Our board
Community Legal Centres NSW is governed by talented and dedicated board members with experience across the community legal centre sector.
Former Director, Immigration Advice and Rights Centre and former Principal Solicitor, Public Interest Law Clearing House (now Justice Connect).
Robert is the Executive Officer of Macarthur Legal Centre. He also teaches law at the University of Notre Dame and UTS. Robert was a solicitor in private practice for 20 years before he started working at Macarthur.
Daniel Turner has worked in Community Legal Centres for the past five years. In that time he has worked in various capacities including as a Solicitor and Legal Service Co-ordinator. He is currently a Solicitor at the Welfare Rights Centre in Sydney.
Savi started at Justice Connect in 2012 and since 2013 has been the Manager of the Not-for-profit Law service. Savi regularly provides legal advice and training to not-for-profits on issues such as governance, structuring, and fundraising law.
Deborah is Executive Officer at Central Coast Legal Centre. Originally from the UK, since moving to Australia she has worked across government and non-government agencies in the out of home care and homelessness sectors.
Jilly is the Senior Associate Australian Pro Bono Manager at Ashurst. Jilly has a focus on developing strategic solutions to address unmet legal need and support community legal centres and not-for-profits with advocacy and reform.
Our staff
The current Community Legal Centres NSW staff team:
- Executive Director - Tim Leach
- Financial Service Manager - Charlotte Maung
- Senior Book-Keeper - Julie Robson
- Advocacy & Communications Manager - Mark Riboldi
- Aboriginal Legal Access Program Coordinator - Zachary Armytage
- Capacity Building Coordinator - Laurel Draffen
- Regional Accreditation Coordinator - Ingrid Rikkert
- Senior Policy Officer - Emily Hamilton
- Communications Officer - Darren Smith
- Office Manager - Vijhai Utheyan
- Administration Assistant - Imogen Brackin
- Financial Service Bookkeepers - Lucy Lee & Kath Cooke
- Web & CRM Developer - Rafael Mazzoldi
To contact us, please email clcnsw@clcnsw.org.au or call 02 9212 7333.