Our Community

Our mentors are some of the most experienced senior level executives in Australia from the private, public and social sectors. 

Our purpose-driven mentees are empowered by their communities and dedicated to their cause. They are the leaders of charities, not-for-profits and social impact organisations.

When our community comes together, they create a powerful combination of knowledge, passion, support and drive.

Vanessa Guthrie AO

Kilfinan mentor

Joan Fitzpatrick

Kilfinan mentor

Vicki Condon and David Thodey AO

Kilfinan mentee and mentor

Tim Poole

Kilfinan mentor

Ali Ahmed

Founder, Youth Activating Youth

Sarah Davies AM

CEO, Alannah & Madeline Foundation

Jason Juretic

CEO, Stepping Stone House

Susan Kukucka

CEO, 100 Story Building

Adam Hegedus

Co-Founder, Educating the Future

Our Community

Our mentors are some of the most experienced senior level executives in Australia from the private, public and social sectors. 

Our purpose-driven mentees are empowered by their communities and dedicated to their cause. They are the leaders of charities, not-for-profits and social impact organisations.

When our community comes together, they create a powerful combination of knowledge, passion, support and drive.

Sarah Davies AM
CEO, Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Susan Kukucka
CEO, 100 Story Building
Kilfinan mentor. Dr Vanessa Guthrie AO.
Vanessa Guthrie AO
Kilfinan mentor
Ali Ahmed, snr business exec
Ali Ahmed
Founder, Youth Activating Youth
Jacqui Mumford, Nature Conservation Council
Jacqui Mumford
CEO, Nature Conservation Council
Adam Hegedus
CEO, Educating the Future
David Thodey and Vicki Condon
Vicki Condon and David Thodey
Kilfinan mentee and mentor
Maha Krishnapillai
Kilfinan mentor
Jason Juretic
CEO, Stepping Stone House
Evelyn Horton
Kilfinan mentor
Frank Calabria
Kilfinan mentor

Kilfinan Mentors & Mentor Alumni

A-C

Terry Agnew
Patrick Allaway
Peter Allen
Vicki Allen
Rick Allert AO
Suzanne Ardagh
John Ashby
John Atkins AO
Grace Atkinson

Christine Bartlett
Sally Basser
Susan Beling
Fabio Bertola
Penny Bingham-Hall
Barry Bloch
Andrew Bousie
Cath Bowtell
Leigh Bracken
Norah Breekveldt
Dov Brener
Bruce Brook
Malcolm Broomhead AO
Lara Bruhns
Anna Buduls AO

Frank Calabria
Alberto Calderon
Dale Calhoun
Anthony Callinan
David Campbell
Elizabeth Carr
Karen Chester
Christine Christian AO
Andrew Clark
Cameron Clyne
Steven Cole
Peter Coleman
Tony Concannon
Helen Conway
Frank Cooper AO
Simon Cowen
David Craig
John Craven
Ewen Crouch AM

D-F

Diana D’Ambra
Eric d’Indy
Gerard Dalbosco
Mark Daniel
Maree Davidson AM
Patricia Davison
Alison de Groot
Sandie de Wolf AM
Jennifer Douglas
Judith Downes
Vicki Doyle
Jayne Dullard

Erica Edmands
Graham Elliot
Greg Evans
Jim Eve

Joanne Farrell
Christine Feldmanis
Jane Fenton AM
Karen Fifer
Joan Fitzpatrick
Martin Foley
Nancy Fox
Andrew Friars

G-I

Andrea Galgoczi-Kratochvil
Jann Gardner
Nicholas Gaynor
Michael Gill
Anne Giugni
John Gleeson
Debra Goldfinch
Dennis Goldner AM
Beth Gordon
Matt Graham
Julie Green
Rosemary Grieve
Scott Grimley
Dr Vanessa Guthrie AO
Daniel Gutstein


Tim Hammon
Leisa Hart
Margaret Haseltine
David Hayward
Michaela Healey
Dr Michael Henry AM
Paul Hill
Kathy Hirschfeld AM
Peter Hodgett
Evelyn Horton
Graham Hubbard
Trevor Hunt
Angela Hutson
Tony Hyams AM


