The Board of ROMAC
Ian Wright - Chairman
Ian was born in England and came to Australia in 1980 and settled in Perth. He joined Rotary in 1984 and was charter president of Midland Club in 1985-1986. He is now with the RC of Darling Range. Ian became District Governor of D9470 in 2001-2002 which is when he started to become involved in ROMAC, and very soon introduced the program into WA. From 2003-6 he was Western Region Chairman, and became Board Chairman on 1 July 2007.
Jill Ellis- Secretary
Jill took on the role of Chairman of the D9640 ROMAC Committee for a three year term. In July 2007 Jill was appointed as Secretary of the ROMAC Northern Region and also acts as Secretary for D9640. Jill has taken on the role of ROMAC Board secretary from 1 July 2008.
Simon Durack - Treasurer
Simon was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Burswood Inc and was President in 2001-02. Since that time, Burswood has merged with RC of South Perth and is now known as RC of South Perth-Burswood. Simon has served on the District Membership Committee and also as an Assistant Governor. Simon joined the national Board of ROMAC on 1 July 2007 in the capacity of both Director and National Treasurer.
Richard Christie - Medical Director
Richard has been ROMAC National Board Medical Director since July 2006. Richard is a New Zealander by birth but an Australian by accident. He lives in Perth and works as a consulting paediatrician. Richard is a member of RC of Midland.
Lew Pretorius - Operations Director
Lew joined Rotary in 1983 and became President of R.C. Central Launceston in 1988. He became District Governor of D9830 Tasmania in 2001-2002 and introduced ROMAC to the Tasmanians. Lew's other Rotary roles included International Partner Chair for a successful 3H grant with RC Lautoka, Fiji at Koroipita Village to house homeless people. He also lead a GSE team to D2640 Japan in 1998.
Richard Woodburn - Assistant Operations Director
Richard Woodburn is a Civil Engineer and joined Rotary in 1978. He was President of the Rotary Club of Parkes, NSW 2001-02, and an ADG in D9700 2002-05. He is now with RC of Randwick in District 9750. Richard was the ROMAC Board Secretary from 2004 to 2008 and is also active in patient support through the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick.
Phil Rosenberg - Marketing Director
Phil joined the RC of Kowloon in Hong Kong in 1987 and, after leaving Hong Kong in 1995, moved to the Gold Coast where he joined what is now the RC of Gold Coast Central. The club president there,Stan Shneider,had 'brought' ROMAC to Queensland. Phil was so impressed and inspired by the work of Stan and ROMAC that he became more and more involved so that he is now Marketing Director.
John Tregurtha - Deputy Chairman
PDG John Tregurtha AM ('Trigger' to his friends) has been a member of Rotary since 1985, serving twice as Club President, and most other Board positions at least once. He has been on several District 9640 Committees over the years, a GSE Team Leader in 1997, and District Governor 2005-06. He became a member of the ROMAC Committee in 2008 as Deputy Chairman.
John Benger - Southern Region Director
John is a member of the Rotary Club of Richmond and is a Sapphire Paul Harris Fellow. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Member of the National Institute of Accountants. John is now semi retired after a career that included national and international management roles mainly in high tech companies. His other interests are golf, travel and family.
Bill Benham - Northern Region Director
Bill Benham joined RC of Woolloongabba in 1991 and was President of the Club in 1995-96. In 1997 Bill joined RC of Port of Brisbane, was awarded a PHF in 2000 and was President of the Club in 2004-2005. Bill's involvement in ROMAC commenced in 1999, he was D9630 Chairman for ROMAC in 2001 -2004. Bill is now Northern Region Director.
Dick Milner - Central Region Director
Dick came to South Australia from the U.K. in 1966. He joined Rotary in 1975 as a charter member of The Rotary Club of Tea Tree Gully and was District Governor of D9500 in 1988-89. He was the charter president of his current club Gawler Light in 1997 and received a Service Above Self award a couple of years later.
Geoff Dainty - New Zealand Director
Geoff has been a member of RC of New Lynn in New Zealand for over 25 years. He is a multiple PHF awardee, recipient of the RDU Ken Scheller Award (twice) for outstanding literary contributions plus DG of D9910 in 1997-98. Geoff has been the project co-ordinator for many water supply projects in Vanuatu with The Rotary Foundation and NZAID as well as organising many other humanitarian projects benefitting Pacific Rim countries.
Mudji Nielsen - Western Region Director
Mudji is in his second year as ROMAC Director and previously he was the ROMAC Chair for the District 9450. He belongs to the Rotary Club of North Perth and was inducted in 2000. He was President of his club in 2003-4. At the end of his year he was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow recognition from his club and last year he was presented with a Sapphire to his PHF from District 9450 for his contribution to ROMAC.
Bob Richards - Eastern Region Director
After Bob Richards came to Australia in 1979 he joined RC of Sutherland in 1986 becoming its president in 1991-92. He has served on several D9750 Committees and as Assistant Governor. He was District Governor in the centennial year, 2004-05 and featured ROMAC at his District Conference with patron Max Walker as a major speaker. Bob joined the ROMAC Board on 01 July 2007.
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