Our people

 

Our staff

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Sarah Marland
Executive Director
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Zachary Armytage
Aboriginal Legal Access Program Coordinator
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Bobbi Murray
First Nations Cadetship Administrator
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Indre McGlinn
Media and Communications Manager
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Rafael Mazzoldi
Web Developer and ICT Project Officer

First Nations Cadetship students

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Aimee Lawson
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Keely-Che Cain
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Jai McGaw

Our board

Community Legal Centres NSW is governed by talented and dedicated board members with experience across the community legal centre sector.

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Deborah Macmillan (Chair)
Deborah is Executive Officer at Central Coast Legal Centre. Since moving to Australia from the UK, she has worked across government and non-government agencies in the out-of-home care and homelessness sectors.
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Brian Attard
Brian is a solicitor with Seniors Rights Ltd. He has worked with DFAT, Federal Court of Australia, Youth Koori Court and Redfern Legal Centre’s Health Justice Partnership. Brian has a particular interest in First Nations justice and is passionate about social justice and equality.
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Jilly Field
Jilly is a Principal Silicitor at Gilchrist Connell. Jilly has a focus on developing strategic solutions to address unmet legal need and support community legal centres and not-for-profits with advocacy and reform.
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Jonathon Hunyor
Jonathon is the CEO of Public Interest Advocacy Centre. He has practised for over 25 years in NSW and the Northern Territory in areas including discrimination and human rights, migration and refugee law, Aboriginal land rights, criminal law, and coronial inquests.
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Melanie Noden
Melanie is the CEO of Justice Support Centre since 2023. She has extensive experience as a CEO and director, spanning the not-for-profit, legal, corporate and banking sectors. Before joining Justice Support Centre, Melanie worked in international development.
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Patrick O'Callahan
Patrick is a Principal Solicitor at Western NSW Community Legal Centre. He is passionate about advocating for people experiencing disadvantage in regional and remote areas, and improving their rights to access justice.
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Kip Werren
Kip is a lecturer in the School of Law at the University of New England. Kip’s specialty is disability legal issues and funding of community legal centres. He is the treasurer and long-standing member of North and Northwest Community Legal Service.