Michael Ihlein
Launa Inman
Shirley In’t Veld

J-L

Lynne Jensen
Paul Jensen
Gael Jennings
Greg Johnson
Brad Jordon
Colin Jorgensen

Jane Keating
Joanne Kirker
Daniel Kleijn
Marius Kloppers
Maha Krishnapillai

Mark Laidlaw
Peter Lamell
David Larocca
Hugo Leschen
Matthew Lickwar
Stuart Lloyd-Hurwitz

Deanna Lomas
Anne Loveridge

M-O

Kirsty Macmillan
Heith Mackay-Cruise
Silvio Marinelli
Dav Mather
Arturo Mauleon
Dawn McAleenan
Phillipa McCaffery
Louise McCann
Alison McClelland AM
Marie McDonald
Ian McGill
Rebecca McGrath
Jane McKellar
Fiona McIntosh
Daniel Moorfield
Bruce Miller AO
Patricia Montague
Tass Mousaferiadis
Paul Mulraney CSC
Steven Munchenberg
Anthony Mutton
Anne Myers
Alistair Mytton
Lorraine Maxwell (Chiroiu)

Helen Nash
Jane Nash
Michael Neilson
Dr Robert Nethercote
Tony Noonan

Nicole O’Connor
Shane O’Hare
Rebekah O’Flaherty

P-R

Ashley Painter
Karen Penrose
Robin Penty
Sonia Petering
John Phillips
Tiziana Pittui
Tim Poole
John Poulson
Sanjay Prasad
Andrew Price
Geoff Price
Brian Purdy
Ingrid Puzey

Alison Quinn

Chris Raine
Ashley Reid
Greg Ridder
Geoff Roberts
Sue Robertson
Peter Rohan
Elana Rubin

S-U

Rachel Sansom
Bob Santamaria
Dr Nora Scheinkestel
Samantha Shaw
Dr Ruth Shean AO
Rod Sherwin
Mark Sinderberry
Jane W Smith AO
Dr Erica Smyth AC
Marion Stanway
Debra Stirling
Karen Stoffels
Corene Strauss
Dr Natalia Streltsova
Matthew Stubbs
Jane Stuchberry
Meredith Sussex
Gregory Sutherland
Annette Swann
Paul Sweet

Lindsay Tanner
Paul Takac
Gaelyn Taylor
David Thodey AO
Mark Thomann
Janet Torney
Sally Treeby
Jonathan Tribe
Judith Troeth

V-Z

Mark Valena
Karina Veal
Gary Veale
Karen Vella
Mary Verschuer
Mario Villa
Jeremy Vincent
Trudy Vonhoff

John Warburton
Cynthia Watkins
Robyn Watts
Alistair Webster
Marion Webster OAM
Michael Webster
Sue West
Rosalie Wilkie
Richard Wilson
Penny Winn
Nicholas Wormald
Lotty Wright

Russell Yardley

Heather Zampatti
Wayne Zekulich
Prof. Gianin Zogg

Specialist Mentors

Winsome Bernard
Cara Campbell
Amitabh Das Gupta
Stephen Feneley
Glenn Garnaut
Michael Georgeff
Susan Harry
Jac Phillips
Catherine Sherrington

Mentor Alumni

Patty Akopiantz
Rick Allert AO
Tzipi Avioz

Grant Bailey
Chris Barlow
Peter Bazzani
Chris Bell
Fiona Bennett
Michael Bisset
Barry Bloch
Duncan Boyle
Hon Steve Bracks AC
Anne Brennan
Mr Bruce Brook
Rob Brooks
Kerrie Burgess

Pamela Catty
Nicola Chanen
Leigh Clifford
Dame Diana Crossan

Ken Dean
Roger Dench

Ted Evans

Anthony Fasso
Anne Flanagan
Mark Ford

Jann Gardner
Glenn Garnaut
Saskia Goedhart
Jack Goodacre

Leigh Harry
Jane Harvey
Sean Henaghan
Victoria Hickey
Carrie Hillyard

Craig Keary
Michael Kennedy

Susan Macken
Jenny Macklin
Sandra McComb
Marie McDonald
Simon McKeon AO
Jennie McLaughlin
Peter McVean
Patricia Montague
Mark Mullington

