NFAW Directors

Kate Gunn – President

Kate Gunn is a Founder and Director of Balance! Healthcare Pty Ltd. Balance! owns and operates the Blue Mountains and Cairns GP Super Clinic.

 

Kate has over 20 years of business experience in the private sector, and has served as Managing Director and General Manager of various organisations. In 1999 Kate was a finalist in the Telstra Business Woman of the Year in South Australia. She has also been recognised with business entrepreneurship awards from the National Enterprise Development Institute, ACT Minister for Business, ACT Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Cosmopolitan/Clairol.

 

  

Kate Bosser – Secretary

In her career in the Commonwealth Public Service Kate specialised in industrial relations and employment issues, particularly in the public sector. In 2001 she was awarded a Public Service Medal for her contribution to the development of the 1999 Public Service Act.

Kate worked for a number of Commonwealth bodies including the Public Service Board, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and the Australia Council. She has two Arts degrees from the Australian National University including an honours degree in Sociology.

Molly Lee - Treasurer

Molly is a business professional with 15 years experience in general accounting, taxation, financial planning and internal controls.  She has worked in various multi national organisations both locally and in the Asia Pacific region, IT start ups and small business.

Molly is a Certified Practising Accountant and is a member of CPA Australia, Women on Boards and the Australian Institute of Management.   

Ruth Medd CPA, MAICD 

Ruth is the Executive Chair of Women on Boards. She is also on the Board of Australian Ethical Superannuation. She is the principal of "All About Money" series of investment seminars which aim to educate women about investing.

Ruth started in IT in the seventies. Since then she has been a senior public servant, a broadcasting regulator, the inaugural Company Secretary at Telstra and the Executive Director of an industry association.

 

Georgina Somerset

Georgina Somerset lives near Kingaroy, and is a beef producer who is frequently sought as a commentator and speaker on rural issues. She has a wide range of experiences and skills, including communication, marketing consultancy and strategic planning. Amongst many other activities, she is currently a member of the National Rural Advisory Council, the Rural Skilling Industry Advisory Group and was previously a member of the Queensland Women’s Consultative Council.

Alexandra Wedutenko

Alexandra is a corporate partner in Clayton Utz. Her career has involved both government and private sector experience; she was previously General Counsel to the then Department of Communications and the Arts.

Alexandra has extensive experience in advising on procurement and procurement strategy, governance, IT and in negotiating contracts. Her legal practice focuses particularly in the areas of select sourcing, IT, telecommunications and major capital equipment. She has advised on privatisation, governance and the statutory regulation of commercial activity. She regularly speaks on topics including procurement, IT contracting, alliances, service level agreements and governance.

 

NICOLE McKENNA

Nicole McKenna is a freelance people strategy consultant and executive coach, with experience spanning over almost 20 years in the private sector.  She led the people related aspects of the merger which created the national law firm Allens Arthur Robinson in 2001, and occupied the positions of Director, People & Performance and Director, Partner Development respectively for almost 7 years, leading a team of over 30 people.  She was also the architect and driving force behind the firm's innovative program to develop and retain talented women introduced in 2003.

Nicole has a particular interest in and commitment to building organisational capability around gender diversity, and regularly works with senior women in career transition, to become promotion-ready or to plan for their "next big thing".  Prior to moving into people strategy, Nicole practised as a lawyer in Australia and New York for almost 5 years, and holds an Arts degree and an honours degree in Law from Monash University. She is also an alumnus of the Managing Human Capital Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School.

Nicole is a Certified Professional Member of AHRI, a former Vice President of the Australian Association of Graduate Employers and an alumnus of the Editorial Committee of the Monash University Law Review.  She is also a member of Women on Boards, and has been involved in the Lucy Mentoring Program, a joint initiative for young women of the University of New South
Wales and the Office of Women, since its inception in 2007.

ROBYN WEBB

Robyn has worked extensively across business and IT and consulting, with over 20 years experience facilitating partnerships that have
created successful and sustainable initiatives.  She has also advised business and government on various issues regarding business
practices, procurement and technology.

She is currently a technology strategist with a federal government agency; has qualifications in IT, manufacturing and history and is a
member of the AICD, Women on Boards, Females in IT & Telecommunications, Women are IT and the Australian Society of Authors and the Victorian Writers' Centre.

 

Judith van Unen

Judith is a Business Performance Strategist with 30 years experience across corporations, businesses and all levels of government. Judith has diverse disciplines and expertise focusing on mentoring, due diligence, governance and risk assessment. She represents Business and Professional Women Australia on COSBOA, being a past BPWA National President.

Judith has several times been on the Australian Government delegation to UN CSW, was Founding Chair of Security 4 Women and is also a Director of Riding for Disabled, the RDAV Foundation, and is a member of the National Institute for Governance.

  

Mary Crawford

The Hon Mary Crawford from Queensland - was elected to the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament as the Member for Forde, Queensland, at the 1987 federal election. In 1994 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Regional Development in the Keating Government and held that position until the 1996 election.  Mary has had a distinguished teaching career and is currently Visiting Researcher at QUT:Adjunct Fellow at Southern Cross University.  She has contributed to many committees dealing with women's employment, domestic violence, housing etc.