Patron-In-Chief
The Hon Alastair Nicholson QC AO RFD
Honorary Professorial Fellow, Criminology Department, University of Melbourne
Formerly Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and
Chairman of the Adult Parole Board.
Joined the Council in 1983
Chair
Mr Michael Wright
Managing Director Miller Consulting Group
Member of the Board of the Victorian Transport Accident Commission
Chair Risk and Audit Committee
Forensicare
Formerly Executive Director
Office for Workforce Development,
Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Joined the Council in 2004
Secretary
Ms Christine Cappello
Joined the Council in 1983
Members
Ms Ersilia Barbone
Partner White Cleland Lawyers,
Specialising in Insolvency
and Commercial law.
Joined the Council in 1996
The Hon. Justice Sally Brown A.M
Former Chief Magistrate
Justice of the Family Court.
Joined the Council in 2004
Mr Tony Cant
Chartered Accountant, Registered Insolvency Practitioner.
Joined the Council in 1997
Dr Heather Manning
Formerly Psychiatrist
Superintendent with Children's Court Clinic and
Consultant Psychiatrist with MH Sky.
Joined the Council in 2000
Sr Clare McShee FMDM
Prison Outreach and Support.
Joined the Council in 1986
Assoc. Professor Karen Nankervis PHD, B. ED, RPN, RMRN
Head of is Division of Disability Studies, RMIT University.
Research interests include sex offenders with disabilities,
at risk adolescents and training parents of children with
disabilities and difficult behaviours.
Joined the Council 2005
Mr Justice Robert Redlich
Justice, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria,
Formerly Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council
Joined the Council in 2002
Mr Malcolm Simister
Principal of LMN Consulting
Chair of the Victorian Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Independent Member of the Audit Committee of the Department of Justice, Victoria
Previously with KPMG (Bearing Point) and Coles-Myer
Joined the Council in 2006
