Our staff
Dr Tim Leach
Executive Director
Sarah Marland
Policy & Advocacy Manager
Zachary Armytage
Aboriginal Legal Access Program Coordinator
Imogen Brackin
Office Manager
Katrina Ironside
Sector Development Manager
Ingrid Rikkert
Regional Accreditation Coordinator
Stella Maynard
Media and Communications Officer
Bobbi Murray
First Nations Cadetship Administrator
Rafael Mazzoldi
Web Developer and ICT Project Officer
Our Financial Service team
Tina Froget
Financial Service Manager
Julie Robson
Senior Bookkeeper
Kath Cooke
Financial Service Bookkeeper
Lucy Lee
Financial Service Bookkeeper
To contact us, please email clcnsw@clcnsw.org.au or call 02 9212 7333.
Our board
Community Legal Centres NSW is governed by talented and dedicated board members with experience across the community legal centre sector.
Arlia has worked in the community legal centre sector since 2007 in various roles.
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.
Jilly is a Principal at Gilchrist Connell. 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.
Savi Manii
Savi Manii is passionate about advising charities and not-for-profit organisations on a range of legal issues including governance, legal structure, employment, volunteer management and tax status. Savi has worked for over eight years at Justice Connect and held various positions there including most recently as Manager of the Not-for-profit Law program.
Brian-John is a Solicitor with Seniors Rights Ltd. He has extensive legal and policy experience spanning over 25 years, across both Government and Private sectors. These include DFAT, Federal Court of Australia, Youth Koori Court and Redfern Legal Centre’s Health Justice Partnership. Brian-John has a particular interest in First Nation Justice and is passionate about social justice and equality.
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.
Kip is a lecturer in the School of Law at the University of New England. Kip’s centre of attention is disability legal issues and funding of community legal centres. He is the treasurer and long-standing member of North and Northwest Community Legal Service.
Nina Betts
Nina has been a solicitor since 2001 and is working remotely for the Far West Community Legal Centre. She has a passion for First Nations Justice, mental health, and all issues effecting isolated and remote families.