Our People
Our people are central to who we are and what we do.
Our people are our:
- Employees
- Board of Governance
- Volunteers
Silky Oaks is known for recruiting highly capable, agile and compassionate workers who stay with the organisation for many years. This gives our stakeholders confidence that Silky Oaks is responsive, trustworthy and reliable. By supporting and empowering our people to do their best work together for others, we continue to grow a vibrant and effective organisation.
Meet our Executive Team
Silky Oaks CEO, Russell Hamlet, leads a team of passionate leaders and professionals that deliver genuine outcomes for children, young people and families in the community. Together with the Board, Executive and Management teams, Russell’s desire is to create new opportunities for Silky Oaks that will bring lasting change for generations to come.
Russell Hamlet
Chief Executive Officer
Bruce Harvey
Operations Manager
Christine Stewart
Residential Program Manager
Maria Brown
Finance Manager
Terri Bradley
Community Programs Manager
Meet our
Management Team
Our Management Team is made up of a group of passionate professionals who lead teams in their specialist areas, while maintaining active client contact. This extraordinary group of people support the Executive Team in delivering genuine outcomes in their respective programs.
Colin Moore
Residential
Operations Manager
Sarah Dolan
Opportunity Shop Coordinator
Shane Weatherall
Redlands Cottage
House Manager
Timothy Clark
Bay Cottage
House Manager
Meet our
Board Members
Our Board of Directors are a diverse group of community and professional leaders with expertise in a wide range of areas, including training, advocacy, health, education, finance, information and communications technologies and business management. The Board meets monthly, together with the CEO, to create vision, develop strategy, consider proposals and recommendations, and ratify these as appropriate.
Jonathan Dass
Chairman
Daniel Raffell
Deputy Chairman
Thiago Oliveira
Director
“Through our workers’ ‘love in action,’ clients experience, perhaps for some for the first time, what healthy relationships are. They are treated with dignity, respect and are able to trust again, which provides the building blocks for being able to move forward and find new hope.”
Daniel Raffell
Ron Lawrence
Treasurer
Leda Barnett
Deputy Treasurer
Janice Johnson
Director
Janice Johnson
Our Volunteers
Our volunteers are an integral part of the Silky Oaks team and we are fortunate enough to have over 45 volunteers involved with us. Silky Oaks is committed to providing opportunities to serve the local community through a variety of areas including:
- Op Shop
- Community Pantry
- Maintenance
Please note that volunteers may be required to obtain a Blue Card before they can actively assist. For general expressions of interest, please contact Silky Oaks on (07) 3906 8888 or click here for more information.