Mick O’Brien
Wayne Osborn
Tony Osmond

Matthew Percival
Jane Perry
Alan Plumb
Tim Poole

Matthew Quinn

Paul Reid
Alastair Robertson
Tony Robinson

Brian Scullin
Margie Seale
Julie Simon
Erica Smyth AC
Debra Stirling
Giam Swiegers

Chris Thomas
David Timm

Michael Wachtel
Craig Wallace
Anne Ward
Leanne Ward
David Williamson
David Wills

Kilfinan Mentees & Mentee Alumni

A-B

Vicky Absalom-Hornby
Melissa Abu-Gazaleh
Katie Acheson
Sophie Ader
Ali Ahmed
Kirsty Albion
Bryan Ambrosius
Penny Anderson
Susan Anderson
Nici Andronicus
Lise Angus
Bill Appleby
Sanchia Aranda
Paris Aristotle
Nassim Arrage
Nick Austin

Brendan Bailey
Anne-Marie Baker
Joe Ball
Rachel Ball
Wendy Barnert
Gordon Barratt
Shona Barrett
Alannah Batchelor
Sally Bate
Kylee Bates
Nicole Battle
Claire Bauska
Luke Bayley
Aaron Beach
Reachelle Beasley
Bron Belcher
Angela Bell
Sandra Bellekom
Tamryn Bennett
Jan Berriman
Cath Berryman
Patrizia Biase-Dyson
Jocelyn Bignold
Ben Bjarnesen
Zoe Black
Michelle Blanchard
Jade Blakkarly
Tracey Blythe
Heidi Boardman
Michelle Bonney
Felicity Bott
Nataly Bovopoulos
Judith Bowtell
Denise Boyd
Peter Boyd
Siobhan Boyle
Kevin Bracken
Lea-Anne Bradley
Lisa Brennan
Pip Brennan
Deborah Briggs
Kim Brooklyn
Siobhan Brophy
Cameron Bruhn
Kelly Bruce
Judy Buchan
Elisa Buggy
Lynette Buoy
Mandy Burns
Max Burt
Kathleen Burton
Martin Butson
Lisa Button
David Butler
Ornella Byak
Lisa Byrne

C-D

Lisa Cahill
Kate Cahill
Michael Campbell
Miranda Campbell
Michelle Carlyle
Dan Cass
Sue Cattermole
Vicki Cavalieros
Anthony Cavanagh
Eddie Chapman
Ojisi Charlie
Annabelle Chauncy
Shannon Cheal
Kate Cherry
Anthony Chesler
Deborah Childs
Rachel Choy
Peta Christensen
Chris Christoforou
Simon Clarke
Karina Clarke
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Dale Cleaver
Steve Clifford
Taimi Clinch
Sandra Clubb
Louise Clunies-Ross
Jill Coates
Suzanne Colbert
Jess Colgan
Kara Collins
Ilsa Colson
Kerry Comerford
Vicki Condon
Johanna Cook
Tracey Corbin-Matchett
Lizzie Corke
Tanya Corrie
Margaret Corrigan
Janet Cousens
Stephanie Cousins
Alison Covington
Rebecca Cowan
Anna Crabb
Kent Crawford
Bianca Crocker
Regina Cruickshank
Caroline Cuckson
Alana Culverhouse
Natasha Curry
Jo Curtin
Emma Cutting

Pheba Daniel
Ian Darbyshire
Jodie Darge
Alicia Darvall
Adam Davids
Lucy Davidson
Sarah Davies
Andrew Davies
Lisa Davies
Annie Davis
Aaron Davis
Matt Davis
Mike Davis
Annabel Davis
Garry Davison
Ashley de Silva
Thea Deakin-Greenwood
Ruth Dearnley
Lisa Dempster
Rosie Dennis
Jetha Devapura
Sam Dharmapala
Christina DiPierdomenico
Amanda Donohoe
Kartna Doolan
Rhyll Dorrington
Gina Dougall
Maggie Dowling
Louise Doyle
Jo Doyle
Anna Draffin
Heath Ducker
Sean Duffy
Caitlin Dullard
Anne Duncan
Kate Dundas
Rob Dunn
Brett Dunstone
Stefan Duvenhage

