Staff

TADVIC Central Office Staff

Fiona Still - Chief Executive Officer 
Fiona, an Occupational Therapist, joined TADVIC as the Chief Executive Officer in October 2000 bringing with her a background in adaptive and assistive technology. Prior to joining TADVIC, most of her working life had been in the aids and equipment area for people with disabilities, having worked at the Independent Living Cente and then the Microcomputer Applications Centre (now known as CommTEC) for ten years.As Chief Executive Officer, she has overall responsibility for the management and administration of TADVIC.

Stella Bain - Administration
Stella joined TADVIC in 2001 as the Administration Officer. Stella is probably the first person you’ll speak with when you phone TADVIC. Her role covers much of the day to day office management and public relations. Among her many responsibilities, she deals with client enquiries, registers new projects and new volunteers and maintains TADVIC records and accounts.

Rosemary Nolan - Publicity and Fundraising
Rosemary joined the TADVIC administration team in 2005. Her role has grown since then to include publicity, fundraising and website management. Rosemary's role is to increase TADVIC’s profile in the wider community, to let people with disabilities know about our service, attract new volunteers and much needed funding.

Patsy Moloney - Publications / Policies and Procedures
Patsy joined the TADVIC administration team in 2005. Her key role is producing The TADVIC Magazine which is published twice each year. She is also involved in other areas of publicity, documentation of policies and procedures, Occupational Health and Safety and database design.

Sue Deane - Publications / Events / Freedom Wheels Stock Control
Sue joined the Administration team in TADVIC's Central Office in 2008. Sue produces the monthly TADVIC Newsletter, assists with other publications and coordination of special events. She also controls the stock for the Freedom Wheels Program.

Jenny Stephen - Human Resources and Volunteer Coordinator
Jenny joined TADVIC in 2010 in the role of Human Resources and Volunteer Coordinator. Jenny has over 15 years experience in Human Resources in various organisations including Australia Post and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. As well as assisting with the coordination of human resources and OHS,  Jenny will be managing volunteer recruitment and recognition across TADVIC services.

Sarah McNamee - Freedom Wheels Program Manager
Sarah McNamee joined TADVIC in 2010 in the role of Freedom Wheels Program Manager. Sarah has a Bachelor of Applied Science - Human Movement and her background is in exercise therapy and rehabilitation, having worked for several years with the Transport Accident Commission and several agencies in the disability sector.

TADVIC Project Coordinators

Project Co-ordinators are responsible for assessing individual client needs and matching these needs with volunteer members who have appropriate skills, expertise and experience. They act as liaison between volunteers and clients, monitoring progress of the project and ensuring outcomes are satisfactory. They are also responsible for ongoing education and development of volunteers.

Ingrid Maine - Metropolitan Project Coordinator
Ingrid is an Occupational Therapist and Kinesiologist and has just joined TADVIC in 2008. She has spent the past 20 years working in Melbourne and the UK in the areas of Psychiatry, Kinesiology, Aged Care and Disabilities. Most recently she has worked for the Victorian Aids and Equipment Program at Caulfield.

Martine Porter – Metropolitan Project Coordinator 
Martine, an Occupational Therapist joined TADVIC in 2007. She has specialised in rehabilitation post traumatic injury, particularly spinal cord injury, having had 10 years experience in spinal cord injury rehabilitation at the Austin Hospital (Victorian spinal cord service) and spinal injury units in Toronto and London.  She has also worked in the areas of acquired brain injury and orthopaedic injuries and has experience in acute, rehabilitation and community (home, work and school) settings.

Ewan Hanmer - Barwon Project Coordinator 
Ewan, an Occupational Therapist, joined TADVIC in 2001. Prior to joining he had spent a large proportion of his time working in the area of aids and equipment for people with disabilities. Having started at the Independent Living Centre, he later spent time at the Microcomputer Application Centre, now known as ComTEC, and the Spastic Society. Ewan is responsible for coordination of all projects in the Barwon Branch.

Richard Ziegeler - South West Branch Coordinator 
Richard joined TADVIC’s South West Branch in 2004 having worked as an Occupational Therapist with many of the health providers in the Warrnambool region since 1976. During this time Richard had developed extensive knowledge in the areas of rehabilitation and aged care, early childhood development and prosthetics and orthotics. Richard is responsible for coordination of all projects in the South West Branch.

Margaret Crocker - East Gippsland Coordinator
Margaret is an Occupational Therapist and has been a member of TADVIC since 1990,first as a volunteer and since 2003 as the Project Coordinator of East Gippsland Branch. Prior to that, Margaret was the senior OT at Bairnsdale Rural Health Service and currently works in private practice specialising in Lymphoedema. 

Rachel Schlipalius - Peninsula Coordinator
Rachel is an Occupational Therapist who joined TADVIC's Peninsula Branch in 2008 as Project Coordinator. She also works part-time in private practice on the Mornington Peninsula.

Anne Collins - Central Gippsland Coordinator
Anne Collins is an Occupational Therapist and joined TADVIC in 2009 as Project Coordinator for the Central Gippsland branch. Anne combines her work with TADVIC with part-time work in community health. Her area of expertise is in falls prevention.

Penny Loughran - South Gippsland Coordinator
Penny is an Occupational Therapist and joined TADVIC in 2009 as Project Coordinator for the South Gippsland branch. Prior to joining TADVIC, Penny worked at Wonthaggi Hospital in Occupational Health and Safety.