Directors of AERF

	Cheryl Bart AO(Chairman) BCom/LLB Cheryl Bart was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Cheryl is a lawyer and company director, and is the Chairman of ANZ Trustees Ltd, the South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide Film Festival and the Environmental Protection Authority. Presently Cheryl is the Chairman of the Executive and Public Fund Committees and serves on the AER Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Policy Committee. During the past year Ms Bart has also served as a director of the following companies: Spark Infrastructure Ltd ETSA Utilities Shaw of Australia The Buckland Foundation

	Scott Wilson (Deputy Chairman) Scott Wilson was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Mr Wilson is the State Director of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc, which is the only Indigenous organisation of its kind in Australia. Mr Wilson has presented a number of papers on behalf of ADAC at both national and international conferences on indigenous drug and alcohol issues and was awarded the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) Australia Day Achievement Medallion in 1997. In 2003, Mr Wilson was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Indigenous substance misuse issues. Presently, Scott is the AER Deputy Chairman and is Acting Chairman of the Audit Committee, and also serves on the Executive, Nomination and Remuneration, Research and Public Fund Committees. Mr Wilson is also currently the Chairperson of the National Indigenous Substance Misuse Council (NISMC), Deputy Chairperson National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (formerly the National Drug Strategy Reference Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1997 -, (Ministerial appointment) Member National Illicit Drug Strategy Media Campaign Reference Committee 1998 -Member Indigenous Strategies Working Group (Suicide and Mental Health Branch DoHA) 1998 – Ministerial appointment National Dementia Advisory Committee 2008 -Expert Advisory Committee (Child Health and Wellbeing Subcommittee) 2008 –Member Reference Group NDS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complimentary Action Plan 2003 – 2009 - Member South Australian Aboriginal Advisory Committee 2008 - and a variety of other national and state committees.

	Peter Thomas(Audit Committee Chairman) Peter Thomas was appointed as a Director of AER on 27 May 2010. Peter has an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience in the areas of corporate governance, taxation, philanthropy, research and development and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues. Peter sits on a number of government boards, including the Board of Innovation Australia, where he is also the Chairman of the Tax Concession Committee of that Board. He is a founding Director of the Australian Solar Institute and Chair of that company’s Audit and Risk Committee. He is also a Board member of Indigenous Business Australia and is Chairman of its Finance and Investment Committee. He serves as a Director of the consulting firm TFG International, and sits on the boards of the SAMI Group and Albert Music. Peter’s Board positions in not-for-profit organisations are: The Kokoda Track Foundation, CatholicCare Foundation and the Bluearth Foundation. Presently, he serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

	Professor Ian Webster AO Professor Webster was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Professor Webster is a physician and Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine of the University of New South Wales. He is Patron of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia, Chair of the National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention, Chair of the NSW Expert Advisory Committee on Alcohol and Drugs and President, Governing Council of The Ted Noffs Foundation. Ian has chaired a number of Commonwealth and State Government inquiries and reviews in disability, health, mental health and alcohol and other drug problems. He is in clinical practice in the Drug and Alcohol Services in the South Western Sydney Area Health Service and the Shoalhaven Health Services, NSW. He was honorary visiting physician to the Matthew Talbot Hostel for the Homeless in Sydney from 1976 to 2006 and now visits the Exodus Foundation in Ashfield, Sydney. He has conducted research and published in medicine, community and public health, alcohol and other drug problems, mental health and social issues. Presently, Ian is the past AER Chairman, is the Chairman of the Research Committee and also serves on the Public Fund and Small Grants Committees. During the past year Professor Webster has also served as a director of the following other companies: The Ted Noffs Foundation AW Tyree Foundation Webster Associates Pty Ltd

	Professor Peter Harald Nilsen d’Abbs Professor d’Abbs was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. He holds a position as Professor of Substance Misuse Studies at the Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, andi adjunct appointments with James Cook University, Queensland, and the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth. He has conducted extensive policy - related research and evaluation in the areas of alcohol problems, volatile substance misuse, and community-based interventions, particularly in Indigenous and rural/remote settings. Presently, Peter is Chair of AER's Small Grants Committee and also serves on the Audit, Executive, Policy and Research Committees.

	Dr Bernadette Tobin MA(Melb) MEd(Melb) Phd(Cantab) Dr Tobin was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Dr Tobin is Director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney and Reader in Philosophy at Australian Catholic University. Presently, Bernadette is the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and also serves on the Audit Committee. During the past year Dr Tobin has also served as a director of the following other companies: Kincoppal-Rose Bay School Pty Ltd Garvan Institute for Medical Research

	Timothy Costello AO Tim Costello was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Tim is one of Australia’s leading voices on social justice issues. He has taken a prominent role in national debates on issues such as gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation, and substance abuse. Tim has studied law and educati on at Monash University, followed by theology at the International Baptist Seminary in Switzerland. Tim has served as Minister at the Collins Street Bapti st Church in Melbourne and as Executive Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for profit outreach service for the urban poor. Between 1999 and 2002 he was national President of the Baptist Union of Australia. Tim has been named Victorian of the year in 2004 and was admitted to the Office of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2005. He was names as the 2006 Victorian Australian of the Year. In April 2008 Tim has chaired the Strengthening Communities Supporting Families and Social Inclusion Committee of the Australian Government’s 2020 Summit in Canberra. Presently, Tim is the Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Australia. He also serves on the AER Public Fund, Policy and Small Grants Committees.

	Elizabeth Anne Mosey Elizabeth Mosey (known as Anne) was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. Elizabeth Mosey has worked with remote Aboriginal communities for over 20 years in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia to assist them in the development of strategies concerning alcohol abuse and petrol sniffing. She is currently working as a consultant providing training, resource development, and community development support to government and non-government agencies in the areas of alcohol, community night patrols and inhalant substance misuse. Presently, Anne serves on the Audit and Small Grants Committees.

	David William Crosbie David Crosbie was appointed a director of AER on 17 October 2001. David is currently CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia, the national peak body for the mental health field. He was previously CEO of Odyssey House Victoria, one of Australia’s leading alcohol and drug treatment agencies and is the former CEO of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia. David has extensive experience in developing and implementing policies and programs to reduce the level of alcohol related harm in Australia. Presently, David is the Chairman of the Policy Committee also serves on the Executive, Nomination and Remuneration, Research and Public Fund Committees. During the past year Mr Crosbie has also served as a director of the following other companies: Crosbie and Associates Pty Ltd National Drugs Partnership Non Profit Australia

	Jim O'Shea Company Secretary Jim O’Shea was appointed the secretary of AER on 2 October 2008 and has been the AER Chief Finance Officer since 3 December 2001. Previously he has held corporate appointments in the banking, legal and logistics sectors and is also a Justice of the Peace. He is past President of a number of community based orgainsations and presently serves on a committee of the Mental Health Council of Australia and Audit Committees of a variety of not for profit organisations.