the program. She is looking to her studies to achieve a comprehensive, well-rounded understanding of the theories, practices, issues and current thinking in the area of social impact to enable her to make more considered decisions about the next steps in her career.

Mia Sturrock
Mia works at the Australian Charities Fund as an Account Manager. She has always had a strong interest in social justice, social investment and social impact. She commenced her career as a commercial lawyer at a top tier firm and her involvement there in community programs inspired her decision to pursue a career in corporate community engagement.
Mia wishes to further her career in the field and wants ultimately to hold a leadership position in a not-for-profit or social enterprise. She will use the Graduate certificate program to build her skills, build a strong network and learn more about tools and mechanisms. She is eager to learn and be mentored by the best. 

Christina Nguyen
Christina is an in-house lawyer at PayPal Australia Pty Ltd. She also volunteers at several not-for-profit organisations, including UN Women Australia and the NSW Young Lawyers Human Rights Committee, which has developed her interest in human rights issues and built her leadership skills. She is now drafting and assisting in implementing  PayPal’s  social responsibility policy after doing the same at her previous workplace, Marque Lawyers. Christina is using the program to develop her capacity in designing outreach initiatives that will stimulate her colleagues and peers and to learn form others with similar goals.

Her career objective is to develop initiatives that develop and advance social contribution by stakeholders in corporate and professional industries.

Sarah Gavel
Sarah is Relationship Manager, Corporate Partnerships at Mission Australia. She began her career there on the graduate program in 2007. Sarah is keen to broaden her knowledge and better understand the ways government, not-for-profit and corporate sectors can all work effectively together to create social innovation and effective responses to social issues.  

Her core interest lies in exploring different forms of collaborative partnerships and socially focussed organisation and will continue to work with organisations to make positive social impact.