Governance & Collaborations

Patron

Our co-patrons are His Excellency The Honourable Chris Dawson AC APMGovernor of Western Australia and Mrs Darrilyn Dawson

Board

Mr Ric GornikChairperson

Former Executive Director of Human Resources and acting CEO within
a large public authority. Public Sector Management, Public Administration and Personnel Management qualifications.

Mr Greg ChapellP.Dip(acc), B.Bus, ACA – Vice Chairperson & Treasurer

Principal of his own accounting practice for the last 22 years dealing with a large range of clients and industries both in taxation and business advice.
Registered company auditor and registered tax agent.
Mr Chapell also has a hearing loss.

Mr Keith L EastmanAM

Former banking roles NAB. Member of WAFDC 37 years. Mr Eastman’s youngest son was born deaf.

Mr John Richards

Former roles include Teacher of the Deaf, Executive Principal of the WA Institute for Deaf Education, Educational Audiologist, Principal
of several Education Support schools the Perth Coordinator of the RIDBC Renwick Centre Programmes and President of the National Association of Australian Teachers of the Deaf (NAATD).

Ms Sarah Livingstone

Sarah Livingstone is a parent of a profoundly deaf son and also a qualified teacher of the Deaf. Sarah’s involvement with The Foundation has been since 1995.

From 2005 – 2010, Sarah has been a parent representative on the Board of Deafness Forum, the peak national body representing the interests and viewpoints of Australians concerned with their hearing loss and the effects it has on their lives and the people around them.

Ms Fay Treeby

Child with a profound hearing loss. Member of Parent Committees.

Mr Stephen KubickiCEO of Habidapt Pty Ltd

Stephen is the CEO of HabiDapt which is an Australian company that uses an innovative cloud based technology originally developed by the CSIRO to provide energy management services to the household and SME sectors. Prior to joining HabiDapt Stephen worked as a corporate /M&A lawyer for more than 14 years including Wesfarmers Limited, Allen & Overy in London and Clayton Utz in Perth and Sydney.

Stephen has three young children and is passionate about ensuring that our community of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and young adults receive the world’s best education and support.

Lynne van OldenChief Executive Officer

Our Partners

West Australian Foundation for Deaf Children partners and collaborates evidence based practitioners and services that address an unmet need that will improve life skills and empower deaf children and young people with an inclusive and holistic approach.

Key partners and collaborations are in place with:

Rock & Water – Bullying and Resilience program for primary school age children
WA Deaf Sector Collaboration Initiative – WAFDC leading state based Collaboration initiative to develop relevant data sources and frameworks available for the sector

Publications

Opening Doors