David Syme is on the 2026 Board, and Treasurer.
Profile to come.
Bio:
Ms Mary Porter AM
Mary is president of Hunter Restorative Community Inc.
Mary trained as a Registered Nurse and Midwife in Wollongong NSW and worked as a remote area Nursing Sister in Indigenous Communities for 12 years. She moved to the ACT in 1977, becoming a founding member of Tuggeranong Community Service (a regional community service in one of the ACT’s town centre regions, now known as “Communities at Work...
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Karen was elected to the HRC Board at the meeting of 12 November 2024.
Karen has taught in primary schools in disadvantaged areas including rural regions. She has also taught literacy, numeracy and work skills to adults who have disabilities. Further study equipped her to teach English as a Second Language to new migrants.
A move to community development in a neighbourhood centre then led to managing a project,...
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Richard De Martin
Richard is vice president of Hunter Restorative Community Inc.
Richard studied a degree in drama and has worked in the community for the last 20 years in a range of settings.
As a youth worker he works restoratively with young people facilitating psycho-social group work and engaging them on a creative level to explore complex issues and to enable change personally and...
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Ian was nominated and accepted the position of public officer for 2025 at the meeting of 12 November 2024.