E-F

Melanie Eagle
Paul Edginton
Bronwen Edwards
Stephen Edwards
Laura Egan
Jamal Elsheikh
Belinda Elworthy
Stephanie Exton
Lisa Ezekiel

Claudia Fatone
Penny Fegan
Sandy Fernee
Melissa Fitzgerald
Jodie Fleming
David Forbes
Aaron Ford
Sarah Fordham
Louise Forster
Anne Frankenberg

G-I

Bernard Galbally
Patrick Garcia
Brooke Giacomin
Tenille Gilbert
Chris Giles
Tracy Gillard
Mark Glasson
Erika Gleeson
Natalie Glenton
Andrea Goddard
Mitzi Goldman
Belinda Goldman
Mark Goodie
Julie Gorman
Billy Gorter
Linda Griffiths
Lisa Grinham
Maxine Gross
Rosales Guadalupe Martinez
Gautam Gupta

Alice Hall
Carolyn Hamer-Smith
Dominique Hansen
Lydia Harb
Sarah Hardy
Catherine Haridy
Georgie Harman
Russell Harrison
Mary Harrod
Mark Harwood
Lin Hatfield Dodds
Lynne Haultain
Alex Haynes
Sarah Jane Haywood
Adam Hegedus
Thenu Herath
Adam Hewber
Jane Hill
Raewyn Hill
Peter Hill-Jones
Sally Hines
Jan Hirst
Danielle Hodgson
Libby Hodgson
Catherine Holliday
Elouise Holmes
Haleh Homaei
Matt Hooey
Suzanne Hopman
Nyasha Hove
Nicky Howe
Zyl Hovenga-Wauchope
Andrew Hudson
Jane Hunt
Amanda Hunt
Christine Hunter
John Hutcheson

Sarah Ireland

J-L

Dianne Jackson
Sandra Jacobs
Em James
Agata Jarbin
Emma Jarvis
Joanne Jessop
Kumar Jha
Kylie Johanson
Christopher John
Moira Junge
Jason Juretic

Rick Kane
Monica Kane
Jess Karlsson
Sue Karzis
Kieren Kearney
Catherine Keenan
Alison Kelly
Jo Kelly
Susan Kelly
Thomas King
Sacha King
Stephanie Kirkman Meikle
Andrew Knight
Scott Ko
Natasha Kocks
Cynthia Kralik
Willem (Liam) Krige
Anne Kruger
Susan Kukucka
Leanne Kyle

Thea Lange
Jeanette Large
Alopi Latukefu
Melinda Lawley
Patrick Lawrence
Nick Lawson
Lesley Leece
Susanne Legena
Nicky Leitch
Daniel Lennon
Eve Lester
Stephen Lewin
Zac Lewis
Katie Liew
Vanessa Lister
Matt Little
Chris Lombardo
Kerri Long
Rebecca Lubilanji
Estelle Lucas
Donna Luckman

M-O

Lachlan MacDowall
Rebecca MacFarling
Nick MacHale
Casey Macpherson
Shelagh Magadza
Nick Maisey
David Manne
Joanna Mansfield
Trish Manten
Maya Marcus
Michi Marosszeky
Sam Marshall
Liz Martin
Naomi Martin
Jane Marx
Lani Masuku
Rochelle Matacz
Mary Jo Mc Veigh
Rebecca McDonald
Julie McDonald
Fiona McDonald
Ursula McGeown
Jamie McGleave
Sharon McGowan
Caitlin McGrath
Candice McGregor
Fiona McIntosh
Lyndsey McKee
Nicki McKenzie
Victoria McKenzie-McHarg
Chelsea McKinney
Cait McMahon
David McNamara
Peter McNamara
Katherine Melhopt
Sam Mellett
Marion Meloni
Fiona Menzies
Luciano Mesiti
Susannah Miall
Wendy Middleton
Sally Miles
Tony Mohr
Natalie Molino
Elaine Montegriffo
Lisa Moore
Geraldine Moran
Rebecca Morecroft
Jasmine Moseley
Megan Motto
Larissa Muir
Barbara Mullen
Clare Mullen
Jacqui Mumford
Tim Munro
Michelle Murphy

