Able Australia Board
 Peter Lidstrom
 
   
President.
Board Member since 1987.
 
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Experience:
 
 
 
 
Committee Membership (Able):
  
 
 
 
LLB; BBus. (Acc).
 
Solicitor for 23+ years, has practical accounting experience as well as management and administration of various law firms.
 
 
Finance Committee; Sir Eric Pearce Deafblind Fund; Salaries & Conditions Committee.
 
 
 
 
Kaye Collard
 
   
Treasurer. Board Member since February 2000.
 
Qualifications:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Experience:
 
 
 
 
 
Committee Membership (Able):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fellow, CPA Australia; Fellow, Taxation Institute of Australia; Associate - Aust. Health Services Financial Management Assn.; Graduate Diploma of Accounting (FIT).
 
 
Chairman and employee of Colpot Consulting P/L; Director of Caters P/L; Member of Public Sector Committee of CPA Australia.
 
 
Finance Committee; Salaries & Conditions Committee.
 
 
Eddie Keir OAM
 
   
Founding Member of the Deafblind Association (now Able Australia) since 1967. Current Board Member and for President for 23 years.
 
Qualifications:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Awards:
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BA (Psych); TTCTD (Trained Teacher Certificate for Teacher for the Deaf); MAPS (Member of Australian Psychological Society); FAudSA (Fellow of Audiological Society of Australia).
 
 
Audiologist.
Head of Department of Audiology, Royal Children's Hospital, 1960 to 1997; Founding Member, and now Life Member of the Audiological Society of Australia; Past Vice-President and Honorary Life Member of Deafness Foundation Victoria; Past Member of Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing.
 
 
Finance Committee; Sir Eric Pearce Deafblind Fund; Salaries & Conditions Committee.
 
Ann Sullivan International Medal for work with Deafblind Persons; Order of Australia Medal for Services to the Deafblind and for the advancement of the field of Audiology.
Jock Power
 
   
Secretary.
Board Member since 1991.
 
Qualifications:
 
 
 
Experience:
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
TPTC; TTCTD (Trained Teacher Certificate for the Deaf); Dip. Ed. Admin.
 
Retired from Ministry of Education; Former Acting Vice-Principal at Carronbank School; Former Acting Principal at Princess Elizabeth Junior School.
Frank Harris OAM JP
 
   
Board Member since January 2008.
Vice President May 2009.
 
Qualifications:
 
 
 
Experience:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Committee Membership (Able):
  
 
 
 
 
Qualifications in a variety of Management & Engineering disciplines.
 
32 plus years experience at executive level in Disability Service Organisations; Current Patron Crisis Support Services; Recently retired Bail Justice (Dept Justice Appointment) 18 years.
 
 
Finance Committee
 
 
Julie Hore
 
   
Board Member since July 2007
 
Qualifications:
 
 
Experience:
 
 
 
 
 
 
B.Comm/ LLM (Hons)
 
 
Solicitor with Stedman Cameron Meares & Hall; Corporate solicitor for Shell Australia and Shell UK; Business Manager, Retail & Commercial marketing division, Shell Australia.
Laura Kaczkowski
 
   
Committee Membership (Able):
Board Member since October 2008
 
Qualifications:
 
 
 
Experience:
 
 
 
 
Committee Membership (Able):
  
 
 
 
 
B.Comm (law), B.Man (HRM), Diploma PR
 
 
Corporate Communications Assistant Manager Chrysler Australia, Event Manger for Chrysler Australia, Marketing Manager for Audi Brighton
 
 
Fundraising Committee