trustees
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Jill Reichstein
Chair of Reichstein Foundation
Jill’s involvement with social change philanthropy grew from her early involvement with the first women’s refuge in Victoria and with the community childcare movement. As chair of the Reichstein Foundation since 1987, Jill has been active in developing strategic partnerships and alliances towards growing progressive philanthropy as well as mentoring and resourcing new donors who are seeking to clarify their own philanthropic direction. Jill is also on the board of the Koorie Heritage Trust, Trust for Young Australians, Melbourne Health Ethics Committee, Changemakers Australia and the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network. More information on Jill is available here.
Lucy Larkins
Lucy studied Arts/Law at the University of Melbourne and completed her Articles of Clerkship at Arnold Bloch Leibler. She is currently working at the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, a non-profit law firm that represents people facing the death penalty in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Lucy has been a Trustee since 2001.
Tom Larkins
Tom is studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Melbourne. He is currently living at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra where he is training as a rower. Tom has been a Trustee since 2006.
Ian Seal
Ian has been a teacher, a youth worker, a lecturer, a community project worker and a consultant to government, schools and community organisations. Ian is active in a number of areas with young people who are marginalised - working with Indigenous communities, creating safe schools for same-sex attracted young people, advocating for improvements to the foster care system, and developing models for connecting disadvantaged young people to school and community. Ian has been a Trustee since July 2004.
Fiona Smith
Fiona is a lawyer and a former Chairperson of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, where she led the Commission’s implementation of Victoria’s Human Rights Charter. She is Chair of the Victorian Business Licensing Authority, and an Ambassador for the Melbourne Community Foundation. Fiona has been a Trustee since July 2004.
Jane Tewson
Jane is founder and director of Pilotlight Australia, a catalyst for social change. Pilotlight is the fifth charity Jane has founded; the others, all flourishing today, include the phenomenally successful Comic Relief UK. She sits on the international and Australian boards of Virgin Unite. Jane has been a Trustee since 2001.