Administration

Lifeline Canberra is an incorporated community organisation governed by a Board of Directors.  Members of the Board come from the local community and play an important role in guiding the organisation.   The Annual General Meeting for Lifeline Canberra is held in November each year. Members of the organisation will receive an invitation to the AGM.

Lifeline Canberra is managed by an Executive Director who works with program managers for each service that we run. Our main service, the 24 hour telephone counselling line, is operated by trained volunteers who are supported by qualified training and counselling staff.

More than half of the funding to provide the crisis line service must be raised each year through fundraising. The remainder is provided by a grant from the ACT Government. Our main fundraising activity is the Lifeline Canberra Bookfairs which are held in autumn and spring each year.

Lifeline Canberra is one of many Lifeline Centres operating across Australia. We participate actively in this wider Lifeline network. More information about the organisational structure of Lifeline Australia can be found on their web site at www.lifeline.org.au/. The Lifeline Australia web site also shows any job opportunities with Lifeline in Australia.

Click here to read Lifeline Canberra's annual report for 2006 (pdf file 2.8MB).

Board Members

	Richard Bialkowski M.Bus, B.Bus, FAICD, FCHSE, AFSAE (President of the Board) Richard is the CEO of the ACT Division of General Practice. He has been a member of the Board for six years and has served as President of the Board since November 2004. Richard has served as a Director on boards including Australian Society of Association Executives and Initiative Business Connection Ltd.
Chandrayee Donnelly MA (Hons), MBA, BA (Hons), Grad. Dip. Accounting, FCPA Chandrayee is a qualified accountant and serves as the Treasurer of the organisation. She joined the Board of Directors in June 2005. Chandrayee is the Director of PACE, a local ACT company.
	Kristine Riethmiller Kristine is the Director of KMR Consulting, a company that focuses on aligning people management and processes with business objectives. Kristine has a background in Psychology, business and management. She joined the Board in 2001 and serves as Secretary of the Board.
Peter Sutton Peter is a retired RAAF Non-Commissioned Officer who now works part-time as a carer for a disabled gentleman, as well as having a private counselling practice.  He has been a Lifeline Canberra telephone counsellor for over seven years and has been on the Board for over four years.  He also volunteers for several other organisations within Canberra.
	Robyn Clough Robyn joined Lifeline as a telephone counsellor in 2005 and became a member of the Board in the same year. She works as a researcher for the Australian Senate as well as running a small business writing and editing for government and community clients.
Christina Mico Christina was born in the Netherlands but schooled in Australia. She is a registered Psychologist and has worked as a counsellor with the Richmond Fellowship of Queensland, the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service, Easact-Davidson Trahaire and currently holds the position of Head of Department, Counselling and Equity at CIT. This is her first experience as a Board Director.
	Steve Fielding Steve is a Principal Consultant at Acumen Alliance.  Steve has held senior executive and management positions in the public and private sectors.  He has many years of experience in bringing people, processes and technology together to deliver the best business outcomes.  He joined the Board in 2006.
Karen Barlin Karen is a Senior Partner of Zoo, a nationally recognised design, advertising and communications company in the ACT. She has many years experience in the development, growth and planning for successful business ventures. Karen joined the Board of Directors 12 months ago after 12 months on the organisation’s Marketing Committee.
	Patti-Jane (PJ) Gould PJ was invited to join the Board in February 2007 after being involved with Lifeline Canberra as a major sponsor for more than two years.  As a Manager for Toll, PJ and the Toll Group ACT have been pleased to support Lifeline Canberra with the much needed Transport and storage requirements to assist in the Logistics of the Bookfairs.  During this time Toll has gained enormous respect for the work of Lifeline Canberra within the community and are happy to contribute where possible.