Liza Nadoiski
Armine Nalbandian
Lakshmi Narayanan
Pamela Nathan
Tish Naughton
Sarah Neal
Suzanne Neate
Tamara Newlands
Olivia Nguy
Sheila Nguyen
Malinda Nixon

Jessica Olivieri
Lisa O’Meara
Justin O’Meara Smith
Kelda Oppermann
Angela O’Toole

P-R

Don Palmer
Graham Panther
Rachael Parker
Angie Paskevicius
Kristen Paterson
Kiki Paul
Kerstin Paulsen
Samantha Payne
Leanne Pearman
David Pearson
Kerryn Pell
Gill Perkins
Dave Petty
Elise Phillips
Melinda Phillips
Brent Phillips
Joel Pilgrim
Giselle Pinto
Lesley Podesta
Kirsty Porter
Richard Potok
Melodie Potts-Rosevear
Sarah Powell
Eleanor Pratt
Jo Pride
Jeanette Pritchard

Eva Rabanal
Katherine Raskob
Caroline Reed
Sam Refshauge
Caitlin Reiger
Rachel Reilly
Julie Reilly
Donna Rendell
Jacinda Richards
Mandy Richards
Sarah Riches
Kirsten Ritchie
Pat Rix
Glyn Roberts
Merinda Robertson
Jacque Robinson
Elizabeth Robinson
Amy Robinson
Joanne Rockwell
Ben Rodgers
Annemarie Rolls
Alexandra Ross
Jessica Roth
Mat Rowell
Amber Rules
Tim Ryan
Pat Ryan
Luke Rycken
Victoria Ryle

S-U

Jodi Salmond
Gary Samowitz
Charlotte Sangster
Ed Santow
Robyn Saunders
Sam Sayers
Gian Sberna
Aaron Schultz
Esther Schwald
Carley Scott
Bec Scott
Elissa Scott
Rebecca Scott
Antonella Segre
Nic Seton
Bernie Shakeshaft
Tiarne Shutt
Maree Sidey
Laura Simmons
Ainsley Simpson
Amar Singh
Lisa Skaife
Holley Skene
Clea Smith
Lyndi Smith
Penny Smith
Graeme Smith
Terri Smith
Dylan Smith
Rebecca Smith
Ruby Smith
Kath Snell
Danielle Snelling
Claire Spencer
John Spierings
Mikaela Stafrace
Bridget Staude
Sue Stepatschuk
Bianca Stern
Toni Stevens
Ben Stockwin
Lynda Stoner
Corene Strauss
Dan Stubbs
Hilary Sumpter
Sally Sweeney
Fiona Sweet
Jane Sydenham-Clarke

Hannah Tait
Saidee Talty
Xuyen Tang
Lilian Tann
Devon Taylor
Louise Tegart
Jamie Terzi
Paula Theocharides
Jane Thomas
Lucy Thomas
Rosie Thomas OAM
Linda Thompson
Brett Thompson
Mark Thomson
Amy Timoshanko
Nick Titov
Stuart Tomlinson
David Tonge
Stacey Touma
Norma Tracey
Thu-Trang Tran
Sophie Travers
Cassandra Treadwell
Chrissie Trousselot
Jason TuazonMcCheyne
Joe Tucci
Heidi Tucker
Edward Tudor
Katherine Tuft
Andrew Turvey

Kate Umbers
Phil Usher

V-Z

Ariel Valent
Peter Valpiani
Angela Van Dyke
Claire Vissenga
Simon von Saldern
Bernadene Voss
Mark Wakeham
Cam Walker
Dana Wallace-Campbell
Margo Ward
Emma Watts
Alyssa Weirman
Janelle Weissman
Paula Westhead
Daniel Whykes
Anne Wicking
Anne Wiggins
Monique Williamson
Rosemary Willink
Sabina Wills
Belinda Wilson
Melanie Withnall
Michael Woodhouse
Addie Wootten
Peta Wootton
Barbara Wueringer
Nicola Wright

Sarah Yeates
Susan Yengi
Liz Yeo
Mark Yeowell
Amanda Young

Saffron Zomer

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