Other then our amazing CEO, and a troupe of equally wonderful
volunteers, Green Cross Australia only have a
handful of full time and part time employees
who make magic happen in our Brisbane office!
Special thanks also goes to Sheena Boughen, Shelia Royles, Amy
Driscoll and Anya Phelan for their immense
contribution in getting Green Cross Australia to where it is
today!
Linda Dreghorn
Company Secretary, Green Cross Australia and Acting Director, Dance and Music, Arts QLD
Linda has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland and she has practised as a solicitor in Queensland for over 20 years.
She has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Company Secretarial Studies and is a chartered secretary. Linda is currently working in a senior governance and strategic planning role in Arts Queensland.
She was formerly Company Secretary/Legal Counsel for Major Brisbane Festivals Pty Ltd and is Company Secretary for Dvconnect Limited.
Previous roles include General Manager of Brisbane Festival 2006, Secretary of the Queensland Law Society Inc, Coordinator of Due Diligence for SunWater’s acquisition of major water infrastructure, Lecturer in Law at QUT and as a corporate solicitor in private practice.
Sue Lyons Financial Controller
After completing her Bachelor degree with distinction in 1987, Sue was invited to join the global firm of Arthur Andersen as a graduate accountant.
For 15 years at Arthur Andersen, Sue specialised in taxation consulting and compliance. Prior to the merger of the firm with Ernst & Young in 2002, she held the position of Principal and was second to the National Head of the Private Client Services Practice in Australia. Sue continued to work for the merged firm of Ernst & Young in Brisbane and for 4 years she lead the Human Capital practice in Brisbane, providing taxation and accounting advice to high net worth individuals and private client groups.
In 2007, she left the firm to operate a private consulting business, providing advice on accounting and taxation matters, and to take up the part-time position as Financial Controller of Green Cross Australia.
Sue is a member of CPA Australia since 1991 and is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.
Frances Curro Administration & Communications Coordinator
Fran has degrees in Business (Marketing and Public Relations)
and Creative Industries (Media and Communication) from the
Queensland University of Technology.
Most recently Fran has worked for the Queensland Performing Arts
Centre in the Visitor Services and Marketing departments, Brisbane
Festival 2006 as Marketing Assistant and Cirque du Soleil.
Currently responsible for Green Cross Australia's administration
and communications, Fran is very proud of the website you are
currently browsing, as well as www.extremeweatherheroes.org
and www.greenlanediary.org
and soon the Build It Back Green website!
Fran is also enjoying contributing in every way she can to make the
world a happier, more sustainable place.
Miranda MasonDirector of Education
Miranda Mason is a dynamic young teacher who has had a multitude
of experiences which have contributed to her future focused style
of teaching. She is passionate about making learning
engaging, relevant and purposeful by utlising technology and
teaching students how to be flexible, adaptive thinkers who are
prepared to meet the requirements of their time.
Miranda is the State Convenor for the Australian Association for
Environmental Education and encourages student empowerment and
activism as a vehicle for understanding environmental change. She
has consulted for the Brisbane Ideas Festival and Brisbane City
Council and is the creator of "Groovy Green Ideas" (Ready-Ed
publications).
